Why would you do this when you know that a degree in practically anything else would not only be more useful, but also give you a greater chance of actually breaking into the game industry?

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>Game design
>Not software engineering

Can you actually program or are you just another useless faggot.

>>140322000

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enjoy your useful diploma. employers are gonna come flocking. i guarantee it.

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>>140322000

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>>140321917
>>140322000
>>140322049
I wanted a wider base of skills, not just programming but animation and modelling too.

>>140322045
I can script in c# and I'm currently learning c++.

>>140322146
That's not a question. Try again Billy.

What courses do you have to take? "Game Design" sounds both too broad and too narrow to be of any use.

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>not studying computer science

Enjoy your NOJOBS

Unless you work for bioware,I heard they are looking for unqualified retards right now

>>140322146
That's the reason I dropped out of college.

It's a huge money racket

They tell you colleges are all the same, that a degree is a degree, but that's not true. If you're going to college, it better be ivy league, else you could just get into the work force without one.

Trust me, if you put yourself out their and sell yourself (you have to bull shit) then you will get a job

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>>140322000

>>140321791
What are your favorite games?

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>>140322000
>>140322000
>>140322000
>>140322000
>>140322000
WHY WOULD YOU NOT GET THE DEGREE THAT GIVES YOU MORE APPLICABILITY

HOLY SHIT RETARDED MANCHILDREN

Why didn't you just buy a text book about game design and or game history, play some critically acclaimed games and analyze them?

>>140322235
But you aren't going to get a wider range of skills. You're just going to get introduced to more than one field of study, never explore them in-depth, and leave less prepared for the job market than other students.

I'm planning on studying visual and conceptual game design at Edith Cowan University, Australia for half a year.

What should I expect?

>>140321791
Is it a specialized stream in a larger, more legitimate program, like CompSci, or is your degree going to be straight up "Game Design"? Because something like a computer science degree would be far more useful in your life.

Why game design? It's not really going to get you anywhere.

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>>140322335
>>140322309
>>140322186
>>140322000

>>140322309
vidya related

genius image.

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>>140321791
How do you like unemployment?

>>140322294
This. Get into some sort of apprenticeship out of high school. Actual exposure in the field, being able to actually start working, learning on the job, and meeting people who are already working in the field is MUCH, MUCH more valuable than paying out of your ass to attend a low key college where you won't even start studying your major of choice for a year.

Is there any porn of that dude in the pic?

>>140322235
>script in C#
>script
>Not program

You went full retarded.
If you know how to REALLY program, gaming design comes out like a hobby.
You went full retarded.

>>140322345
ECU is for cunts, ya cunt

>>140322235
You seriously need to go in-depth with one specific field and go all-out into it. Nobody is going to hire a "Game Design Expert" unless he/she has established a history of making games him/herself.

Dont "major in game design". Just create mods and game projects.

>>140322336
this, people who go into arts need to realize there is no degree that will take them there.

it's 100% passion and hard work.

Fuck your degree.

>>140322386
and you, I only posted one of those comment, so you are a fucking moron who doesn't know how to check same fag.

dickfucker.

>>140322290
To be fair, Computer Science is the most autismal major you could possibly take next to Game Design.

I'm in Computer Science with a couple of Game Design courses thrown in for shits and giggles, and Jesus Christ the autism

>>140322235
>scripting
>C#

Pick one. You obviously don't pay attention in class.

Video Game Programming bitches!
You wouldn't have a fucking game without me so back the fuck up and suck it!

>>140322465
I doubt he actually knows how to computer.

>>140322465
this.
Any decent company would rather hire someone without a degree that just mad a really good game.

>>140322494
The joke

-----------------------


Your head

>>140322235
If you ever want to work at a real game company, it's much, much better to be really good at one thing than pretty good at a bunch of things. They're not going to have the programmer also be doing art.

So OP, what the source of your picture?
Do you have more of it?

>>140322497
anybody who is good at anything has "autism". Mediocre fags can't into hard work.

That's okay, though, we can't all be winners.

you probably shouldn't be in college.

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>>140322252
Depends on your major of choice. Right now I'm majoring in design, minoring in software tech.

>>140322345
I don't know, I've never been there. Expect a lot of socially retarded neckbeards.

