How to get started in games developing?

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How to get started in games developing?

Post icon  Posted 23 January 2009 - 05:24 AM

hi you probably get these posts all the time but i am quite interested in going into game design and developing as a career. i am in school at the moment and dont realy have any programming knowledge except VERY basic visual basic. i was just wondering what the best route is to get into the industry??
like where to go?
what to study?
is there apprentaships?
that kinda thing
i would realy like to start a career but have no idea how to start it.
is it necsesary to go to uni for a degree or can i start at the bottom of a developing company as a tester or something?
i realy dont know so any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks guys :D

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Posted 28 January 2009 - 07:11 AM

you are right we get these all the time.... but most of the time it is in the right forum. Anyway, get your degree in computer science or related. Learn as much about c++ as you can, as well as OpenGL and DirectX. Start now by going to your local book store and getting reference manuals and "teach yourself" programming books. 90% of your learning will be done on your own 10% will be taught to you by the univerisyt.
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Re: How to get started in games developing?

Posted 28 January 2009 - 07:38 AM

Wrong forum, moved to Corner Cubical :)
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Posted 28 January 2009 - 07:59 AM

hello georgejohnston, i like your enthusiasm towards the subject :) , actually i started game programming few months ago after i found myself somehow good in JAVA, i currently make GUI based games, so not so much graphics yet they still can be fun, in order to start game programming you have to have some knowledge in a certain programming language, and when you start, start doing small and simple games in order to practice and then start making more and more complex onse as you advance in programming and get experience in game development. For a start, check out this link:http://www.gpwiki.org/,
it gives you an overview of game programming and it talks about all the concepts needed and related to it, i believe such knowledge would be very important especially if you are new... anyways i hope this helps, good luck ;)
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Posted 29 January 2009 - 04:27 AM

You can get a Quick start to your Game programming carrer by using a game maker...

A good game maker is RPG Maker XP ... sure its not free but its not expensive either. ITs a cool game maker
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 04:29 AM

cool thanks guys thats a great help
sorry about the wrong directory :S
anyways ill start looking at a few different books and teach myself.
ive started looking at java and seems ok so far
oh and is it ever too old to go to uni or start in this profession??
cos ive heard of kids starting writing code as early as the age of 6
theyve got a few years on me allready haha
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 06:27 AM

Never too old! I think the oldest member I've met here was in his 40s and just started doing web design in college! :)

I started at 16. It really varies, but in the long run it's not too important.
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Posted 02 February 2009 - 04:21 PM

awesome
i guess that was the thing i was most worried about
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