Comments on: Breaking into a Video game Programming career

By: Jen & Tom

Jen & Tom — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:25:26 +0000

Thank You for giving us a better idea of how to break into my boy’s dream career.

By: Subzidion

Subzidion — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:55:01 +0000

Well, I live in NC to, if you DO happen to find a school, let me know, but as for a place to work in North Carolina, check out Epic Games -_0

- Hopefully I can get a job there as well, lol

By: Ankur

Ankur — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:52:53 +0000

Hi, I aspire to work in the game industry. I have an admit from Cornell University for Computer Science, and would be going through the GDIAC thing as mentioned by montoya in the first response post. I want to be a game designer, but I want to be safe in getting jobs so I also wish to study game programming. Is it okay to switch from game programming to game designing jobs. What should my course currculum consist of?

Thanks

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:45:17 +0000

There seems to be a lot more discussion focused around the other video game careers post. Look through the comments, maybe there's something more applicable there. Though a quick reply would be pointing out the fact that video game development is just a specialized area of application. You would still be applying the same C/C-plus-plus/whatever-technology-of-choice, so your education is still quite applicable. It might be a good idea to start some small personal game projects that you can show off as demos, and to demonstrate the knowledge of the field. It would be best to complete a small game and make it look really good, rather than take up on something ambitious but not finish.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:33:05 +0000

HI I am Rahul I have keen Interest to develope the games …
But our college university syllabus never concerned with related to games ..
Off course I have studied C,C ,Java etc in college but nothing Related to games or
Game engine….

What should I do ?
To start my Career

By: Harper

Harper — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:41:56 +0000

Hiya! I’ve also been interested in video games for a while now. I’m looking for a college that will let me create video games. I have an active imagination and have created many ideas and stories that I would like to make. I looked at GDIAC, but I want to find a college just as good, only closer to where I live (North Carolina). Would someone be kind enough to point me in a direction that may be to my favor?

By: john m

john m — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:16:15 +0000

Hi, I’ve been interested in video games my whole life. I have many exellent ideas for games, and have found many bugs in games. If someone could help guide me in the right direction, either to become a tester or just to give my ideas to a programmer that can make them work.

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:06:38 +0000

Heh, Matt G. is a good friend of mine. We both worked together at Heavy Iron Studios and he knows what he’s talking about.

Very passionate about creating games and a great programmer. It’s cool to see some of his experiences on other sites.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:58:23 +0000

This is rather interesting, thx!

Here at the University of Waterloo we have a Game Development club, but Cornell’s minor in Game Design tops that!

By: Montoya

Montoya — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:25:37 +0000

You should check out the Game Design Initiative at Cornell (http://gdiac.cis.cornell.edu/). They are an interdisciplinary group that seeks to encourage musicians, artists and programmers to take game design courses, all of which involve working with a team to make a real game. I took the first course myself and though I didn’t get much of the programming it was a great experience. There’s a handful of students who have landed internships and full-time offers with companies like EA since the GDIAC started.