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[Reptilian Rob]

Adugan wrote...

I went to Basement University and majored in Non-Competitive Gameplaying.

I think I graduated there with a PHD when I was sixteen! 

[Moondoggie]

Luc0s wrote...


Also, do you realize that it's REALLY HARD to get a job as a game designer? My advice is to gain sufficient knowledge about the C++ and C# scripting language and make sure you have a rich portfolio with lots of concepts and designs to show. That's what I'm doing to make sure I'll get a job as a game designer as soon as I'm finished with my education.

You may want to also consider getting a long list of studios contacts and sending out a C.V to literally everyone explaining you are willing to consider a short term placement that way especially if it's a small studio they may let you do odd jobs in return for you getting hands on experiece that you can add to your C.V. The big studios are very busy and can't lose time in training you so it's best to target the indie studios.  In the world of games design experience is more important than whatever bits of paper you can show to them.

Also attend as many games Expo's as you can where the industry is present. Pass out buisiness cards and talk to people about the industry and absorb their experience as much as you can. If they know you and you have their contacts it's easier to find out inside info about the availability of jobs.

Remember you can have a shiny degree from a respectable University and a portfolio of all the scripting languages you know and all the game mods you have created but so does the other ten thousand applicants. You need to have that X Factor that makes you stand out and shows you will be a usefull member of the team.

[Fiery Phoenix]

I go to King Abdulaziz University in western Saudi Arabia, currently in my fourth year (technically third since the first was preparatory). Studying computer science as my major and minoring in astronomy.

[RainyDayLover]

Double major in Computer Science and Business Administration @ University of Waterloo

[Reptilian Rob]

Moondoggie wrote...

Luc0s wrote...


Also, do you realize that it's REALLY HARD to get a job as a game designer? My advice is to gain sufficient knowledge about the C++ and C# scripting language and make sure you have a rich portfolio with lots of concepts and designs to show. That's what I'm doing to make sure I'll get a job as a game designer as soon as I'm finished with my education.

You may want to also consider getting a long list of studios contacts and sending out a C.V to literally everyone explaining you are willing to consider a short term placement that way especially if it's a small studio they may let you do odd jobs in return for you getting hands on experiece that you can add to your C.V. The big studios are very busy and can't lose time in training you so it's best to target the indie studios.  In the world of games design experience is more important than whatever bits of paper you can show to them.

Also attend as many games Expo's as you can where the industry is present. Pass out buisiness cards and talk to people about the industry and absorb their experience as much as you can. If they know you and you have their contacts it's easier to find out inside info about the availability of jobs.

Remember you can have a shiny degree from a respectable University and a portfolio of all the scripting languages you know and all the game mods you have created but so does the other ten thousand applicants. You need to have that X Factor that makes you stand out and shows you will be a usefull member of the team.

That's why you sneak in through the back door of gaming like I plan to do. 

A lot of people don't realize that the gaming industry is very similar to the movie industry. You don't have to be in game development to work on a game, just as you don't have to be an actor to work on a film. For me, I plan on becoming a story board concept writer or a communications PR rep for a video game company. In fact, my degree and minor are pretty much finished and I've already recieved several offers for such employment from EA, Microsoft and Namco. 

Being a game developer is a great and rewarding job, but it's not the only job in the gaming industry. They need people to work on the game in terms of code and art, but they also need people who can write wonderful /mesmerizing stories and back up the game from outside the studio walls. For those jobs, forget the schools who teach comp design or C++ coding. To become a AAA writer or communicator you need to attend a University, and graduate with a minimum of BA or higher. 

[Oooh shiny]

I have two degrees, the first was a BA with majors in International Relations and History, when I got a job I found it so boring I would see if I could get tic-tacs stuck on the ceiling. My second degree was in business management, I work in event management and I love it. I studied at the Australian National University but I took the opportunity to study overseas at Ajou in Korea and Aarhus in Denmark both were amazing!

[eroeru]

Hopefully going to get my BA in philosophy this year. I'm studying in Tartu Uni (the default school to go to in Estonia - at least the one that has most history and renown).
(though at the moment I'm registered as a student in med school, there is a possibility here to get a degree if you've taken all the necessary classes - and I've taken about 2 years worth of philosophy as of this moment).

Don't know exactly about my future profession - though it'd be default if related to medical school. Though I'm interested in different areas ranging from philosophy, music (humanities) to computer sciences, nature and med science, I do feel more belonging to the former rather than the latter. Who knows what'll I decide, maybe will take up a job in some national park or become a hermit or something instead...

Modifié par eroeru, 28 novembre 2011 - 01:31 .

[Reptilian Rob]

eroeru wrote...

Hopefully going to get my BA in philosophy this year. I'm studying in Tartu Uni (the default school to go to in Estonia - at least the one that has most history and renown).
(though at the moment I'm registered as a student in med school, there is a possibility here to get a degree if you've taken all the necessary classes - and I've taken about 2 years worth of philosophy as of this moment).

Don't know exactly about my future profession - though it'd be default if related to medical school. Though I'm interested in different areas ranging from philosophy, music (humanities) to computer sciences, nature and med science, I do feel more belonging to the former rather than the latter. Who knows what'll I decide, maybe will take up a job in some national park or become a hermit or something instead...

National parks are one of my many guilty pleasures! I have visited too many to count, and while I don't know if I would ever be able to work at one, I respect the people who do greatly.

[Fredvdp]

University of Antwerp

Bachelor in linguistics and literature: English and theatre film and literature studies
Master in linguistics
Master in film and visual culture

Got the bachelor's degree, still have to finish thesis on the first master and am now going to classes of the second master.

Modifié par Fredvdp, 29 novembre 2011 - 12:03 .