I have to tell you a story. Yesterday I received a call from Direct2Drive informing me that I had been pre-selected to fly to your studio in Canada to meet you for the opening of the game Dragon Age: Origins. I was about to win that contest.
I was not qualified because I do not have a valid US Passport. Needless to say, I’m disappointed. Of course I feel like an idiot for not having this essential item. I hope you will, nevertheless, let me introduce myself, and explain how I find this situation hilariously ironic.
You see, I am not only a big fan of video games, and Bioware, and the style of games that Bioware produces, but I’m also an aspiring software engineer, especially for games.
I like dabbling in physics engines, making tools, and high-level programming, which is facilitated by my Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Physics, and Computing Information Technology.
I am currently in the process of applying to graduate school. I would like to explore the technologies and programming paradigms involved in designing systems that interface between our virtual realities we have created and our physical environment. I also am applying to UC Santa Cruz, in the off chance I can work with virtual characterization with Michael Mateas, perhaps, or maybe Noah Wardrip-Fruin. A professor who would enable research in interactive storytelling.
However, that is really one goal. My other main passion, which I am and will continue to do as an Avocation if never a Vocation, is Game Dev, especially the software aspect. And Bioware’s quality story-driven and interactive paradigm of Game Dev has been an inspiration to me. And that is the irony; I have won and then lost the contest that would have introduced me to people who are doing exactly what I want to be doing.
So I request this: Please consider talking with me sometime about Game Dev at Bioware. Talk to me about 3D Graphics Engines and APIs and the particulars of software engineering at Bioware. I have felt that I have reached a point that I need some guidance, some mentorship in this crazy field. Let me learn from some of you, or at least have a couple of discussions about programming. I am qualified for entry level work in the game industry, and I am highly passionate about this kind of work. I love storytelling, I love games, and I would love to learn from you.
Also, does Bioware ever offer internships?
Sincerely,
Robert “Lopie” Rhine
rrhine@gmail.com
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