Game Design Career

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Originally Posted by avatar

I'll probably take a few math/writing courses at the local comunity college(don't laugh) then visit Fullsail. I hear they give you a lot of good contacts and stuff.

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There isn't anything funny about that. Work hard and start networking now. Good luck.

PS: Though you should make sure the school is accredited (I mean really, investigate) so you could transfer to a regular college if necessary.

I hear really good things about Fullsail. I even thought about going there for a while, but I dropped the idea when I found out it was located in Florida.

Florida's nice and all, but I don't think I'd ever want to actually live there.

"Hey, how are the graphics coming on that game?"

I got another one I need designed!!1

We just finished up level 3, and we just need to tighten up the graphics a bit.

Man, i cant believe we get paid to do this!

And my mom said I'd never get anywhere with these games!"

:lol: best commercial ever.

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Originally Posted by Master

There isn't anything funny about that. Work hard and start networking now. Good luck.

PS: Though you should make sure the school is accredited (I mean really, investigate) so you could transfer to a regular college if necessary.

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I'll make sure, don't worry.

I've been on the internet researchig and it seems a lot of people dispute whether it's better to have a degree in computer science in game development or to get a staright out game programming degree. Which do you prefer?

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Originally Posted by Swift

I hear really good things about Fullsail. I even thought about going there for a while, but I dropped the idea when I found out it was located in Florida.

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I was initially planning on going there for their 2 year game design degree after I finished my undergrad at Syracuse, but my plans changed completely after I heard experiences from people who attended Full Sail. Not only was the program extremely hard and time consuming (12 hour class days 6 days a week, not counting work outside of class), but they have little to no job support when you are getting ready to graduate. Supposivly they just send you on your way with a degree and that's it.

Like other people said, investigate first, because for all I know the people I talked to could have been all wrong about the school, but I've heard of far more negative impressions of the school than positive..

You could try the Guildhall at SMU in Texas.

Full Sail isnt accredited, either, last I checked at least. So they dont send you away with much of a degree, really.

As for the CompSci vs. game design degree... I dunno. I would say CompSci, but thats because Im an old-fashioned "go to college" type of guy (thats how I was raised) and these newfangled degrees people are coming up with scare me. With a degree in CompSci from a decent school, youll get a great foundation in programming and how computers really work. Which is critically important in the technology field. Learning specific languages is useless because they come and go all the time. Traditional colleges teach you how to learn, which is a "teach a man how to fish" type of thing.

I know a number of dudes that went to DigiPen and got hired within a month or two after graduating. One works at ArenaNet (worked on Guild Wars), one does cell phone games somewhere, and one works/worked at Zombie. DigiPen was recently accredited (within the past two years) so it's not a bad way to go if you're committed.

A friend of mine graduated from Full Sail's audio engineer program, here's the short version: they work you to the bone (they're even harder on the programmers), the school is expensive, you have to find a place to live in the area, florida smells.

I FOUND THE AD!!!!

http://chazcross.phase9studios.com/f...meDesigner.mpg

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

(Apparently for Westwood College online, not UAT. Ooops.)