Find a copy of something running on a good engine.... Quake 3 is still used by tons of best-sellers and is tried and tested. Most recently Call of Duty. Half Life is an incredible engine as well. These two make up the majority of FPS gaming platforms.
Write something for these games that no one else has done. An incredible mod would be to add bots to Call of Duty as it hasnt been done yet. But not just nay bots, smart bots. Bots that can kick any ass they want. Or make a mod that allows the bots to learn your movements and behaviors, the same way you learn a computers. I can predict bot actions and most players when I play now so I know how they play and whast they do.
Make something like that, post it for free, then send out some resumes to some gaming companies that shows you did something they couldn't. You'll get a job.
Gaming companies don't want level designers or level programmers, they have tons and tons of applications for those. You'll be luckey to eat pB&J for supper on those salaries. They want something that will give them an option to sell much mo' betta' games. Make something they can't and they will want you too.
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Find a copy of something running on a good engine.... Quake 3 is still used by tons of best-sellers and is tried and tested. Most recently Call of Duty. Half Life is an incredible engine as well. These two make up the majority of FPS gaming platforms. Write something for these games that no one else has done. An incredible mod would be to add bots to Call of Duty as it hasnt been done yet. But not just nay bots, smart bots. Bots that can kick any ass they want. Or make a mod that allows the bots to learn your movements and behaviors, the same way you learn a computers. I can predict bot actions and most players when I play now so I know how they play and whast they do. Make something like that, post it for free, then send out some resumes to some gaming companies that shows you did something they couldn't. You'll get a job. Gaming companies don't want level designers or level programmers, they have tons and tons of applications for those. You'll be luckey to eat pB&J for supper on those salaries. They want something that will give them an option to sell much mo' betta' games. Make something they can't and they will want you too.