>>140322328
Morrowind, Abe's Oddysee/Exodus, Super Metroid. No particular order.

>>140322465
>Just create mods and game projects.
That's what I've been doing.

>>140322442
I wish.

>>140322425
I liked it when I was unemployed.

>>140321791

>Pissing away years of your life & thousands of dollars getting a vague introduction to a variety of subjects instead of just making games

Jesus christ.

>>140322345

No jobs.

If you seriously want a job in the industry here in Aus, AIE or QANTM is where you want to be, but solely for the purpose of networking & being able to recruit people to your cause.

>>140322294
Or you could graduate at the top of your class, actually get an internship and not have to lie and actually be qualified for the job you are applying to.

It must truly suck to live in America.

>>140322597
My cock 8=====> ~~~ o: your mouth

>>140322494
No, no, no. Nobody was calling you a samefag. The poster was implying that the thread had devolved into doubles.

>>140322235

Why the hell would you not specialize in a specific study?
You can be okay at a lot of things, but it's better to be great at one specific skill.

OP are you studying game design at USC?

If not USC, what are you doing with your life, you miserable failure?

enjoy not getting a job
all the information you are paying to learn is on the internet
you would have known this if you weren't some child going to university so your mum can get you out of the house

>>140321791
I just want more pics of this girl, man.

>>140322803

>all the information you are paying to learn is on the internet

this is true for everything

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How does it feel to pursue a childhood dream despite the reality of video game creation having shifted drastically for the worse while you grew up?

>>140322813
>>140322813

I second this

>>140322813
zelda isn't a girl you retard

>>140322882

yes he is

>Going to uni for anything else than medicine, dentistry or law.

I seriously hope..

>>140322615
I'm doing very well, actually. Coding is ma shit. When I said autism, I was using it in the colloquial /v/ sense, i.e. stating that they're all messed up in some way, shape, or form, but not literally autistic.

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>>140322882
I certainly hope not.

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Should have chose either Computer Science or Software Engineering, OP.

>>140321791
What is the best thing that had you done?
Mod, proper game, engine, little game?

>>140322616
The thing is, if you're make a mod or a game that become popular or successful a Game Design degree really isnt all that useful to flaunt around.

Plus, how is a major like "Game Design" going to help you out in becoming employed with any company requiring software work, if you dont get into a company of developers?

Professional employers of CS majors who are to work in fields other than Game Design are going to look at your resume and expect "Software Engineer" or another more legitimate, defined title.

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>>140322813

Me too man

This is the only other one I've seen. Is there more?

I've seen lots of cool coplays but Zelda as a girl is really interesting to me conceptually

Have you made a game yet?

>Implying I'm not doing a degree in Medical Science

"Hurr durr i wanna work for video games"
Have fun doing that while I save lives.

>>140322835

>this is true for everything

More so for Game Design degrees though, my gf is current doing a bachelor of game design at RMIT, 90% of her course content is lifted directly off the net, the other 10% is just them giving you free access to sites like digital tutors and saying "do this".

>>140322923

Don't we have too many dentists and lawers?

>>140322464

It's the only Australian school available from my college in Norway (taking 1 semester in another country).

I could go to the US of Murrica, but it's too much of a fucked up country.

>>140322835
>implying OP isn't a fuckwit for going into this course
>implying he shouldn't be in a superior computer science course and not in this pleb babby course

Employers see Video Game Design degrees as a media degree. Therefore you did nothing but drink alcohol and masturbate for 3 years of your life.

I'm an employer. You better get a pretty impressive summer job faggot otherwise you're fucked.

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>>140322803
The internet doesn't get you industry contacts. The internet doesn't get you teamwork experience.

>>140322845
I think that's only true for large scale big budget games made by corporations. I really enjoy working in small groups on small projects and I honestly think the future of videogames lies in the hands of small independant developers.

>>140322987
In the process of developing one right now.

>>140323017
perth ecu?

>>140323009
absolutely not.

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>studying game design

Here's a quick way to tell if you have a future or not:

Are you going to DigiPen?

If not, you're throwing your money at a degree that will get you nothing, ever. Nobody at any studio ever anywhere will take you seriously from any other college.

