Story Time with Laurent Cazanove ~ How I Got Into Coding, Through Video Games!
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Grew up in the 90s playing and then making games with RPG Maker, using Ruby scripting to extend the engine and add features, and building simple 2D RPGs to test ideas. That hands‑on modding turns into studying programming formally, enrollment in engineering school, and a full software engineering career. The claim is concrete: game‑mod tools and a bit of scripting — not theory — spark a pathway from hobby projects to professional work.
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