[1] Along with Ian Trout, Keating co-founded of the video game company Strategic Studies Group,[2][3] which is known for its strategic war and fantasy games with artificial intelligence.

[5] Keating left his teaching job to program full-time, and published seven games while working with SSI during 1981 and 1982.

[6] In 1983 Keating, along with Ian Trout formed Strategic Studies Group.

After his business partner Ian Trout's death, both Keating and Whiley worked part-time at The Northern Sydney Institute for four years between 2011 and 2014 while developing their games part-time.

[citation needed] They both moved to work for the Academy of Interactive Entertainment in 2015, where Keating taught programming.