I work at a small indie studio as a programmer - they laugh at guys like you who apply with "game programming" and "level design" degrees

>>140322813
>Girl

I have some bad news for you, man

>>140322994

Have fun never having free time to do anything.

>>140322994
have fun being surrounded by death and sickness

>>140323017
I've never even heard of ECU. What state is it in?

So much jelly is this thread

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Ask a faggot that does nothing but fix Windows XP problems in a second-world country anything.

>>140323076

I'm pretty sure law is oversaturated right now.

>>140323078

>indie studio
>laughing at anyone else

>>140323008
holyfuck are you me?

my woman is doing this shit too.

don't eat the fucking Cinnamon roll. don't eat the fucking Cinnamon roll.

>>140323065
Stay idealistic my friend

>>140322994
Enjoy working in a pathology lab.

.. Which actually sounds quite nice.

>>140323076

There's a dentist every other block or something in my city.

>>140323085
If I can't see a face and a dick, its a girl to me.

stay mad, faggot.

>>140323149
>Working at a big studio

Do you enjoy getting paid less than me for more hours?

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>>140323178
Ok.

Drop out and focus on art, audio or programming you fucking retard. No one wants to hire a jack of all trades, they want to hire individuals who are talented at one specific thing so they can combine them into a team. Division of labour, nigger.

>>140323096

Perth, Western Australia.

>>140323065
but the internet can get you those things if you actually had drive and made the connections you stupid fuck. how do you think video game development started? not with kids going to vidya gaem school it was hard work.
you're just someone who doesn't realize they only want to play video games
i bet anything you come up with is going to be the same old stale shit because you are a complete moron

the only things i have to ask you, OP, are SAUCE?? and MOAR?!?

>>140323065
>In the process of developing one right now.
What genre?

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>>140323149
Does this seem any better?

I'm starting a Diploma of Accounting next semester, which can be worked into a Bachelor of Business at university afterwards. Doing the Diploma and turning it into a Bachelor only takes 6 months more than just doing the Bachelor, and gives me an early/extra qualification.

Am I doing good?

>>140323078
what about CS?

One of my best friend got the grade coming out of HS that I wanted.
He chose to do a arts degree.
I am doing electrical engineering, I like where I am.

>>140323209

Do you enjoy games not selling any copies and going bankrupt in 2 months?

>>140322803
You're paying for guidance and facilitation. Sure, much of the information is widely available on the net but self-study is hard and very uncertain. The effort you put in would be wisely spent on a guided path rather than self-learning.

>>140323197
Just saying, but I swear I've seen this set before. You're in for a shock.

>>140323065

>The internet doesn't get you industry contacts. The internet doesn't get you teamwork experience.

You couldn't be more wrong.

Once you've actually got some experience under your belt you'll soon realise that 90% of the networking you do WILL be over the internet as will the way in which your boss makes your life miserable.

>yfw your entire existence becomes dropbox, skype & internal wiki's.

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>>140323018

>That feel when I've just applied to a university that does a "computer games programming" course.
>That feel, even when it's one of my end goals, that I completely ignored this choice and went for a sandwich Computer Science course with a year in full employment before my final year.

Dem prospects
Dem opportunities
Being able to say I've worked in the industry before I've even left, putting me above greenhorns from other Universities.

DAT FUCKING FEEL, MANG!

>>140323286

>EA is the only big studio, everything else is small time.

>>140323241
Okay, well I am in Queensland so that would be why I haven't heard of it. I only know of east coast universities.

Which Uni, are you a brit?

I did some game design at college as an intro and now I'm going for Animation - some of my mates have decided to go for "game design" courses but I don't really think that's a good idea, it seems a bit vague and generic too me. I know it's what you get out of it but I/we've already got programming experience etc and in the course everyone does the same thing first year anyway before splitting (and in my case going animation.)

A lot of people here do games design, Why do you think you could be different enough from them to warrant a QnA thread.

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last one

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>>140322813
filename

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>>140323313

>A degree in Game Design

I don't understand. You take a degree in programming. You come up with an idea for a Game. You look at bad games so you know what NOT to do. Then you make some Vidya. You don't even need a Programming degree, you can just learn it yourself with the Internet, as everyone else does.

What's your fallback plan?

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Where I live Engineers are in high demand because of our oil.

That's what I'm studying. I recently co-oped with Imperial Oil, which is what they call BP in Canada.

