As a videogame programmer I need to be familiar with a lot of technologies. Keeping up to date with the latest trends is always necessary to be able to create innovative, relevant and fun games.
From Box2D to Scaleform and learning the Android SDK to having to code using the STL of C++ having knowledge of all these utilities/libraries will increase productivity rather than re-inventing the wheel each time around.
As a videogame programmer I need to be familiar with a lot of technologies. Keeping up to date with the latest trends is always necessary to be able to create innovative, relevant and fun games.
From Box2D to Scaleform and learning the Android SDK to having to code using the STL of C++ having knowledge of all these utilities/libraries will increase productivity rather than re-inventing the wheel each time around.