Quick question on college selection.

Dr. Monarch

Hello everyone I was wanting to know if anyone here has graduated from the online game design course offered by Full Sail University, if so was it a good choice for your career. I have been thinking about either taking that course or the one offered at ITT Tech to try to get a job in the video game industry. Any advice would help greatly , thanks.

Lewisham

Don't do either of these.

No.

Just no.

(PS. Use the search function to see why)

Dr. Monarch

So do you think that I should go with my second idea which is to get a bachelor's degree in writing or literature? Could that possibly help me with a job in the game industry?

Lewisham

I suggest using the search function, this question has been gone over many, many times before.

Short answer: games industry is hard, pays less than it's worth, and is not a very good idea as a terminal career goal.

admanb

If you really want to design games, I'd say you're much better off with either no degree or a computer science degree. Either way, the only way you're going to go from regular joe to game designer is to design your own game. That is to say, make a game.

Practically speaking, get the CS degree. That way you can get a job if creative work doesn't pan out.

Every aspect of game development except for code monkey work and testing is creative. You don't get a creative job by getting a degree and applying for it. Authors don't graduate with an english degree then apply to a publisher, they write. Screenwriters don't graduate with a film degree and then apply to a production company, they write a screenplay. The same is true for games.