It's a comfortable, albeit boring living.

>>140323403

>orange hilt

Ugh.

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>>140323375
Does this seem any better?

>>140323404
PATH TO RUIN

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>>140323276
An FPS. It wasn't my choice, the lead programmer (who I will never be working with again) wouldn't have it any other way.

What we're aiming for is something between Tribes: Ascend and Hexen.

Why are you paying to study it in school instead of going the indie route and teaching yourself to program, working your way up from there?

I thought about doing the same thing for a while but I couldn't care less about math and English has always been my thing, so I've decided I'm going to study English and get teaching licensure (and maybe go to graduate school to become a professor) and doing some game design stuff on the side.

>>140323412

>bungie
>indie studio

>>140323479

>EA and acti-blizz are the only big companies

>>140323295
You'll get a decently well paying job, but it's probably going to be pretty damned boring

>>140323313

Why would I give a shit how many copies our game sells? I don't get paid on royalty, mate. When I say, "small", do you assume it's a 4-person group of people just having fun and making games?

"Small" studios are those with ~100 employees.

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http://cosgeek.blogspot.com/2011/12/link.html
>I’m a twenty-something white male living in Michigan who enjoys all things Geek, including anime, comics, computers, programming, renaissance faires, roleplaying games, video games, etc. Most of my free time is spent online, reading or nursing my hardcore MMORPG addiction. This site is an extension of The Great Geek Manual, another great blog for Geeks.

>>140323454

What's a fallback plan?

what if zelda was a girl?

The Link bitch has a gut on her.

God, Nearly everyone in my accommodation building (dorms in uk) first year did Games design/programming/whatever.

Just talking to them I knew the industry would be doomed.

You know the type of games who first consoles were either ps2,xbox or 360's? It was all them.

They were never interesting to talk to.Even when it came to games.They were tools.

Thanks to them were going to keep see the same dull brown FPSs for years to come.

>>140323607
Google

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Dropped out of college to work in the industry, started in QA and am now a producer.

Stay mad, jelly faggots.

OP is a retard.

>>140323505
>Starting off your first project by letting the programmers run the show

You have such a bright future.

>>140323607
If you don't have a fallback plan going into GAME DESIGN, you deserve to become a 30 year old neckbeard living under a mountain of debt working at McDonald's.

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>>140323454
Glad you asked. 3d modelling for an architecture or engineering firm. As of right now, I've done work experience in a large multinational architecture/engineering company. It was a pretty cruisy job, just taking 2d engineering drawings and modelling them in google sketchup or revit. Yes, multinational architecture corporations use sketchup.

Since /v/ is the authority on education and uni degrees, is pharmacology worth it?

Failing that what about Linux systems administration?

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what if zelda was a grill?

>>140323668
>not realizing that console gaming will completely crash and the future of games is in mobile phones and PCs with an emphasis on smaller indie games and studios

>>140323516
But Bungie IS an independent studio, you retard.

And most big companies are producing nothing but series rehashes and no new IPs. And most indie devs even with shoehorned gimmicky bullshit end up making alot of money.

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>>140323404

>>140323563
>White male
>Male
>MALE


>>140323197
I FUCKING TOLD YOU

>>140323710
>producer
>calling someone a retard.

man, you're an ass howl

>>140322235
>script
>c#

oh god what the fuck am i reading

>>140323710
> He didn't study Industrial management

>>140323221
Man, those stockings.

>>140323516
They're independent in that they're self-owned, but you wouldn't call them "indie." Those fuckers are huge.

In my opinion, places like Bungie would be the best to work at it; the independent giants of the industry.

>>140323782
Wow, that didn't take long.

>>140323726
Hey, if it's free and it works, then why not?

>>140323782
I agree first pic was the hottest.

>>140322235
>script in c#
>script
>c#
Confirmed for useless wannabe faggot.

>>140323796
>No capitalization.
>No punctuation.

Back to work, pleb. I better see this done by Friday at 6 PM if you want to keep your job.

>>140323790
If you just scroll through his blog a little, you'll soon notice that he only reposts others' cosplay.

There are few degrees you can get today that are actually worth less than the paper they're printed on.

Game design is one of them.

If you enjoy making games, learn to make games. Taking game design to make games is like taking music theory to learn how to play the guitar.

