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Questions tagged [education]

Questions about game-development related academic subject matter. It includes both specific game development degrees as well as other forms of coursework related to the job.

Academia is a great place to get started on the path to a game development career. The fact that game development combines several aspects of education (programming, mathematics, writing, artistry, communication...) lends itself to a lot of variety in the approach during one's learning years.

Questions about the applicability of specific coursework, or about what kinds of education you may want to consider looking into, fall under the purview of this tag. Please avoid questions like "Which college should I attend?" and focus instead on the subject matter that you should study.

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What are some good podcasts for game developers to listen to?

This could include specific game dev, general dev or general game podcasts. Please provide a brief description along with links.
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Game Development Degree vs Computer Science Degree

I'm at the point in my life where I'm starting to look at schools, and was hearing a lot of mixed things about schools such as Digipen or Fullsail that target game development specifically. As someone who is planning on becoming a programmer and…
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What are some non-obvious topics to learn for game development?

I've been writing games for around 10 years now (from QBasic to C# and everything in-between). I need to start stretching my skills into different areas. What are other, surprising topics I should read up on? Expected topics would include the usual…
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Establish a person's genuine interest in game programming

I teach on a 3rd level, 4 year games programming degree (B.Sc. in Computer Games Development). We find that new and prospective students often conflate interests and abilities in game-playing, game-design and game-programming. (I know the title…
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What are some good game development programs for kids?

I know a very bright little boy who excels in math, but at home he's glued to his Nintendo DS. When I asked him what he wanted to do when he grew up he said "Make video games!" I remember a few years ago there was mention of a MIT software called…
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What is a good university for computer science and game development?

I am starting my computer science degree at a local community college in programming using C++. However, I will be transferring to a 4-year university. Does anyone have any insight on university programs? I know Cal State Fullerton has a degree with…
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What are the fundamentals of game development?

I completely do not understand how a video game can be coded. I'm a beginner programmer and only have experience writing console applications that do math and what not. I do not understand how these logical processes can make images move on the…
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Where can I find resouces for developing an "Intro to Game Development" class at a Community College?

I am an adjunct professor at a technical College in South Carolina. I currently teach courses in .Net programming and Oracle PL/SQL. We’ve noticed an influx of students who want to learn more about computer programming and game development in…
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Gamedev related magazines

Do you know any gamedev related magazines ? I only know http://www.gdmag.com/ and http://www.gamasutra.com/ . I also know http://ffdmag.com/ ,there's texts about flash (sometimes related to games)
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What skills does a hobbyist gamedev team need?

In the industry, people with various skills and talents all work together on a team. They are most often specialised in their field. However, this is unpractical for a hobbyist team. All people in such a team need some skill in various fields and…
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Is there a book describing how old-school 2D games were programmed?

This fellow over on Stack Overflow has many questions on how 8/16-bit era games were programmed. I'd like to point him at a basic primer on how game loops worked, static entity arrays and rendering loops and the like; but I don't know of any such…
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Software Design or Advanced Computer Graphics for Game Dev Wannabe

So, I've been a programmer for 3 years and am finishing up my first graduate semester. I want to get into independent software( mostly mobile ) development with a interest in game development. The university I go to does research in software…
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Underlying skills and knowledge

I am trying to expand my knowledge on gaming and programming and I was wondering what underlying skills people think they one should learn to be a great programmer, or developer. What are some important patterns or practices that you use…
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I.T. degree for game programming?

I am a 19 year old who has always been interested in video & computer games. I developed the interested for game programming about three months ago and started researching on the profession. The only degrees always suggested on the internet and in…
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Should I formally study to make games?

I don't have formal studies in programming nor in graphic design, I'm self-taught, you know I have learned some things here and there. So far have been doing amateur stuff, sort of hobbyist. I would like at some point of my life be doing…
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