Hey!
I'm trying to download some games and projects but none of the downloads work on the daily click so I'm wondering if there is any other place where I can find click games and projects?
It kinda feels like the click community is shrinking, it used to be such a fun place now there's just a handfull of users on the forum and only ONE active click community.. What has happened? Is the interest in making games gone?
Thems have games and links and stuff. Natomic died (IIRC). And theres a new rating system at TDC so many old, higher ranked games need to be hunted in the downloads section.
Originally Posted by OldManClayton Yeah! Thanks to clickteam I'm going to go to college for game development. I'll recruit some of you alls when I starts myself a company.
Haha I did that. Went in for multimedia and just ended up making my final end-of-year projects all MMF games.
Game designing covers all areas of it:
Level designs, character designs, story development, etc etc
Game programming probably skims over this, but focuses mainly on using C++ or similar to create programs.
Most of the first year will be simple programming, and how to create effects like paralax scrolling.
I know at one uni I looked at years ago when i was thinking about it (when my brother was applying for uni) I went there and they didnt do any real independent game development until the third year of the course.
But I did recommend MMF to the tutor, whether he actually followed up on it or not I don't know.
Cool. Question: game programmers have to do what the game designer decides 100%, right? I love computer stuff, but I think I could work better if I could concentrate solely on designing. That said... I don't really think I want/need the official way of designing games, I like to have off-kilter stuff. Meh, getting off topic...
topic has been changed: discussion on game design/programming
thats tricky. i love programming, but i don't wanna be told what to do or how to do it by game design team or something.
but churning stuff out as a one man show is time consuming and hard work. grr.
See, that's my trouble. I think I would like under the hood stuff, but I wouldn't want to take orders and multiman projects are more fun. What are some good colleges for game design? (I'd like experience answers, if possible. We've all seen ads.
i wouldnt know. im going to a local university in california. california state university of fullerton (CSUF).
im majoring in computer science so i have options to do what i want. i havent gotten to the point where i need to decide what route of computer science i want to take, albeit software development, game design, game programming, networking, etc.
i've heard a lot about full sail tho. for a time thats where i wanted to go.
yeah. low level classes are generic introduction to programming courses (cpsc-120 cpsc-121 cpsc-131). then you when you get to high level classes you can do more specific things. the computer science major has like 5 specific tracks you do. or you can custom your own.
Am I the only one who wants to be an artist? A life as a game designer involves way too much excel spreadsheets and frustration because the programmer goes "isn't technically possible".
Originally Posted by OldManClayton That's hilarious. I can't decide whether to do game design or programming.
Whoa, wait, that's a big decision. Game design and programming are two very different things. Think of the designer like the architect/scriptwriter/manager and the programmer as the engineer/camera crew. They're different roles because you need one to do the work that the other ones won't do.
Game design is mainly about well.. the principles of game design, balance, storyline, cinematicism, that sort of thing. They lay out the plans and the programmer turns it into reality. There's surprisingly a lot of specialists who only choose one, and unsurprisingly, all of them make games that don't feel fun. I think you have to focus on either programming or game design, but know the other well.
If you want to know what game design is about, learn it from the master himself at http://www.erasmatazz.com He posted a PDF of his book, The Art of Computer Game Design, which I think is something even klikers should know.
Oh, and one final warning: There are a LOT of game designers out there. You're looking at a job with tens of thousands of applicants and only a few hundred jobs, most of which require years of experience. You'll have to really suffer for long years to make it in game design as they're very underpaid and you have to be prepared to learn and study everything and work creatively. And you'll need to prepare for the huge lack of respect by programmers.
So, I'd suggest you take up studying programming but learn game design on the side. As a great game designer I knew once said, "Designers are promoted, not hired"
Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
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Thanks for the links Dr.James
