Never too late to find your calling: How I learned to create games | ft. Ranjit Singh Panjwani
0Transitioning into game development after 10 years into his family business, this story is a reminder that it is never too late to find your true calling.
From being hooked on the snake game as a kid to creating a local multiplayer snake game of his own, meet Ranjit Singh Panjwani in #HumansOfGaming
Remember Dangerous Dave? If you are one of the people who grew MS-DOS era chances are Dave was your introduction to gaming. This was the case for Ranjit as well, and soon other games like Road Rash and Prince of Persia joined the list.
But no other game fascinated Ranjit as much as the classic Snake game on the Nokia phone—the father of hypercasual mobile games. But gaming never occurred to Ranjit as a full-blown career.
Ranjit graduated with a degree in IT Engineering from VESIT in 2010, but it wasn’t before 2021 that he would switch over to game development. Right after graduation Ranjit chose to focus on his family business and dedicated a decade of his life to make it a success.
As COVID struck and the world reached a standstill in 2020, Ranjit had the time to think about his next move. He always loved coding and wanted to be a part of a booming industry. After researching deeply about the many avenues in front of him he decided to pursue game development.
Thanks to his coding skills, Ranjit secured an internship at AcidTrip Arts Studio Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai. However, Ranjit knew that he had yet to learn a lot in the arena of game development, so while doing a full-time internship in a game studio he started looking to upskill himself. This is the time Ranjit Stumbled upon Outscal.
“Since I was doing an internship I had an amazing feedback loop, everything I learned in Outscal I implemented at my job”
However, one game that Ranjit would remember developing most fondly was something that took him right back to where it all started - the Snake game. But this time there was a twist. Ranjit not only learned to create his favorite childhood game, Snake but created a local multiplayer version of it.
“This was the moment I felt, yes, I am a developer now”
Soon with his skills, Ranjit turned his internship into a full-time job as a game developer. Yes, the right skills will do that for you.