>>140323456
BC?

>>140323743

>Since /v/ is the authority on education and uni degrees

when did this happen

Software Engineering is the best degree if you want to be a game developer because, when you realise making games sucks, you can get a job elsewhere for big bux

>>140323916
ahahaha, no.

Do you have good ideas? Do those good ideas include photon assault riffles, awesome physics, player controlled sunray satellites, in a game that is battlefield but well done and futuristic about it but it's not 2142 but a newer version that will be independent since EA seems to be going down?

>>140323743
Yeah, das a good degree.

>>140323563
Sh....Shut up.... I knew that......
;_;

>>140324020
1/2

Fired bitch, where's you pal

>>140323754

As someone studying Computer Science and making games in their own time, having studied the industry casually over the past decade.

I couldn't agree more with what you're saying. Up until 2005, it looked like we were about to hit another "great gaming crash". But something happened over the past few years, a mixture of things really that's really saved the future of the industry.

The small man has power again thanks to the evolution of the internet.

>>140322616
>Depends on your major of choice. Right now I'm majoring in design, minoring in software tech.
So what are the courses? What are you learning? What is "software tech" even?

You said you are learning C# and C++, but do you also get the basics from Computer Science. E.g. basic math (analysis and algebra), algorithms, some class on software design patterns? Do you have courses on Graphics programming (OpenGL or DirectX) and Engine design?

If you learn modeling, do you also learn basic anatomy / biology. Architecture?
Is there a course on rendering, and the math or physics involved?

How about the design aspect. Is there a "level design" course; gameplay design?

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>>140323914
>getting hung up on semantics
You're like some of the aspies I have to try to work with. I swear to god some of them are serial killers or rapists.

>>140324026
They do now.

>>140323769

They are now. They weren't always.

>want to become a code monkey
You will hate yourself when you reach 35 and still just a mindless coder

>>140323563
fucking fine. Its a dude.

Now where am I going to get my stocking and skirt fetish fix ;_;

Do you find that the majority of people in programs like yours are disillusioned geeks without the technical skill to be successful at skills like programming and animation?

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Im going to go back to university for CS but im scared.

I know c++ and c# but calculus slaps my shit and its a requirement. Also public speaking for some reason.

>>140324198
dont worry its a girl

http://sixthday.tumblr.com/tagged/me

Does anybody feel like getting a degree in games design/programing is getting too popular a choise and making the job market oversaturated.

Something tells me that the bubble is going to burst over the next few years.

Yes play games as a hobby but don't make it your dream to make one

>>140323963
Well I would've imagined programming/games design courses would be useful, but apparently not. Sort of makes sense though; if you want to make games, join a mod-team and make mods, then hand Valve your resume.

I know nothing about this whole education game anyway. Maybe I'll just carry on being a neckbeard.

>>140323542
>100 employees
>indie

I understand that your company is probably independent, but most people would not consider that "indie" at all, just like they wouldn't for Bungie, or Hi-Rez.

gimme some common coding's.

>>140323710
>>140323710

have a friend who did the same

I quit the industry, became indie now I'm poor

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FUCK YOU OP!
you're probably one of those 12 year old kids that dreams of DESIGNING vidja like Molyneux, Kojima or Bleszinski. When presented with C++ be like "HI I'M 12 AND WOT IZ DIS!!!" and being a worthless piece of shit in the game DEVELOPMENT world.

Your dream job probably involves sitting in a big executive leather chair, being all like "DUDE WE SHOULD TOTALLY PUT THIS GUN IN THIS NEW GAME I WILL MAKE!!! I'M GOOD AT GAMES", eating lobster and getting them billions.

fuck you, you're what's wrong with games development education. Kids start learning programming and games design in primary school now, and they do it better than you.
get a real degree, learn programming and computers if you're still passionate about games, that will come through work and commitment and eventually you'll make a game, maybe, cause you're a fucking FAGGOT!

>>140322502
also, doesn't Unity use C# for scripting?

>>140324329
but most people would not consider that "indie" at all

Then people are retarded and don't understand what an indie studio is.

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>>140322981
>>140321791

>that waist

>>140324329
>Indie means 5 people or less with horrendous hipster neckbeards

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>>140323479
No, but this certainly does

>>140324224

Get on Khanacademy.com before heading back, they have some great lectures there to get you back in to mental shape for it.

