KENNESAW, Ga. |
Dec 13, 2022

Kennesaw State College senior Bonga Maswanganye mentioned it was an often-misunderstood
interest that led him to his now promising profession path as a programmer and digital designer.

The Marietta resident and pc sport design and improvement main is about to graduate Dec. 15 and go to work within the online game trade after
selecting amongst a number of presents.

“I’ve at all times beloved video video games. I beloved taking part in them, however I used to be additionally intrigued by the graphics design, the terrain, the event of the sport’s physics – all of that,” Maswanganye mentioned. “It’s thrilling to see a ardour and lots of arduous work translate into with the ability to do one thing I really like.”

Maswanganye hasn’t solely ready for his profession by means of coursework and concept at KSU. For a number of semesters, he labored at KSU’s Realities Lab throughout the School of Computing and Software program Engineering, growing digital actuality video games on which native companies practice their staff.

“For me, programming is cathartic and gratifying. It’s so satisfying to examine one thing after which work arduous for weeks till you’ve created this piece of know-how that’s identical to you’ve seen in your head,” he mentioned. “There’s a lot extra to sport design and programming than most individuals notice.”

Kevin Markley, digital actuality software program developer and Realities Lab supervisor, mentioned Maswanganye wasn’t only a employee on the lab – he was a serious a part of its success in the course of the coronavirus pandemic’s disruptions and past. When college students and staff alike needed to shift in a weekend to working from house, the lab’s staff nonetheless had mission deadlines looming with three corporations.

Markley mentioned Maswanganye was one of many most important causes these tasks for corporations,
together with Cobb EMC, stayed on monitor.

“The Realities Lab can be a very completely different place with out him. He was the one one to remain after the departure of many of the staff within the lab, so he was invaluable for data relating to previous tasks and gear,” he mentioned. “Bonga was additionally the most important contributor to each mission since I arrived and with out him, not one of the tasks would have had almost as a lot code or be as secure.”

Markley mentioned Maswanganye, who he referred to as an “avid seeker of information,” saved working over the summer season, at the same time as he’d traveled to South Africa to go to household, to ensure any mission bugs have been addressed and lab wants stuffed.

“I am terribly completely happy for Bonga, and I am slightly jealous of those that will work with him within the trade,” Markley mentioned. “The lab might be fully completely different with out him, from the conferences and discussions to the huge array of apparatus calibration and utilization, and mission work, there is not something he hasn’t had a hand in. I feel it should give a brand new crowd an opportunity to shine, and I hope as brightly as he did right here.”

Kennesaw State’s Fall Graduation ceremonies are Dec. 13, 14 and 15.

– By Thomas Hartwell
Pictures by Matt Yung 

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