I am fond of playing online games and even play for so many hours continuously. Doing this I got interest in game designing. I have a little bit basic knowledge of this field and being very creative, planning to choose it as career. Is designing a very hard task to do? What about future prospects in this field? Kindly suggest?
Should I choose it as career?
There are good prospects in the gaming industry as far as I know. Game design is potentially very lucrative as a career choice.
You do need a range of skills. There is a useful article on this HERE.
You do need a range of skills. There is a useful article on this HERE.
Seems like it would be a crowded career field... Programming and/or graphic design expertise should help get a job in it though.
| Bikerman wrote: |
| There are good prospects in the gaming industry as far as I know. Game design is potentially very lucrative as a career choice.
You do need a range of skills. There is a useful article on this HERE. |
I read the article referred here. I am bit confused whether pursuing degree would lead to a good job in industry or not. What about the situation for fresh degree holders in the industry? What else I should do to have a bright career ahead.
| julianharry wrote: | ||
I read the article referred here. I am bit confused whether pursuing degree would lead to a good job in industry or not. What about the situation for fresh degree holders in the industry? What else I should do to have a bright career ahead. |
When I fancied a career break, and I wanted to learn how to be a recording engineering, I talked to friends in the business and got in touch with a studio owner in London. I offered to be an unpaid intern - brewing tea, fetching and carrying, general dogsbody. In return I got time on the mixing desks, sat in on many sessions, and got quite a lot of one to one tutorial time from the engineers. Great way to learn if you can afford to do it that way....
To be an expert at game design, do I need to have a professional degree in hand or can practice it through online tutorials only?
| julianharry wrote: |
| To be an expert at game design, do I need to have a professional degree in hand or can practice it through online tutorials only? |
I suppose you could learn to be an expert on your own... but you'll have to prove that you're an expert to the company you want to get hired on to.
So, you'll either need examples of expert-level work you've done to show to them, or you'll need a degree from a respected school certifying that you are an expert. If you just show up, and tell them you've done online tutorials and that you're an expert now, they'll ask for proof. If you don't have any to give them, they'll politely accept your resume, and then never call you back. (Because somebody else also applied for the job, and he has worked for a different game design company for 10 years, has a degree, and has a portfolio of several successful games he helped design.) It isn't about being 'good enough'. What you need to do is be better than the other people who apply for the job, because even if you are fully qualified, you can loose the job to somebody who is more qualified.
Bikerman gave good advice. You may want to start as an intern or entry-level employee, and work your way up and into the business. Many companies value experience more than education.
I have also heard a bit about online degree programs offered these days. Is it not good to start working besides pursuing online degree side by side? Need your valuable suggestion on this….
I don’t know for sure all the in’s and out’s of game designing. It is I suspect a very wide field and a degree obtained conventionally or online (I understand online diploma’s are becoming more marketable than they used to be but at the same time more expensive – check out the better online schools I would say or simply inquire yourself by calling a couple of employers you might consider working for, it’s a three minute phone call).
I am not really sure what jobs are available in that area as quoted in the article Bikerman was so good to have given you “myself am not a programmer, and I am not a graphic designer. I am a producer and designer of games, but I couldn't program a game if my life depended on it—and I couldn't animate one either. "Game Design" does not mean "programming," and it does not mean "graphic design."
From my perspective graphic design and programming are the active components for landing productive work but I can see now there is a lot more to it than those two facets. Educational!
As far as gaining practical know how is concerned I tend to think working while learning is an excellent choice as long as you can satisfy your time management requirements, I would say go for it. One possibility is to accept free lance projects.
Regardless on how you manage your time you are going to need a portfolio to show anyone what you can and like to do. You can start something by creating a web site with a project on it that you have created yourself.
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hope this is a little help and not me rambling on about things i don't understand ?
I am not really sure what jobs are available in that area as quoted in the article Bikerman was so good to have given you “myself am not a programmer, and I am not a graphic designer. I am a producer and designer of games, but I couldn't program a game if my life depended on it—and I couldn't animate one either. "Game Design" does not mean "programming," and it does not mean "graphic design."
From my perspective graphic design and programming are the active components for landing productive work but I can see now there is a lot more to it than those two facets. Educational!
As far as gaining practical know how is concerned I tend to think working while learning is an excellent choice as long as you can satisfy your time management requirements, I would say go for it. One possibility is to accept free lance projects.
Regardless on how you manage your time you are going to need a portfolio to show anyone what you can and like to do. You can start something by creating a web site with a project on it that you have created yourself.
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hope this is a little help and not me rambling on about things i don't understand ?
| julianharry wrote: |
| I have also heard a bit about online degree programs offered these days. Is it not good to start working besides pursuing online degree side by side? Need your valuable suggestion on this…. |
If you're going to get an online degree, get one from a reputable college or university. Many real schools offer online programs.
If you feel that you must get a degree from an online-only school, make sure it is accredited. Accredited means two things to you: 1) The degree you get actually means something, and is not a worthless piece of paper. 2) Classes you take in that online degree course would get you college credits, which could be transferred to any other school, including real ones.
Whatever you do, don't fall for those non-accredited scam-online-schools. They'll waste your time and money, and give you a diploma that is just a worthless piece of paper! Then, when you show your 'degree' to your prospective employer, they'll probably laugh, and then feel sorry for you.
Getting a real degree is difficult, time-consuming, and expensive (unless you get a scholarship).
If the online program you're looking at claims to be easy, quick, or cheap, it's probably too good to be true.
Thanks for providing such a beneficial link which helped me a lot to clarify almost all my doubts regarding online degree and provided me the platform to earn degree.
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