Is this game development diploma worth a try?
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I've attended a game development course preview. The course offers a diploma for game development and the attractive thing is that it offers testimonials and direct job offers or freelance opportunities for students who make the grade. Also, enrolled students are assigned to be paid game testers. The software used for this course are: DarkBasic, GameMaker, Visual C++, Maya, 3D Max and the school's own game engine. Is this course worth a try? And is DarkBasic useful in the game industry? I live in Singapore and the name of the school is "Asian Centre for Professional Excellence".
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I've attended a game development course preview. The course offers a diploma for game development and the attractive thing is that it offers testimonials and direct job offers or freelance opportunities for students who make the grade. Also, enrolled students are assigned to be paid game testers. The software used for this course are: DarkBasic, GameMaker, Visual C++, Maya, 3D Max and the school's own game engine. Is this course worth a try? And is DarkBasic useful in the game industry? I live in Singapore and the name of the school is "Asian Centre for Professional Excellence".
no clue about darkbasic, but the gaming industry has a reputation of employing predatory labor practices. There're far more people who want to make games than game coder slots so alot of companies pay well below industry average, and demand extremely long working hours as the project progresses confident in the fact that by the time they realize how badly they've been screwed the bulk of the new hires won't have any time left to look for a new job and can't afford to quit and spend a few months unemployed. Then after the mass exodus following the release date they simply hire a new crop of eager suckers.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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no clue about darkbasic, but the gaming industry has a reputation of employing predatory labor practices. There're far more people who want to make games than game coder slots so alot of companies pay well below industry average, and demand extremely long working hours as the project progresses confident in the fact that by the time they realize how badly they've been screwed the bulk of the new hires won't have any time left to look for a new job and can't afford to quit and spend a few months unemployed. Then after the mass exodus following the release date they simply hire a new crop of eager suckers.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
dan neely wrote:
the gaming industry has a reputation of employing predatory labor practices
I have heard that from a few sources :suss:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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dan neely wrote:
the gaming industry has a reputation of employing predatory labor practices
I have heard that from a few sources :suss:
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
A certain two-letter-publisher is famous for their labor practises. They are predatory at best.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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no clue about darkbasic, but the gaming industry has a reputation of employing predatory labor practices. There're far more people who want to make games than game coder slots so alot of companies pay well below industry average, and demand extremely long working hours as the project progresses confident in the fact that by the time they realize how badly they've been screwed the bulk of the new hires won't have any time left to look for a new job and can't afford to quit and spend a few months unemployed. Then after the mass exodus following the release date they simply hire a new crop of eager suckers.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
Anything involving programming that includes the word "basic" can't possibly be good for anything.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Anything involving programming that includes the word "basic" can't possibly be good for anything.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Let it go John, you'll give yourself a heart attack, and I'm not breathing in your mouth if you keel over... :P
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A certain two-letter-publisher is famous for their labor practises. They are predatory at best.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
Sebastian Schneider wrote:
A certain two-letter-publisher is famous for their labor practises
Gee, I wonder who that could be :rolleyes::laugh:
"Any sort of work in VB6 is bound to provide several WTF moments." - Christian Graus
