Want To Make Video Games?

Invader Zim writes "Looks like Levelord, of Ritual fame, and some folks at id, and Ensemble Studios have teamed together with Southern Methodist University to create a new school for people that want to work in the video games industry. It's called the Guildhall. Also a story about it at GameTutorials."

Comments

SMU

[Alien54]

Founded in 1911, SMU is a private, comprehensive university located in Dallas, Texas.

Had me worried for a second. But a school in Texas would probably be an okay place to learn how to code first person shooters.

I had nightmares about what kind of video games a truly christian university would focus on.

Re:SMU

[crawdaddy]

Probably something along the lines of Rise of the Triad, except the only weapons besides the Hand of God would be a bible and a cross, each having several different forms of attack. For example, the crucifix could be used like a boomerang, a stabbing weapon, or be used to call down the wrath of god. The speed enhancement would be bicycles and the armor would be a black suit and tie. It be some kind of AD&D mod, instead of ROTT, though. That way there's less work involved in adding Pray and Bless spells.

Re:SMU

[BRSQUIRRL]

I had nightmares about what kind of video games a truly christian university would focus on.

Yeah, the possibility of games where your character is rewarded for something other than stealing, killing, or picking up prostitutes...that terrifies me too...

Re:Good idea

[kraksmoka]

have a friend who's a game tester for ea (yes, paid to play) and his ultimate goal is to develop games. starting in testing and workin hard is a great place to start, learn about games and bugs and get the foot in the door.

course testing only pays $8/hr. to start, but right now, they're giving him 80+ hours a week, so i think he's happy with em.

80 hours of games a week, that would be a light week for an evercrack head, right?

Fine Print

[Dave_B93]

*** Actual courses availible When They're Done

With Romero on the staff you might see admissions by 2007 ;-)

wow

[pummer]

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Yeah, I got nothin'.

Re:Southern Methodist???

[Computer!]

Also mildly off-topic, but if their graduates are any indication, they are a school full of rude, elitist jackasses with terrible taste in music.

Re:Nintendo?

[gpinzone]

Your friends lied. They went to hamburger university, but were too ashamed to admit it. While stumbling for an answer, they looked around the room and the first thing they saw was your Nintendo sitting in the corner. Like Jan Brady in the "George Glass" fiasco, they blurted out, "Nintendo! Um, yeah...Nintendo college." Yeah right. Boy are you gullible.

Re:Southern Methodist???

[poot_rootbeer]

Oh, so it's Southern Methodist...

Re:Don't do it!

[dillon_rinker]

DUH priests play DnD...haven't you ever heard of clerics?

Re:Good idea

[Anonvmous Coward]

"Game testing isn't really the fun-filled job you'd think it would be. You sit there and do one part over and over again. Or you die on purpose. You aren't paid to play the game, your paid to do very specefic things in specefic parts of the game. You're hunting for bugs, not playing for kicks. Just warning you."

I remember one guy saying that he had to test every single play in a football game to make sure that it's consistent with what the interface shows you. Can you imagine that? It'd be as tedious as spell checking a /. article.

Who cares? Do it the id way.

[Viewsonic]

1. Program game. 2. Release as shareware. 3. $$$ PROFIT $$$ Easy as pie. Unless you're completely untalented, in which case you probably shouldn't be creating games, neh?

Re:Southern Methodist???

[mypalmike]

> If congress passed a law that says we all must
> do our shopping for entertainment products at
> Wal-Mart, I'd agree with you.

Actually, a "you must buy everything at Wal*Mart" addendum was quietly slipped into the homeland security bill at the last moment before it was passed.
-_-_-

Re:Thank God!

[colmore]

Southern Methodist University has a very appealing female/male university, and a *lot* of young actresses (very good theater school.) This sounds like the best possible place to go after most CS degrees.