I Love Playing Video Games
The moment when your teacher has connections to people who work in the gaming industry and he gives you there personal email. Like omg.
26-30, M
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MechovPunx
Im now ending at Eng. school where I studied for IT, there were nothing like game design or something and college (or university here is lil diffrent school system) which im applied to is also nothing like this. Sadly I would like to get something like game design or something but it is very rare on schools and it's hard to find specialized school
Koolboy55
Lucky the most my teachers have ever done is question why I come to school just to fail :P
DillianBlake · 26-30, M
My teacher who gave me the email to his friend. He only has twelve students for this year so we built a relationship with each other and the other eleven students are friends with each other and the teacher.
TheCowKing19
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TheCowKing19
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DillianBlake · 26-30, M
(Me)
Hello there Mr. Bennett. My name is David Hamilton. I'm one of Mr. king's students and he said I could ask you some questions about game designing and hopefully get information about what you do.
1. What are differences between what you do and game designing?
2. What is a normal day like around the company?
3. Do you use more mental or physical part of your body in your field of work.
4.What type of degree did you have to get to work at your company
5.Is programming all the same or do you have too learn different types for different fields.
6. What colleges would you recommend for programming and game designing
Thank you for taking time to look over and answer my questions
(Him)
David,
I would definitely be able to answer your questions.
1. I work as a gameplay programmer. I do not create the game systems that the designers make, but I design the algorithms we use to implement those designs. I have a basic understanding of Game Design so that I can work with designers to take their designs and make them a reality in code.
2. Most days, I have a daily status meeting in the morning with everyone on the team I'm working with. This helps everyone to get on page with each other and determining if anyone any issues. Usually the rest of my day is at my desk coding, or meeting with designers, artists, managers, etc., to figure out what I need to code.
3. Mental. I'm sitting at a desk for most of the day.
4. My degree is a B.S. in Computer Engineering. To be honest, most of the learning I've done has been on my own. When I went to college, there weren't many specialized Game Design degrees.
5. Yes and no. There are different programming languages for different platforms that have their own specialities, but the principles and algorithms are the same across programming languages.
6. Like I said, I did all of my training as a gameplay programmer on my own, so while I don't have personal experience with college programs for Game Design, I know people who are familiar with Rochester Institute of Technology. And of course, good old Ohio State has a Game Design program.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
(Me)
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and I do have more questions.
1. Are there classes or programs that could help me learn the basics of programming for games?
2.What are game companies looking for when they hire?
3. What are something's that I should know and consider before choosing a degree in the gaming industry?
4. What should I know and consider before choosing a company?
5. Is having past experience a requirement at the company you work at?
6. How did you get into the field of programming for games?
7. What is the atmosphere like around a game company?
8. What is the dress code like around the company?
Hello there Mr. Bennett. My name is David Hamilton. I'm one of Mr. king's students and he said I could ask you some questions about game designing and hopefully get information about what you do.
1. What are differences between what you do and game designing?
2. What is a normal day like around the company?
3. Do you use more mental or physical part of your body in your field of work.
4.What type of degree did you have to get to work at your company
5.Is programming all the same or do you have too learn different types for different fields.
6. What colleges would you recommend for programming and game designing
Thank you for taking time to look over and answer my questions
(Him)
David,
I would definitely be able to answer your questions.
1. I work as a gameplay programmer. I do not create the game systems that the designers make, but I design the algorithms we use to implement those designs. I have a basic understanding of Game Design so that I can work with designers to take their designs and make them a reality in code.
2. Most days, I have a daily status meeting in the morning with everyone on the team I'm working with. This helps everyone to get on page with each other and determining if anyone any issues. Usually the rest of my day is at my desk coding, or meeting with designers, artists, managers, etc., to figure out what I need to code.
3. Mental. I'm sitting at a desk for most of the day.
4. My degree is a B.S. in Computer Engineering. To be honest, most of the learning I've done has been on my own. When I went to college, there weren't many specialized Game Design degrees.
5. Yes and no. There are different programming languages for different platforms that have their own specialities, but the principles and algorithms are the same across programming languages.
6. Like I said, I did all of my training as a gameplay programmer on my own, so while I don't have personal experience with college programs for Game Design, I know people who are familiar with Rochester Institute of Technology. And of course, good old Ohio State has a Game Design program.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
(Me)
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and I do have more questions.
1. Are there classes or programs that could help me learn the basics of programming for games?
2.What are game companies looking for when they hire?
3. What are something's that I should know and consider before choosing a degree in the gaming industry?
4. What should I know and consider before choosing a company?
5. Is having past experience a requirement at the company you work at?
6. How did you get into the field of programming for games?
7. What is the atmosphere like around a game company?
8. What is the dress code like around the company?
DillianBlake · 26-30, M
I will tell you what he says for those questions I asked him because I sent that email to him like 20 minutes before I showed you it
AlliHastings
What console do you play on?
DillianBlake · 26-30, M
Xbox 360 but I want a ps4
AlliHastings
yes I have ps4 since launch I love it
OmegaSky
wooow thats a window of opportunity!!! Take it and stride for it