He went to the University of Maryland from 2001 – 2005, although he didn’t know what he wanted to major in.
When Maestri graduated from LHS, he had no idea what he wanted to do.
I was able to leverage all of this web knowledge and code to build Mob Wars very quickly since it is as much a website as a game,” said Maestri. Perhaps more importantly, I built out a bunch of other failed website ideas which did not have to do with games. I also made a few simple web-based games. “I built a bunch of TI-85 calculator games and DOS text adventure games before that, some of which collaborations with fellow Linganore students. He even began working on games when he was in high school and developed his skills long before he made it big with a Facebook game called “Mob Wars.” In order to reach his current status as CEO and founder of a game developing company called Metamoki, Maestri worked hard to become skilled at coding. “My dad had a computer for his job, and I became determined to make games for it.” “I got into developing video games because as a child I was captivated by Nintendo,” said Maestri. On November 26 th, Maestri will be visiting Linganore as a part of the Distinguished Graduates Organization in honor of his business accomplishments. In 1997 – 2001, David Maestri was just that person. Future video game developers may be your classmates at this moment. It’s surprising to find that many of the independent video game creators are high school or college student age. The average gamer spends 18 hours per week playing video games according to Education Database, but not many players make a career of gaming.