Game Art courses and Schools - Page 11

sarge mat · 06-15-2008, 01:17 PM

Hey guys. I am haveing a good hard think about working for a year to save up and go to Qantm in london. Anyone here go to it or have any opinions on it. It looks very good but so does every school/college/uni when you are looking around.

Thanks.

rmac · 07-03-2008, 10:29 AM

I know of another school that has not been added to this thread. The biggest issue is if you go to the website you will not see any students work. Also, most of the commercials can be comedically BAD. The school is Brown College in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The school url is Brown College - Mendota Heights, Minnesota – Visual Communications-Graphic Design Program, Massage Therapy Program. Again, it does not have any of the student work on the site. The website is a huge disappointment for promoting the program

The school curriculum deals with Unreal 2003( not UT3), Torque 2d and Torque 3d. It is deals with creating a focused generalist. The students have the opportunity to try a number of different jobs but they are asked to focus by their final year.

sarge mat · 07-03-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by rmac

Unreal 2003

Very out dated IMO.

rmac · 07-03-2008, 11:21 AM

The use of unreal 2003 is to teach the concepts of level design to beginners without the snazzy bells and whistles. Some students may not of modded a game in their life, so there needs to be a happy medium from the experienced modder and the noob. Then the other issue is hardware limitations. The school is a laptop school and no desktops so there are limitation of what can be put on the laptops. Those are some of the reasons for using UT2003/4 instead of a newer engine. In a perfect world, students would get a suped up laptop that could handle some of the engines.

GFX Slave · 07-20-2008, 03:12 AM

I don't know if there are any Dutch people around here, but what school is best when looking at their game design educations: NHTV or HKU?

JudgeMagister · 08-11-2008, 09:57 PM

I need links to the best sites to "learn on your own" tutorials that teach you basics of modeling with max all the way to advanced. Also links to great mods I can join to model for them? I guess.

Also links to some good schools that you can take online, that teach in depth of how to model for video games with max. So far I've only found online courses for maya. I need to take some kind of online course that game developers would recognize and be happy that I took it. I'm talking any where from 0-6000$ enrollment fee.

I'm the guy just starting out in game dev with some experience of my own from tutorials and forums.

Kaskad · 08-11-2008, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JudgeMagister

Also links to some good schools that you can take online, that teach in depth of how to model for video games with max. So far I've only found online courses for maya. I need to take some kind of online course that game developers would recognize and be happy that I took it.

You may have heard this already, but don't take such a course with the expectation that you can land a job with the degree alone. Employers won't even look at that unless you have a portfolio that grabs them.

JudgeMagister · 08-12-2008, 12:42 AM

Yes, I've learned that already.

benclark · 08-12-2008, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JudgeMagister

I need links to the best sites to "learn on your own" tutorials that teach you basics of modeling with max all the way to advanced. Also links to great mods I can join to model for them? I guess.

Also links to some good schools that you can take online, that teach in depth of how to model for video games with max. So far I've only found online courses for maya. I need to take some kind of online course that game developers would recognize and be happy that I took it. I'm talking any where from 0-6000$ enrollment fee.

I'm the guy just starting out in game dev with some experience of my own from tutorials and forums.

The software you use doesnt matter, you can learn a new program in a week.

Also I doubt very much that you will find an industry accredited course for $6000. There are 81 game degrees/courses in the UK alone and the industry only recognises 4 of them, those 4 are expensive and very competitive and still dont garauntee anything

Have you tried looking for all this info yourself? Its already up on these forums and countless others

JudgeMagister · 08-12-2008, 06:07 PM

Ok, thanks.

07-03-2008, 10:29 AM	#102 (permalink)
rmac New Artist 4 - 1	I know of another school that has not been added to this thread. The biggest issue is if you go to the website you will not see any students work. Also, most of the commercials can be comedically BAD. The school is Brown College in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The school url is Brown College - Mendota Heights, Minnesota – Visual Communications-Graphic Design Program, Massage Therapy Program. Again, it does not have any of the student work on the site. The website is a huge disappointment for promoting the program The school curriculum deals with Unreal 2003( not UT3), Torque 2d and Torque 3d. It is deals with creating a focused generalist. The students have the opportunity to try a number of different jobs but they are asked to focus by their final year. __________________ Slacker and Know it all. Best of both worlds

07-03-2008, 11:21 AM	#104 (permalink)
rmac New Artist 4 - 1	The use of unreal 2003 is to teach the concepts of level design to beginners without the snazzy bells and whistles. Some students may not of modded a game in their life, so there needs to be a happy medium from the experienced modder and the noob. Then the other issue is hardware limitations. The school is a laptop school and no desktops so there are limitation of what can be put on the laptops. Those are some of the reasons for using UT2003/4 instead of a newer engine. In a perfect world, students would get a suped up laptop that could handle some of the engines. __________________ Slacker and Know it all. Best of both worlds

08-11-2008, 09:57 PM	#106 (permalink)
JudgeMagister Artist 54 - 1	Request I need links to the best sites to "learn on your own" tutorials that teach you basics of modeling with max all the way to advanced. Also links to great mods I can join to model for them? I guess. Also links to some good schools that you can take online, that teach in depth of how to model for video games with max. So far I've only found online courses for maya. I need to take some kind of online course that game developers would recognize and be happy that I took it. I'm talking any where from 0-6000$ enrollment fee. I'm the guy just starting out in game dev with some experience of my own from tutorials and forums.

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06-15-2008, 01:17 PM	#101 (permalink)
sarge mat Senior Artist 769 - 31	Hey guys. I am haveing a good hard think about working for a year to save up and go to Qantm in london. Anyone here go to it or have any opinions on it. It looks very good but so does every school/college/uni when you are looking around. Thanks.

07-20-2008, 03:12 AM	#105 (permalink)
GFX Slave New Artist 22 - 3	I don't know if there are any Dutch people around here, but what school is best when looking at their game design educations: NHTV or HKU?

08-12-2008, 12:42 AM	#108 (permalink)
JudgeMagister Artist 54 - 1	Yes, I've learned that already.

08-12-2008, 06:07 PM	#110 (permalink)
JudgeMagister Artist 54 - 1	Ok, thanks.