>>140321791
Stop with the fucking zettai ryouiki or at least post more please.

>>140324261
Hmm, I was better off without that ammount of piercings and tattoos. And all the dye. And the shitty tastes. I'd hit her in the Link suit, nontheless.

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>I want to make an utterly shit third person over-the-shoulder game because I have no ideas. I own a console and I can't program. I think university is like school where they will teach me everything. I will end up with a McJob.
~OP and all "game" "design" "students"

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>>140323726

>Glad you asked. 3d modelling for an architecture or engineering firm. As of right now, I've done work experience in a large multinational architecture/engineering company. It was a pretty cruisy job, just taking 2d engineering drawings and modelling them in google sketchup or revit. Yes, multinational architecture corporations use sketchup.

Architectural visualizer here, that shouldn't be your backup plan, that should be your chosen career path. Flirt with games design but get qualified in something relevant.

Architecture or Civil/Mechanical Engineering is where you want to be, not games design.

>>140324216

Not OP, obviously, but I'll chime in.

Absolutely yes without any doubt. My first year I noticed that the "GAMMU DEISIGN" class was filled up and had a hundred people, at minimu. By the end of the second week, ~30 had dropped. Next year, there were maybe 30 people total. I doubt they'll have 10 next year, judging by some of the shit I hear (Kids not understanding the basics of the game development process, over half are just "the ideas guy", etc.)

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>>140324378

>>140324508
>Mechanical Engineering
Enjoy your shortage of jobs.

>>140324224
>Gets his shit slapped by Calculus
>Doesn't watch the Khan Academy videos

Seriously, the only reason you have failed to understand anything in life is because your teacher wasn't Khan. I strongly suggest you see his videos, he talks through things at a nice, steady pace, frequently changes colours and uses a wide plethora of analogies to simplify the complex and put it in terms an idiot can understand.

Hey OP, serious question.

Are there any books on game design? Or theory? What makes a player desire to keep playing, what makes a game "feel" good and all that?

I'm interested in reading them as I've been doing shit with AGDG for a while and am always taking notes.

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>>140324098
Yes, specifics on things like level design or interaction design/HCI are part of the design major. Yes modeling includes anatomy and architecture. Yes software tech includes math subjects. Right now I'm soing a subject on pathfinding ai.

>>140324216
Yes. I try my hardest to not be one of them. I think I'm doing okay.

>>140324539

"The ideas guy"

GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS THREA...

Oh wait, sorry, this isn't the /vg/ AmDev thread. Carry on.

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>mfw I know two girls who want to 'werk for vidya james'.

One of them is the kind of 'I luv kingdom hearts, soraxriku 4 the win XD'. The other one finished a course and is working on shitty iphone apps right now.
I tried to fucking warn them...

>>140324554

>Enjoy your shortage of jobs.

What are you, 12?

A qualified mechanical engineer can get a 5 figure job anywhere on the planet, more so if they're experienced with revit & BIM modelling software.

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>>140324508
>having to model shit like that in Solidworks almost all the goddamn time as a mech engie
Im glad I switched to CE.

>>140324731
Yeah there is a first year in my Math class, he is a smart kid. Completely going to waste.

>>140324554
But that's fucking wrong. US has a MAJOR shortage of engineers, and a degree in almost any engineering field leaves you more than qualified for most jobs.

Is it any good?

if you are not in a med, law or engineering course than you already lost at life

What was that shit again that paid so extremely well? Underwater welding? Why the fuck?

>>140324261
shit I knew it was a GMER GRRL but, holy fuck, she's wretched outside that link costume.

at least she had panty pics :3

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>>140324554

>Enjoy your shortage of jobs.

Can't say that's been my experience over the last half a decade, but hey I did mechatronic, not mechanical engineering.

>>140323374
dat feel when you can't find the job for the sandwich year and end up working help desk or some bullshit analyst job for a year and kill yourself.

>>140323563
That's not her site, this is her site.
http://sixthday.tumblr.com/tagged/me
She is a female, sorry trapfriends.

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>>140324612
Yes, there's plenty. Right now I'm reading a rather interesting book on level design by Rudolf Kremers and a book on immersion in games by a BR called Gordon Calleja.

