Game Dev Tycoon - Training

After you move out of your garage, you'll have your first chance for training. You'll have several options to begin with that improve various skills. As you progress through the game, new training options will appear. The next set of training will happen a couple of years after the G3 conferences start and is hosted by G3. They call them friendly competitions but are really just more training options. Finally, after you move to your final office, you'll get to option to teach classes which don't pay. Instead, you'll gain a drastic increase in skill points.

Be careful when training however because you can over do it. If you train the same skill twice in a short period, your returns on those skills will decrease the second time. Instead, it's better to wait 40 weeks or to make a game in between. That is not to say that you can't train twice in a row, simply that you shouldn't train the same skill twice in a row. Doing so is a waste of time, money, and research points.

Finally, it's important to remember that there is a ceiling to how much you can learn from each style of training. Learning from books (your first training opportunity) caps out at 500 points per skill, the G3 contests cap out at 700 and Teaching has a soft cap at 900 points. The first two options won't increase your skill if you start training with your skill above that cap but teaching will allow this to happen. A soft cap means that while it won't stop you entirely, your returns are drastically reduced so you won't climb as quickly.

While those are the main skills improved, many of them can slightly improve other skills to a lesser degree and sometimes even unrelated skills (through a small chance).