Colleges

[Kodiak]

What are some colleges I should check out? I am interested in Game Design, Computer Animation, Graphics, and Computer Science.

I checked out Full Sail, and requested info to be mailed, but I can't think of any others.

Suggestions of similar colleges, or colleges with fields that I may be interested in would be helpful. Also, if you have gone to a college you recommend, please tell how you liked it and how good your couses were.

Thanks,
Kodiak

 

[Czar]

dont go to full sail!!!!!

I know of a few people who have gone there, waaaay too expensive for what you get, and what you get isnt that much

vancouver film school is on the top of my list for north america

 

[CountZero]

DigiPen in Redmond Washington is supposedly decent but reading from people actually working in the game industry that these types of schools frequently spit our graduates that are pretty worthless. Whether thats the schools fault or the students i don't know.

 

[hans030390]

Excuse me, but my uncle had some new people that came into his work...they came from Full Sail...you know what he said? "These guys are amazing!"

Full sail is worth the money if you actually work at it. You get what you put into it, so obviously Czar's friends didn't do much.

Basically, Full Sail is the best for game design if you can dish out the money, dont mind the 24/7 class schedule, and actually put alot of work into it.

 

[Injury]

No matter what you do, start learning NOW.

You aren't going to impress anyone knowing only what they teach you in school. Use school to pick up a few new tricks.

 

[tfinch2]

http://guildhall.smu.edu/welcome.php

 

[imported_mitch2891]

The school does not matter that much (pick any good one) what really matters is the sort of demos and stuff you can produce in your own time, these can a)get you a job without a degree or b)get you a much better job when paired with a degree.

Also that is a pretty wide field you are looking at. You should try to focus more on one area of development.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: mitch2891
The school does not matter that much (pick any good one) what really matters is the sort of demos and stuff you can produce in your own time, these can a)get you a job without a degree or b)get you a much better job when paired with a degree.

Also that is a pretty wide field you are looking at. You should try to focus more on one area of development.

:thumbsup:

lucky for you, you are choosing one of the few fields where the work you do is more important the pieces of paper hanging on the wall or a corporate ladder.

 

NYU has a good games program. You can study under Ken Perlin who invented the facial animation technology used in Half-Life 2.

http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/facedemo/

 

[Albis]

i know a good number of ppl that went to MIT and now work for blizzard or EA Games. I'm not sure how good MIT is for gaming design but a few people every year go that route.

 

[Kodiak]

Thanks guys, any more good schools? I want to get as much info packets from them as I can. Oh, and by the way, I live in North CA, but that doesn't really matter.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: CountZero
DigiPen in Redmond Washington is supposedly decent but reading from people actually working in the game industry that these types of schools frequently spit our graduates that are pretty worthless. Whether thats the schools fault or the students i don't know.

A friend of mine went there recently, sounds like a great place!

 

[Kodiak]

So far I've requested info to be mailed from FullSail, DigiPen, and Guildhall.

 

[Kodiak]

Bump for my education's sake

 

[Kodiak]

Bump again

 

[Quasmo]

SCAD has a pretty decent Game Design department... It really focuses on the graphics side of it, they give you the engine and you build the world... meaning, you dont learn any C++ but only 3D animation for graphics engines. its pretty specialized. www.scad.edu

 

[Kodiak]

Thanks Quasmo, but it doesn't spark my interests.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: Kodiak
Thanks Quasmo

no problem... gotta promote my own school... I'm a film and television major.

 

[Futher]

Check out the Rochester Institute of Technology. Have many friends majoring in New Media IT. RIT just introduced a computer gaming major last year I believe. Amazing 3D graphics and animation school.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Futher
Check out the Rochester Institute of Technology. Have many friends majoring in New Media IT. RIT just introduced a computer gaming major last year I believe. Amazing 3D graphics and animation school.

Major in computer gaming? Sign me up!

 

[Kodiak]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Futher
Check out the Rochester Institute of Technology. Have many friends majoring in New Media IT. RIT just introduced a computer gaming major last year I believe. Amazing 3D graphics and animation school.

Major in computer gaming? Sign me up!

I requested info, but I saw nothing to do with gaming

 

[emmpee]

Check out RIT. They've got a great CS program, multiple courses in Computer Animation/Graphics, and I think they were going to start up a Master's program in Game Design? I haven't heard much about it lately, but I thought it was in the pipe... a tiny bit of info here, you can probably email somebody from this page: http://social.it.rit.edu/projects/grad/index.php

EDIT: Whoa, didn't realize somebody beat me to it. If you're looking for a real person who might actually be responsive, email Prof. Bayliss from the CS dept (jdb at cs dot rit dot edu). She does a lot of stuff in that area and can either help you out, or put you in touch with someone who can.

 

[PHiuR]

i go to RIT and they are starting to get pretty serious about game design... i don't know too much about it...

i'm in IT - New Media and thinking about changing to New Media - Design (cant decide) but game design might be part of regular IT>

 

[Kodiak]

I can't find a request info to be mailed @ the RIT website, anybody wanna help me out? I'm interested in the Game Design & Devel.

 

[Kodiak]

Bump.