Anyone ever considered a career in the game industry?

Yeah, I plan to work in the game industry.

Well, I want to become a composer, and I would love to compose the soundtrack for a videogame at some point in my career. :D

I want to animate gameplay.

I want to play games and get money for it. Is there some job that I can do that?

I want to play games and get money for it. Is there some job that I can do that?

df853

Game journalism? Gamespot comes to mind...

Not really, I was looking more into electronic engineering. Seems my kind of thing. I repair ps3s and 360s at my parents' Play N Trade for a small fee. Its a small town so its more of a favor than a service. Im only 17....I think it'll work out for me.

Plus, I would much rather play a game than make it. Have you ever looked at the process to make a video game? It looks a little tedious and monotonous....and its a lot of work. But thats just my opinion.

It's been my dream to work on a video game, but to be honest I'm not sure how likely that is at this point. :P

Yeah, but then my father crushed that. Now I'm going into biological sciences... Science is as good as video games, right guys? :D Right? :| :( :cry:zakkro

At leasr you're arnt being forced and sent into the Military :cry:

I never considered the idea seriously. I thought about it once or twice, but like singing or acting it's just seemed like a pipe dream, albeit a little easier to obtain. I like playing video games, but making them doesn't appeal to me and would take the fun out of playing them, since it would be a career and not a hobby. I decided to join the armed forces and become a cop instead.

I would love to. I'd like to be a writer. I've got one idea for a game - and all the cutscenes are in opera. Or they would be, if I could get around to writing the blasted thing. I've also got another idea. Not programming or level design or anything like that. Just writing.

Nope, making video games is not the same as playing and it's very tedious and can be also very frustrating. I hope to join something in government after I finish my IR degree.

I'm going to UMass Amherst in the fall, and while I have yet to pick a major, I'm leaning towards Computer Engineering. I also took some basic programming claases in high school. So I don't know, I might become a video programmer some day.

I want to animate gameplay.

avatar_genius

That used to be what I wanted, but I have decided to give my own ideas a try.

Not really, I was looking more into electronic engineering. Seems my kind of thing. I repair ps3s and 360s at my parents' Play N Trade for a small fee. Its a small town so its more of a favor than a service. Im only 17....I think it'll work out for me.

Plus, I would much rather play a game than make it. Have you ever looked at the process to make a video game? It looks a little tedious and monotonous....and its a lot of work. But thats just my opinion.

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I want to play games and get money for it. Is there some job that I can do that?

black_cat19

Game journalism? Gamespot comes to mind...

or you can be a video-game-tester....

So recently I've decided I wanted to push towards the gaming industry as a career, and with that in mind, I changed my major over to Computer Sciene in the area of programming. Now, another thing I've noticed is that Google is littered with ads for Devry and ITT tech and all those other tech. colleges, and this seems like a marketing suck hole for people trying to get into it all. I've come to you guys to ask if you, or anyone else you may know, has experience in this industry? I want to take the idea seriously and want to pursue it, and I want to make sure that going to Computer Science is a good idea. I also made sure my minor was Graphic design for right now. So discuss with me if you guys will! I have never posted on this forum and I figured I'd give it a try! So keep the flamming to a minimum haha. Like I said, any tips or any other forum you know of that may help with my information or websites for a good start.. Just let me know!FenrisWarg

I can't claim to have done any research on the game development courses offered by DeVry, ITT Tech, etc. In general, I'd be wary of any game development course that didn't require a solid foundation in computer programming as a prerequisite.

I think your current path is the best one: With a major in Computer Science, you'll be able to try your hand at game development and fall back on a more traditional software-engineering career if you find that the game industry isn't to your liking.

I slightly considered it. I wouldn't like it.

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I want to play games and get money for it. Is there some job that I can do that?

Dogswithguns

Game journalism? Gamespot comes to mind...

or you can be a video-game-tester....

Video game testing is very tedious.

i did once but its 2 much work making 3d models

I think wanting to work in the gaming industry is the new generations... I want to become a professional athlete. So many people want to do it, but so few ever actualy will.

I've recently started working towards becoming a composer and/or sound designer for games.

Mainly because music is really the only thing I'm good at. I wish it wasn't, because it makes looking for a job that much harder.

As much as I like videogames, I don't really want to deal with them all my life. I'll rather be an accountant or a mortgage broker

I thought about it once at some point I guess, but I can't be bothered because I have no desire to learn anything to work my way up to the top. I just want to run my own gaming company--I want my own gaming company with like, "25" to "50" extremely talented people to pay off who will do anything and everything I tell them too within a certain budget. I have lots of ideas, but I can't be bothered with actually learning how to create character models, program, beta test, and all that other mess. All I want is 100% control and support over everything.

I just want to bring the mediocre games I envision into reality for some easy cash.

" Ex: Ok you guys, I want you to create a game for me called explosions for the masses. Guy number 1--at the begining of the game...I want this puppy walking up the street..and then KABOOM!..this building explodes with awesome graphics. Then guy number 2, you're gonna make the sound effects sound all realistic and stuff, and guy number 3, you get me Micheal Bay on the phone for more inspiration, and etc. "

I'm trying to be a game journalist, I just suck at it lol.

I plan on going into engineering. Maybe I can help design a console one day.

ive tried making games but they all were boring... making games in general is boring

but i'd love to write the script for a major rpg