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AryanChinha

Hi.i am a engineering student.....i wana know how to build up my career as a game designer.I am in C-Tech branch.I wana join game industry as a Game designer....which course should i do nd in M tech which subject should i choose for specialization?Is any other related course needed?Guys i will be grateful if u help me.....I am requesting to the admin too....

cool_techie_tvm

I have heard that gaming is all about programming. U need to be proficient with programming languages.

I will reserve my opinions till other members also post in this thread.

saurav_k

have you completed your engineering? i wont suggest you to go for m.tech for a career in gaming industry ... better start off from some indian gaming firms ... may not be big names like EA or Rockstar ... but after some experience you can apply for major gaming firms ... but this will really need some very hard workd and creativity ... as CTT said programming is a very important requirement for gaming jobs ... but even if you are not a very good programmer there are other career options in gaming industry like designing and animations, game testing, script building, etc ... one of my seniors is infact working in a gaming firm ... havent been n contact with him for some days... i will talk to him and give some more details here ...

The Sorcerer

Its "gaming" btw...
Majority of the game design and rendering is outsourced in India whereas the engine and other stuff are from somewhere else. Render and designing outsourcing is done especially in Bangalore and Mumbai. There was one company which moved from Mumbai to Pune. They did some work for bioshock. Those designers are standard grads but have done courses in rendering and designing but many learnt via trial and error. The smart and resourceful ones end up opening an office and bag major clients, some- like a 17 year old admin from erodov forums who runs the whole website from his dad's pocket and got a senior job posting out of his dad's influence and does nothing but takes out his iphone and flashes around. A friend of mine works there and the place name is "toonz" something in Mumbai. If its something like complete design- U.S. is the way to go. However you need to understand that you will have slog over there as well. Programming is one thing, marketing is another however their faith is "together" when it comes to becoming a hit.

AryanChinha

Really thanks people...when i strated this thread i was not sure for rplys.....to saurav,if u really contact with ur senior and help me...it will be so nice of you...i have sent a friend request...And i have not completed my engineering..... KEEP THIS THREAD ALIVE PEOPLE.....

saurav_k

i will definitely try to contact him ... actually its been a long time since we have been in touch ... for the time being try finding some openings in similar sites like:

http://www.pluggd.in/indian-gaming-i...ocionets-1241/

http://placementpapers.net/jobs/Ubis...me-Tester-Jobs

http://www.gameguru.in/features/2007...by-jump-games/

http://sushubh.net/666-gaming-jobs-in-india

nilact

You can make small games at your place. You must have some knowledge of programming languages. and try XNA Game Studio Express Edition Provided by Microsoft Free of Charge.
Even i can give one small game of Tic Tac Toe that i developed with AI feature tha won't let you win.

saurav_k

just asking ... did that game really needed any AI feature? ...

it can be implemented in any language using basic logic i guess ... even i have developed a few tic-tac-toe games in a few languages ...

nilact

It is not necessary that you have AI in your game, but at that time i wanted to develop it in such a way that no one can win. I tried to create fork for each and every possible steps and i succeeded. Ya Game can be developed in any language, you are comfortable with.

Once i attended one CSI Seminar where that fellow developed Tic-Tac-Toe game in C (With Graphics) and he's done the same thing..

But XNA Game studio is superb. To develop any game with XNA Game Studio, you must have Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition (Free From Microsoft). You can develop 3D Games also in that, and it supports all the languages supported by .Net Framework 2.0 (Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition)

saurav_k

yes, actually i got your point in the previous post itself ... AI has been one of my favourite subjects. and tic-tac-toe is one of the very basic games (problems in AI terminology) for starters...

AryanChinha

Look,I have searched through and gained some informations......as a developer i should be a master on c++ and java.....then other criteria will come but as a Game designer i heard that i must know about the animation making.....means that i have to do some animation coures........i heard that some course like SPEED CONTROL and etc.. are required to start the game designing,can u give some more info on this????What is that Speed controll???or which should be the perfect animation course?which institute will u prefer?how long will these courses?i also heard that the basic good companies like EA,UBISOFT,ROCKSTAR etc claims some experience........



Another thing.....i heard that m.tech in artificial intelligence helps a lot to join gaming industries....is it true?

saurav_k

yes ... very true ... wasnt AI a subject in your b.tech course? it helps in making the basic logic for games ....