So, Game Development huh?

[Unknown Entity]

I'm thinking of taking a Gaming BETEC when I go to college (Gaming Course that is pretty much full-time for those who aren't familier with BETEC). I was wondering if anyone on here has done a Gaming Course? Was it helpful? What sucked about it, and what was good about it?

If you are a Games Developer, could you please tell me a little more about it and stuff?

Thankies guys!

[MOD's - sorry if I put this in the wrong place... ]

[Chez Daja]

BTEC*.

With that out of the way, I did some games developement at college during my art course and it was interesting enough. Would've been nicer if the professer was actually supposed to be teaching us. (Long story cut short, the tutor meant to teach us wussed out at the last moment and they got a substitute in to teach us instead.)

There are a couple of different aspects that they teach you. However, I suggest you go prepared and knowing full well how to work a computer (helps to know both Windows and Vista, similar as they are) because if you don't, they'll send you straight to a beginners course for computers, which is a completely different bag of beans to games development. Thankfully, I knew my stuff so that didn't happen, but there was a boy with a disability and well... even the computer technition couldn't figure out what the shit he did to one of the machines. Totally bumfucked it. Unsexually.

Anyway, it's interesting as long as you have some measure of patience.

[Unknown Entity]

Hey thanies Chez for that. Its helped me a lot lol!

Come on guys, there has to be more of you out there lol?!

[Halie]

I've never taken it before, but I'm sure my brother has. Or is going to. Either one.

It'd be good for you to learn from, and if you're interested in artistic and creative stuff then you'd do well to take it. Plus, if you like computers, then that's a bonus.

I'm not sure exactly what happens in the classes though. Perhaps you could do a bit of research? It might help.

Good luck, anyhow

[Unknown Entity]

Originally Posted by Dystopia

I'm not sure exactly what happens in the classes though. Perhaps you could do a bit of research? It might help.

Good luck, anyhow

Haha, but I have been doing research lol! This is part of it! I looked through various other sites about becoming a Games Developer, researched up on Hideo Kojima and Tetsuya Nomura (my favis who work in games development), and what colleges offer the course. I just need opinions from people who took these courses, or people who know a little about them...

And thankies!

[Mr Spike]

This kind of course really interested me a few years ago, then i got all interested in being outside and i kinda got off the idea

I did have a look into the kind of things you do in the course and it does look fairly one interesting, however it does seem that you can spend years trying to develop one specific game which could get really boring.

Havign said that, if you went for it would be good to hear how it turns out