Nathan Mohoro: Pioneering Game Development in Kenya

His passion for creating games led him to an unconventional path.

While in his first year of university, Nathan decided to quit his studies and fully commit to game development.

He convinced his parents to buy him his first laptop, marking the beginning of his career.

Instead of relying on formal education, he turned to YouTube tutorials and online courses to learn game development.

"If I’m going to learn, heri nijifunze nikitengeneza kitu” he explains.

"Niliaanza kutengeza traffic system by the time ilikuwa inamalizika, I was so good na nika upload marketplace nikaanza kuuza”.

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Nathan’s project inarevolve ku’create realistic AI-driven environments za games, aki’focus on two key aspects: vehicles na pedestrians.

"There is AI behind it to make them more realistic, like ku’park, ku’honk, ku’speed up and sasa kuna the pedestrian’s side," anasema.

On the pedestrian side, Nathan ame’integrate interactive elements za ku’enhance realism.

"You just put in anything that makes it fan —watu kukimbia-kimbia ku’wave, interacting with vehicles na kuwa na a little bit of chaos”," ana’share.

Advantages moja ya game development, according to Nathan, ni risto ya the low initial investment."

The only capital you would need is hardware, by hardware namaanisha either computer/Laptop," he states.

"While paid courses zina exist, but pia kuna YouTube, yenye itakupea all the resources you need for free."

Nathan’s first sale ilikuwa a turning point kwa journey yake. Ali’uploaded a video iki’showcase his plugin on YouTube, na ika’caught the attention ya viewer.

"The first person who bought it commented on the plugin ndani ya YouTube, we had a chat and the guy ended up buying,” ana recall.

For Nathan, game development sio tu a job—ni lifelong passion. "Nimeishi kupenda games nikiwa mdogo, its fan. Honestly, I enjoy every bit of it!" he shares.

Nathan ana’emphasize msee kuwa na patience and persistence kinoma akiinstist kuwa esssential sana kwa hii field.

"You need a lot of patience. You keep doing it, cause things will fail... and fail... and fail, thus you need a lot of patience” he advises.

Journey ya Nathan ni powerful example ya vile passion, self-learning, na kuwa resilience inaeza lead to success in game development.

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