Matt Johnston of Digital Circle recently dropped by Southern Regional College's Portadown campus to view the work of the first and second years students on the Extended Diploma in Games Development and share pearls of wisdom with them of his life in the ICT world.
Digital Circle is the representative organisation for digital content businesses in Northern Ireland and aims to promote the digital content sector both within and outside of the province. Digital Circle is part of Momentum - the Northern Ireland ICT Federation, and is funded by InvestNI under the European Regional Development Fund.
Guest speaker Matt Johnston describes himself as a networker, advisor, encourager and promoter. He gave a challenging and inspiring talk to students who he strongly advised to start creating games straight away and in their own time. He said that the need to build a portfolio of achievements outside the classroom was absolutely crucial to demonstrating skills to potential employers.
After his talk Matt spent further time with students during a question and answer session discussing diverse topics from mobile games development to start-up funding for new games companies.
Digital Content businesses in Northern Ireland are involved in the creation, management and distribution of digital (online) content, including: Web content, Mobile content, Film, Television, Digital animation, Post production, E-learning, Games, Serious gaming and Music.
For more information on courses in Computer Games Development contact Terry Hanna on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Caption: (L-r) Robin Stewart, Terry Hanna (Lecturer), Matt Johnston (Digital Circle), Des McConville, Lee Fearnon, Matthew Underwood, Adam McGhee.