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twesterm on 05 March 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
twesterm said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
I considered it at one point, here is the bad news:

Once you graduate, to be successful, you pretty much need to move to California to get a foot in the door of the business, then ship out where-ever they send you.

Game design or PR involves a lot of moving and shaking, and its just not a stable enough career choice for my liking.

Not true. California does have the most places to go but there are studios all over the place. I managed to stay in Dallas area and Texas is actually the second biggest game state. Austin is quickly becoming a very large gaming city.


Yeah, Texas is great. Isn't Retro studios outta Texas?

 

Not to fanboy out here, but I bet Texas is Miyamoto's most visited American state.


Yup, Retro is in Austin and even know a few people there.

If they would have been hiring while I was looking I probably could have gotten a job there but probably wouldn't have taken it just because I didn't want to leave the Dallas area.

And hooray for bear cookies. Bears beat Battlestar Galactica.



 

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thekitchensink on 05 March 2008

I already AM in school for game design XD. Actually in class right now...



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darklich13 on 05 March 2008

Screw that!! Learn C++ and spend the 100,000 on hookers and booz.



EMULATION is the past.....NOW.......B_E_L_I_E_V_E

 

 


Words Of Wisdom on 05 March 2008
darklich13 said:
Screw that!! Learn C++ and spend the 100,000 on hookers and booz.

I would forsee "std" having many meanings in your life.



twesterm on 05 March 2008
thekitchensink said:
I already AM in school for game design XD. Actually in class right now...

 Yeah, I didn't post all the above stuff to offend anyone already in one of those game design degrees, just giving out info I've learned. 

Far too often I see people who graduated with one of those various game design degrees who have no clue what they're doing and running around places like GDC doing more bad than good. 



 

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darklich13 on 05 March 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
darklich13 said:
Screw that!! Learn C++ and spend the 100,000 on hookers and booz.

I would forsee "std" having many meanings in your life.


I forsee no sense of humor. Really though, If you want to make games for a living you better prepare for 100 of hours of work a week. I think a great alternative is Computer Science. It will be a hell of a lot cheaper.



EMULATION is the past.....NOW.......B_E_L_I_E_V_E

 

 


Sherlock99 on 05 March 2008

NO i would not i love my job way to much.



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twesterm on 05 March 2008
twesterm said:
thekitchensink said:
I already AM in school for game design XD. Actually in class right now...

Yeah, I didn't post all the above stuff to offend anyone already in one of those game design degrees, just giving out info I've learned.

Far too often I see people who graduated with one of those various game design degrees who have no clue what they're doing and running around places like GDC doing more bad than good.


 I should also note for you people already in a game design school it isn't impossible to get a job even if you go to one of the bad ones, you just have to make sure to work stupid hard and not just assume you'll find a job.



 

TheRealMafoo on 05 March 2008

Never. Game development is where every developer wants to be. So, the money sucks.

I make a very good living working for a midsize company developing in-house applications.