And while it used to be difficult and require special skills, now anyone can quickly write gaming apps for games like League of Legends or Hearthstone, using a framework called Overwolf. Recently, there’s a brand new type of job in the gaming ecosystem: building gaming apps that enhance popular multiplayer games. Ecosystem jobs include game journalists, streamers, e-sports athletes, commentators, modders, community builders, and others who earn a living advocating and supporting the game and its players.
They aren’t created by a game company - instead, they are powered by the community of passionate gamers. But there are many other jobs that I call “gaming ecosystem” jobs. The most well-known are jobs in game development, employed directly by game companies. That’s because each time a game company decides to make a new game, it creates hundreds - often thousands - of new jobs. In an industry as big as video games, there are many different ways to earn a living.
