How many of you are pursuing a career in Video Games?

[legacy-Calva]

Originally posted by Buckyfg
Like Angel Mapper, I recently got hired. Its at a Vancouver games company as a Level designer. starting in about a week.

show that hard work pays off. now if I could only hear the contest results my life would be complete.

ah good to hear that Bucky :up:

[legacy-FLAGEL]

Originally posted by nicky_baby
Good luck with that Krille... if there's anything the world needs, it's more web designers :haha:

BWHAHA:haha::up:

[legacy-TseTse]

Originally posted by Angel_Mapper
<-- Already there, dude.

You forgot a few though. In addition to "Graphic Design", you should have three other ones. "Designer", who is mainly responsible for the gameplay and the overall experience, "Level Designer", kind of an offshoot of Designer, who focuses on the gameplay of the levels, and "Level/World Artist", which is what I do, taking the levels that the Level Designer makes and purty-ing them up. The best way to get into doing what I do is just pick up the editor and get cracking, schooling isn't really a necessary part of it.

yep, i think "world/environmental art" is a growing, broad category for modeling, 2d art and traditional level design.

and to follow dr sin's point... unless getting trained in technical stuff (i.e. animation or coding) i think what matters is just DOING stuff.

you can be talented and skilled... but why would a company CARE if you havent shown any passion/commitment to the field?

whoopie, you're trained and skilled... but never seemed to actually MAKE anything on your own... or done original work.

compare/contrast to the "untrained" people who are cranking out really creative stuff and showing a growth rate of constant products over a long period time... and showing a passion for game development. that goes for both artists and technical coders...

personally, i dont plan on a proper full-time career. i have one already. but this is a life passion now... and i'd prolly do part-time work if i run out of mod projects

to do this as WORK would take a remarkable commitment (and a team that keeps it fun and exciting).

[KriLL3.8™]

Originally posted by FLAGEL
BWHAHA:haha::up:

there aint many web designers that got a broad knowlage base with both java html xhtml actionscript flash css asp etc

most only got 1 technique they know while i'v made asp driven database using css based xhtml sites to 100% flash actionscript + jpg objects (site in my link is 100% flash)

i'v already been contracted by a semi large co-operation at the age o' 17... and yes i'm being paied

[legacy-FLAGEL]

Originally posted by KriLL3
there aint many web designers that got a broad knowlage base with both java html xhtml actionscript flash css asp etc

most only got 1 technique they know while i'v made asp driven database using css based xhtml sites to 100% flash actionscript + jpg objects (site in my link is 100% flash)

i'v already been contracted by a semi large co-operation at the age o' 17... and yes i'm being paied

Well, that's nice for you.

Tho you can't deny that there are like 79897 web-designers out there.

[KriLL3.8™]

Originally posted by FLAGEL
Well, that's nice for you.

Tho you can't deny that there are like 79897 web-designers out there.

naw even more but few got the versitility and all aint certified in MX Studio (macromedia) and PS7/8 & Illustrator (Adobe)

[legacy-te®m]

Tho you can't deny that there are like 79897 web-designers out there.

and nearly the same amount of CliffyB pretenders

[legacy-undrtakr]

Originally posted by Angel_Mapper
<-- Already there, dude.

You forgot a few though. In addition to "Graphic Design", you should have three other ones. "Designer", who is mainly responsible for the gameplay and the overall experience, "Level Designer", kind of an offshoot of Designer, who focuses on the gameplay of the levels, and "Level/World Artist", which is what I do, taking the levels that the Level Designer makes and purty-ing them up. The best way to get into doing what I do is just pick up the editor and get cracking, schooling isn't really a necessary part of it.

Yeah, I shoulda put Designer & Level Designer instead of the Mo-cap. But I didn't think of it it then. Oh well....

[legacy-undrtakr]

Originally posted by DrSiN
If you really want to break in to gaming, the best way is to get out there and create something. Companies look at the mod communities all the time for their talent pool and it's easy to get yourself known. Learn the tools and just make what you know.

But be prepared.. most people have a certain image of what game development is like and it's almost always wrong. We don't play games all day (which is the common misconception when I say I write video games for a living). You are usually under some sort of preasure (often insane preasure) and 55+ hour work weeks are common. And believe me, often times the game you are playing is far from fun for the longest time. I worked in budget before coming to Epic and I can say I've had to develop and test some of the worst games EVER.. E V E R! You try beta testing a rock climbing game.. argh.. my eyes are bleeding again.

But the rewards are well worth it in the end in my opinion.

Thx for the info

I remeber hearing a while back, that you should get yoursel noticed by making mods, etc.

BTW, how did you get started in the gamming industry? Like what was ur first job?

[Mr. Brownstone]

Do you write semantic markup, KriLL3? It’s one thing to “know” XHTML and CSS, and quite another to use it to effectively describe your web-documents. Someone who has talent with graphics such as yourself would do well to look into this. I recommend starting off by looking at the CSS Zen Garden (and read it, don’t skim it. )

Here are some more links for your enjoyment:

http://www.zeldman.com/
http://www.alistapart.com/
http://www.simplebits.com/ (Check out the SimpleQuiz series.)
http://www.mezzoblue.com/
http://www.quirksmode.org/

The World certainly does need more web-designers — who write standards-compliant, semantic markup.

[Sharpfish]

I would love to have job doing what I love doing!

<snipped long winded rant>

Sharpfish

[Kr4zed]

Well, I'm currently trying to finish my college studies with specialization in computer graphics (the major subject) and software engineering hoping that maybe, just maybe one day I'll get a job as a programmer in the gaming industry.

Oh, and thanks for your opinion, DrSiN, it's much appreciated. However your post suggests that the "talent pool" is mainly composed of those using the technology the game provides, but where does a company like Epic look for those who will in fact participate in creating that technology ? No doubt such people would have to get their hands dirty with the current technology to have some understanding of its principles, but I doubt that this would be sufficient for someone trying to apply for a job as a technology programmer. What portfolio should such an applicant have to get a job as a tech programmer ?

I hope you check this thread again and (maybe) respond to my little post.

Thanks.

[Gandalf]

Why is this linked to a GeoW2 thread? Also, wow, 7 years ago ...

[natureboystyle05]

yea wtf? i was in the gears 2 forum and somehow ended up in ut2k4 land lol

[THE G0DCHILD]

I wonder what the requirements would be if it were released.