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I AM GOING TO DIGIPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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nihilisticglee
Joined: Oct 12 2007
PostPosted: Jun 03 2010 06:16 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I got into the top video game design/coding/animation/anything to do with video games school in North America. I am really happy, I don't even know if this is the right place to post this, but screw it, I am really happy.

YAY DIGIPEN!
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
PostPosted: Jun 03 2010 07:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

wow good job man. good luck too.


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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
PostPosted: Jun 03 2010 08:13 pm Reply with quote Back to top

That is fucking awesome! I'm jealous!


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eatpork
Joined: May 24 2010
Location: Detroit, Michigan
PostPosted: Jun 03 2010 08:55 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Damn, that's where I wanted to go before I gave up on everything. Good going.


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Teralyx
Title: Master Exploder
Joined: Jun 04 2008
Location: Goldenrod City
PostPosted: Jun 03 2010 11:43 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Congrats! So what are you doing? Design, coding, ect. ect.


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FNJ
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Joined: Jun 07 2006
PostPosted: Jun 04 2010 01:00 am Reply with quote Back to top

eatpork wrote:
Damn, that's where I wanted to go before I gave up on everything. Good going.

same.


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nihilisticglee
Joined: Oct 12 2007
PostPosted: Jun 04 2010 02:04 am Reply with quote Back to top

Thank you for the kind words everyone!

I am getting a B.S. in game design, which should cover all of the math and technical end of video games. I will be learning coding and such, though I plan to get some lessons in 3D animation from some of the students in the B.A. programs and animation programs in order to do that as well. I can't get a B.A. myself because I lack the 2D talents to work with paper and pen, which sucks.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
PostPosted: Jun 04 2010 06:33 am Reply with quote Back to top

Good stuff man! I thought about going into game design, but I knew it was going to be much more boring than I thought it would be mostly because I dislike programming and am a terrible artist.
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
PostPosted: Jun 05 2010 08:54 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I've done work experience with games programmers before (one worked for EA, one other i remember was rockstar).

They said that programming was generally quite a low paid job and doesn't rise much above starting salary. They also said when big projects need to get pushed towards the deadline you are expected to work overtime - unpaid overtime to finish the project. They also said you pretty much don't have a life at these times.

This really deterred me from becoming a programmer.
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