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GAME DESIGN EDUCATION SURVEY
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CloseHey all. This is for anyone who might be involved in a university game development program, or at least anyone who has taken a course in the area.
I'm doing a research project which is investigating how game design is being taught. If you've been in one of these courses or programs before, I'd appreciate your help.
1) What tools or engines did you use?
2) What books were being used for reading assignments?
3) Can you cite examples of assignments or projects you had to do?
4) Where did you participate in this program?
5) What major lessons did you take away from the program?
6) What do you wish you had learned?
Any help at all is appreciated. Thanks.
I'm doing a research project which is investigating how game design is being taught. If you've been in one of these courses or programs before, I'd appreciate your help.
1) What tools or engines did you use?
2) What books were being used for reading assignments?
3) Can you cite examples of assignments or projects you had to do?
4) Where did you participate in this program?
5) What major lessons did you take away from the program?
6) What do you wish you had learned?
Any help at all is appreciated. Thanks.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
I applied for a game design school (Sanford-Brown College) and went to visit the school. I even took the school's entrance exam. They did not accept the ACT or SAT for some reason that they couldn't seem to explain very well. When the questions on the school's entrance exam only went up to fifth grade arithmetic and did not include any pre-algebra or beyond at all, I withdrew my application and walked out. FYI the school did not actually teach any math classes. This means they were teaching game design in such a way that no math would be involved at any point in the curriculum. That was just unacceptable.
Based on conversations I've had with a few of me friends who have studied game design, their overwhelming problem with the programs was that they never actually learned how to make games enjoyable or well balanced. All three friends (who attended three different schools) said that no actual design principles were taught. Only the technical aspects, such as graphics, programming, etc were ever addressed.
This post might be totally unhelpful to you, since I didn't answer most of your questions, but there you go.
Based on conversations I've had with a few of me friends who have studied game design, their overwhelming problem with the programs was that they never actually learned how to make games enjoyable or well balanced. All three friends (who attended three different schools) said that no actual design principles were taught. Only the technical aspects, such as graphics, programming, etc were ever addressed.
This post might be totally unhelpful to you, since I didn't answer most of your questions, but there you go.
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I applied for a game design school (Sanford-Brown College) and went to visit the school. I even took the school's entrance exam. They did not accept the ACT or SAT for some reason that they couldn't seem to explain very well. When the questions on the school's entrance exam only went up to fifth grade arithmetic and did not include any pre-algebra or beyond at all, I withdrew my application and walked out. FYI the school did not actually teach any math classes. This means they were teaching game design in such a way that no math would be involved at any point in the curriculum. That was just unacceptable.
Based on conversations I've had with a few of me friends who have studied game design, their overwhelming problem with the programs was that they never actually learned how to make games enjoyable or well balanced. All three friends (who attended three different schools) said that no actual design principles were taught. Only the technical aspects, such as graphics, programming, etc were ever addressed.
This post might be totally unhelpful to you, since I didn't answer most of your questions, but there you go.
That sounds pretty awful. I wouldn't go to a school solely built around game development. My school is a four year university that just recently got a program in game development. The way it works here is that you follow either a technical or artistic route and have a number of electives you need to fill (so you could take a course in machinima or design principles to supplement your education). Since the field is pretty new, we're researching how it's being approached at other schools and analyzing the current trends so that we can find out which areas are being met and which areas need to be addressed.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Well, okay, Sanford-Brown is a tech school for various fields, and they have a game design degree. I didn't mean to imply it was their only degree.
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