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What Are the Best First Steps For Becoming a Game Designer?
todd10k writes "I've recently decided to go back to college. I have a lot of experience with games, having played them for most of my adult life, and have always toyed with the idea of making them one day. I've finally decided to give it my best. What I'd like to know is: what are the best languages to study? What are the minimum diploma or degree requirements that most games companies will accept? Finally, is C++ the way to go? ASP? LUA?"
I also second, but for different reasons: "I have a lot of experience with games, having played them for most of my adult life, and have always toyed with the idea of making them one day."
If this qualifies as lots of experience, then I have a lot of experience being a porn star, an astronaut, and world dictator.
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You could also add balcksmithing, leather working/tanning, animal husbandry or brewing. It will be a wild ride here in a few years.
"Good grief, who the hell wants to be a [code monkey]? what a dull occupation that must "
Fixed that for you.
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1. learn all about games, start by playing every available game.
2. Whatever (I'm still not done with stage one)
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aspire to work on head up displays used by the military [...] blow things up for real [...] don't involve dedicating your life to satisfying the desires of pre-pubescent boys.
Huh.
You left off inscription, jewelcrafting and enchanting.
"I don't think this plays well with our 13-year-old boy demographic"
I can't believe nobody made a Michael Jackson joke. Anyway, if that's where the money really is, and you want to make a living (not just a hobby), then it wouldn't hurt to find out what that demographic wants. Shouldn't be hard to find some 13-year-old boys who want to try new games.
On the downside... everyone I've met from Digipen was crazy. I used to play Capture the flag (in real life) with some of them.
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." - Thomas A. Edison
You could also add balcksmithing, leather working/tanning, animal husbandry or brewing...
Careful with that. I knew a guy who went to jail for animal husbandry.
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