JACOB YATES

My name is Jacob Yates, and I am a student currently living in my home state of Illinois attending Northern Illinois University with dreams to some day become a game developer that can create amazing experiences for people the world round to enjoy.

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Even at a young age I think deep down I knew I wanted to make games. Shortly after getting into Minecraft I was already interested in making my own cube game, even going so far as to use this old voxel-based game engine from a really small studio in Europe that my dad found for me. And while the name eludes me, I remember very well spending countless hours tinkering around in it.

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Today I'm still learning the ins and outs of game development and all I can do with it, but someday soon I hope I can work on and help ship a game that gives countless hours of fun for people.