How to get started

We constantly receive many emails with a similar question: where to start to eventually be a possible candidate for the vacancies that Efecto is continually opening. Currently we can group the profiles that make up our team into two main areas: Artists and Programmers.

Programmer

Person in charge of implementing game mechanics and all the elements necessary to interact with it. To perform this function we recommend the following courses:

Resources:

Unreal Engine Blueprint Game Developer 🡥
Unreal Engine C++ Developer: Learn C++ and Make Videogames 🡥
The Ultimate Shooter Course: Unreal Engine C++ 🡥
Unreal Engine de 0 a Profesional 🡥

3D Artist

Responsible for modeling, sculpting, optimizing and texturing these conceptual designs to turn them into functional assets within the game.

Resources:

The engine we use is Unreal Engine and we recommend the following courses to enter the field of 3D design for games:

Creating 3D environments in Blender 🡥
Learn 3D Modelling for Beginners 🡥
Blender & Substance: Modelling and Texturing videogame props 🡥

Concept Artist

In charge of designing the elements that will later go into production for the game.

Resources:

We recommend the following courses to enter the field of artistic production for games:

Painting Enviroments 🡥

Character Painting: Design and Render Like a Pro 🡥

Nevertheless, this is a general outline of fields in which to work, but there is more specificity in the craft as we delve into the developer profession.

For example, if you are interested in being a UI programmer, you should first know all the elements that make up the game engine in depth, and thus be able to perform that function in a more meticulous and professional way.

If your passion is the arts and you would like to be a great Concept Artist, understanding everything that the creation of a 3D model entails is essential to be able to better understand and express what a 3D artist requires, and thus, perform more precise and forceful in the conceptual design.

On the other hand, 3D Art has a wide variety of paths, or specialties; you can focus on creatures, Hard-Surface modeling, characters, props and anything with varying levels of realism: from stylized to hyperrealistic. The field is wide and the needs are varied.