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  • DotKritic
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    • Jun 2009
    • 2974
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    Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

    I want to go into game design and maybe release a game to the XBOX Marketplace someday. Just wondering if there are any game designers out there on FFR who would give me some suggestions with the industry. What's the best way to learn (college, on my own, etc.)? Best software? Programming languages used?

    I have an idea, but it's not quite on paper yet.

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    • blindreper1179
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      • Jun 2006
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      #2
      Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

      I have no idea which would be "best" but my brother is taking video game designer in college, and said he's learning the stuff pretty fast. Check your local colleges and see what they have to offer as courses.
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        • Izzy
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          • Jan 2003
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          #3
          Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

          The easiest way to get into xbox game development is to download visual studio and XNA 4. After that you can probably search for some well made default game engines to build from.

          There are plenty of tutorials to get you started on learning xna which is written in c#.

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            • DotKritic
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              • Jun 2009
              • 2974
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              Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

              Originally posted by blindreper1179
              I have no idea which would be "best" but my brother is taking video game designer in college, and said he's learning the stuff pretty fast. Check your local colleges and see what they have to offer as courses.
              I've been looking at the only community college that offers courses in game design and development (IT Intro Game Dsgn/Dvlpmt OC)"Intro Game Design and Development", "Level Design", "Object Oriented Design Game Design", "Programming Fundamentals I", and "Programming Fundamentals II".

              I've been looking at Full Sail University for the past couple of days. I started looking at universities in the area that offer Bachelor degrees in Graphic Design and another in Digital Media.

              edit: Which is best: Windows or Apple?
              Last edited by DotKritic; 05-25-2012, 10:31 PM.

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                • Cyr
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                  • Apr 2011
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                  Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                  I'm sorry but if you go to college and get a degree in video game design....you've failed.
                  Everyone else who sees it on your resume will think the same thing.

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                    • bmah
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                      • Oct 2003
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                      #6
                      Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                      If you have nothing constructive to say Cyr, don't say it.

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                        • Izzy
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                          • Jan 2003
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                          Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                          Originally posted by Cyr
                          I'm sorry but if you go to college and get a degree in video game design....you've failed.
                          Everyone else who sees it on your resume will think the same thing.
                          I don't believe this is true, but I think it would be a better idea to double major in computer science and game design. Surely a lot of the classes would overlap anyway.

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                            • DotKritic
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                              • Jun 2009
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                              Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                              Thanks Izzy.

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                                • DotKritic
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                                  • Jun 2009
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                                  Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                                  Anything else that could help me with game design?

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                                    • sticklydude
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                                      Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                                      My friend is currently in Full Sail, it's pretty expensive though.

                                      Do you have any programming experience currently?

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                                        • DotKritic
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                                          • Jun 2009
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                                          #11
                                          Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                                          None.

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                                            • Thatskier
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                                              • Feb 2008
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                                              Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                                              Originally posted by DotKritic
                                              None.
                                              You've got a long way to go bro
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                                                • DotKritic
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                                                  • Jun 2009
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                                                  Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                                                  Originally posted by Thatskier
                                                  You've got a long way to go bro
                                                  What's the best and easiest programming language to learn?

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                                                    • Zageron
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                                                      • Apr 2007
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                                                      Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                                                      Originally posted by DotKritic
                                                      What's the best and easiest programming language to learn?
                                                      Python, to start.

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                                                        • DotKritic
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                                                          • Jun 2009
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                                                          Re: Looking for insight, suggestions on game designing

                                                          I guess easiest in order.

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