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Where would I fit in within the gaming industry?

Kiiryu · 2010-01-06T10:07:15

Well, I've been drawing my entire life, creating everything from sprites, backgrounds, tilesets,animated short films, to manga, and I have a love for video games, so it seems like an obvious choice to become an artist in the gaming industry right? Well, I'm also a composer of videogame music, and I also want to be a game designer..hm. So my question is, what should I do as a career? I've started a few games, creating the concepts, sounds, music, and art myself (though it was using GM's built in language, so I can't exactly say I'm a programmer). However, this is no career, I need to specialize in something if I want to get anywhere, I can't just say "I'LL DO EVERYTHING". So long story short, where would I fit within the gaming industry, and which am I better at between art and music? Alright, first of all, here's were I stand as an artist.(though there are no example of sprites or tilesets here.) http://kiyru.deviantart.com/gallery/ And here's where I stand with music. http://www.myspace.com/451771111 Some smaller midis and melodies. http://midishrine.com/midi/31786.mid http://midishrine.com/midi/31787.mid http://midishrine.com/midi/31788.mid http://midishrine.com/midi/31789.mid http://midishrine.com/midi/32005.mid http://midishrine.com/midi/32006.mid http://midishrine.com/midi/32007.mid

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Started by Kiiryu December 07, 2009 06:09 PM

9 comments, last by Tom Sloper 14 years, 5 months ago

Tom Sloper

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January 06, 2010 10:07 AM

Quote: Original post by uniqs
The problem with me is not which to choose,but not knowing which to be chose from....So I hasitate.

Your problem is fear.
You are letting fear of the unknown make you stay cooped up in your little hidey-hole.
You cannot live life that way. Get out of that little hidey-hole. Start learning. Read the programming FAQs here on this site. Read the career FAQs on my site. It's okay to be afraid, but you can't let it stop you from living life.

-- Tom Sloper -- sloperama.com