>>140324508
Okay, thanks for telling me what I really want. I didn't realise until you opened my eyes just now. Sarcasm aside I find modelling fulfilling enough to maintain my interest. However I'm obviously creatively limited. If I can make money making video games, even if it's less than I'd be making in architecture, I'd rather be working for video games.

>>140324890

like most females that initially seem attractive, on the inside she is completely retarded

>>140324946

>watermark

Go fuck yourself

so I'll expect to see classes full of bronies, neckbeards and 2/10 would not bang's

great

>>140324946
toede plz go

>>140324946
They would both be the right pic...

>toadybro
Oh...okay, move along, nothing to see here.

>>140324946
>toady's leaked trip

good job making yourself look like an ass while emulating a faggot.

>>140322000
my nigga

i was doing game design and then i switched to software engineering


what university?

My copy is arriving today it seems, looks like the game is awesome and the thing to play at least until GW2 arrives, but I expect it to last moar.

Anyway, what game is there out to play instead of this?

Dimas?

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Is Computer Science even worth it?

Wait whats the difference between software engineering and CS?

>>140323505
>>140323505
>A crossbreed between Ascend and Hexen

So your 'team' and you are going for a slippery fantasy FPS?

>>140325154
wat

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>>140321791
>thigh higs

MY ULTIMATE FETISH
POST MORE

>>140322000
motherfucking /thread

>>140325278
>>140321791
Hi, I'm new.

>>140325185

The difference between taking a class on how to play guitar and taking music theory.

>>140325185
My impression of it is software engineering is CS but CS is not software engineering.

>>140325208
It's more cyberpunk than straight up fantasy. Cyberpunk with wizards. But yeah, it's fucking slippery and FAST.

>>140322000
Okay guys you can stop bumping this thread it ended after 2 replies.

>>140325185
CS can be compared to magic.

>>140325348
>>140325448
shhh baby shhh

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If you actually go to a university that has 'game design' courses/degrees, you are officially at a shit-tier education facility. Jesus fucking christ. What a joke.

Somebody post the picture with Computer Science striked through.

>>140325481
I see someone is reading his SICP religiously. Do they teach that in college/university?

>>140325579
Let me guess.

>math major
>any job I want
>300k starting

How's that working out for you?

I went back to school to study a diploma in game design. It's mostly concept design and 3D modelling at the moment. Might work for you one day.

How extensive is the programming side?

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>>140324976

>Okay, thanks for telling me what I really want. I didn't realise until you opened my eyes just now. Sarcasm aside I find modelling fulfilling enough to maintain my interest. However I'm obviously creatively limited. If I can make money making video games, even if it's less than I'd be making in architecture, I'd rather be working for video games

You missed my point, an engineering or architecture degree coupled with as strong portfolio is more likely to get you a job in the games industry than a bachelor of games design with a strong portfolio.

90% of the developers i've worked with come from science & engineering backgrounds, environmental modellers & level designers have always had relevant tertiary training be it fine arts, architecture or industrial design.

>>140325432
>Cyberpunk
Shadowrun, Cyberpunk the roleplaying game, Cybernet, Infinity... Tell me what makes your game special?

What engine are you using? One built from the ground up, or an existing one?

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>Implying I'm not doing a chemical engineering degree

"HURR DURR I WANNA WORK 4 VIDYA GAMEZZZ!!!!"

Enjoy accomplishing nothing in life. I'll be in the R&D department of the best university in my country progressing humanity.

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Don't mind me, just being the best game design school in the world.

I've seen more people hired from that school than anywhere else. Hell, programmers get hired out of that school before they even finish.

>>140325693
To back this up, I'd much rather work with an artist that has studied time periods and different types of architectures and cultures than somebody who has studied ``game design".

>>140325669
Civil engineering major, $90k starting. Jobs in structural design and safety.

>>140324976
>In-Game is $27
Ehhhh
>Kindle Edition: $17
Emmmmm
>No PDF version
Fuck.

>>140322235
>I wanted a wider base of skills, not just programming but animation and modelling too.

That's pretty stupid to be honest. I bet you just weren't qualified to study CS/Engineering.

Technical skills like modelling, animation and programming can be learned easily.