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future designer...hopefully

paul jats · 2010-05-02T08:05:36

Hi. I am from Romania, Galati. I'm new to this game industry thing - I actually don't know much about it and right now I need some advice. About one year ago I got the idea of making my own game - I'm a cliche, right? I tried programming it myself, but I just can't get round advanced coding. So, instead, I've passed to another idea - to get a job as a game designer, or study game design. In the country I live in, however, there are not many possibilities for what I want to do. Since last year, I have found a lot of information, none of which seems to be useful: a game design class held once a week in a faculty from a city that is in the opposite part of the country; a one semester class in the third year in a university in the capital city - however I am not yet prepared to get in there; and the fact that most designers started in other positions in companies (artists, testers, programmers, etc). I've send mails to several companies, but just one answered and said they had no available positions. I've even e-mailed some current designers, but they couldn't help much. I'm even willing to work for free at this point. So, what am I doing wrong? I am running out of things to try and I'm very close to quitting. So far, the only thing I managed to accomplish is a blog with some of my ideas: http://pauljats.blogspot.com/ , but I don't think it's gonna do me any good. I even have enhanced ideas of those games, I even have some other ideas, some quite original, others just improvements. I'm starting to think that my ideas aren't that good and maybe the reason I'm writing right now is that I hope someone will put some sense into me and tell to come back to earth and be realistic by trying something else. So, can anyone help me in any way whatsoever?

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Started by paul jats April 30, 2010 02:54 PM

10 comments, last by Obscure 14 years, 2 months ago

paul jats

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May 02, 2010 02:39 AM

@Tom:
19, last year of high school, don't know what to do after.
also, think I might try the thing with the documents...

@Obscure:
I've been "playing" with map editors almost since I got my first computer. I've never done anything too serious, though.

Obscure

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May 02, 2010 08:05 AM

Quote: Original post by paul jats
@Obscure:
I've been "playing" with map editors almost since I got my first computer. I've never done anything too serious, though.

Well if you want to get a job you need to stop playing and start working.

Dan Marchant - Business Development Consultant
www.obscure.co.uk

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