Comments on: Lessons I've learned from working in the games industry http://www.actstudios.co.uk/2009/09/03/lessons-ive-learned-from-working-in-the-games-industry/ Games, and the industry of making them Sun, 29 May 2011 13:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pyroka http://www.actstudios.co.uk/2009/09/03/lessons-ive-learned-from-working-in-the-games-industry/#comment-114 Pyroka Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:03:21 +0000 http://actstudios.co.uk/?p=19#comment-114 Glad it could help! Don't get too stressed about placements yet, I didn't start mine till September, concentrate on trying to get some original portfolio work going, since a-lot of people will have just the stuff they did at uni. But don't work on your own stuff at the expense of your uni work. Oh, and go to all the game jams you can, they're awesome, especially if you have an artist or two on your team (Well done on 'Lighter the hair' by the way, that looks really good). Enjoy year 2, safe in the knowledge that if it doesn't kill you you'll finish it with the skills to go do something cool in the industry. Glad it could help! Don’t get too stressed about placements yet, I didn’t start mine till September, concentrate on trying to get some original portfolio work going, since a-lot of people will have just the stuff they did at uni. But don’t work on your own stuff at the expense of your uni work.
Oh, and go to all the game jams you can, they’re awesome, especially if you have an artist or two on your team (Well done on ‘Lighter the hair’ by the way, that looks really good).

Enjoy year 2, safe in the knowledge that if it doesn’t kill you you’ll finish it with the skills to go do something cool in the industry.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.actstudios.co.uk/2009/09/03/lessons-ive-learned-from-working-in-the-games-industry/#comment-113 Ryan Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:47:03 +0000 http://actstudios.co.uk/?p=19#comment-113 This was really a good read :) As a 2nd year on derby CGP I'm currently applying for placements, and have been stressing about it and what not. Reading this gave me a little bit of a morale boost of some sorts :) Cheers for posting something like this I've shown a few others This was really a good read :)
As a 2nd year on derby CGP I’m currently applying for placements, and have been stressing about it and what not.
Reading this gave me a little bit of a morale boost of some sorts :)
Cheers for posting something like this I’ve shown a few others

]]> By: Mark http://www.actstudios.co.uk/2009/09/03/lessons-ive-learned-from-working-in-the-games-industry/#comment-2 Mark Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:58:26 +0000 http://actstudios.co.uk/?p=19#comment-2 Mate, i cannot agree more really. i have found much the same issues from working in the industry. I would say the key fact that stands out is the "It can't be done done". I must have said that like 10 times in the first two weeks where i worked and then realised "oh wait it can be done", after the first two weeks i never said it again unless i researched the problem (sometimes in my own free time) and knew 100% that the thing we was using could not do it 100%, but even then i would try other solutions to try and write it in myself. Overall good post i will give you a #### out of 5 (you lost the one as you should have made our life sound even harder) Regards Mark Mate, i cannot agree more really. i have found much the same issues from working in the industry. I would say the key fact that stands out is the “It can’t be done done”. I must have said that like 10 times in the first two weeks where i worked and then realised “oh wait it can be done”, after the first two weeks i never said it again unless i researched the problem (sometimes in my own free time) and knew 100% that the thing we was using could not do it 100%, but even then i would try other solutions to try and write it in myself.

Overall good post i will give you a #### out of 5 (you lost the one as you should have made our life sound even harder)

Regards
Mark

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