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Monster w21 Faces posted:We just put out our first press release since I started my job. Hooray! This is a long shot, but do you know anything about what's happening at Abertay? I applied for GDPM there and I still haven't received a response to my application. Apparently there's still trouble with the Principal and Vice Principal being suspended, and all kinds of senate hearings and lawsuits flying around. I even heard a rumour at one point that they were going to shut down their games courses or merge them with Dundee College. Have you heard anything about that? Congrats on the new office, too! 
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FreakyZoid posted:Yeah, that was interesting. All the rumours I heard were that they were taking funding intended for other places, and funnelling it towards the games course because that was the place's USP and shining star. That, and Hobnobs. Apparently the Principal loved Hobnobs.
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Monster w21 Faces posted:The hell? This is the first I've heard of this but then again I don't own a TV or read the paper. Oh! Well, here's some stuff on it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-12333996 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/suspension-of-abertay-principal-sparks-staff-row-1.1103333 The rumours I'd heard were that he'd put money intended for other things into the games development courses, but according to the Herald he was refusing to step down after he turned 65. Either way I'm still worried it's taking them so long to get to my application.
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Smegbot posted:scotland guy So you're working in Dundee now? Do you know much about the courses at Abertay? I'm doing GDPM there and I'm wondering how appropriate it is for local jobs.
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Smegbot posted:Yes, I've been working in Dundee for about 3 and a half years now. Thanks for the advice. Dundee seems alright for jobs but it's definitely pretty small. Honestly the dream would be to do some indie development before moving to an actual studio, but I'm only in second year so I'm not so sure how feasible that would be. There are definitely still some cool opportunities around here (Minecraft, for one thing!), so I'm interested in seeing what comes up next year. (By the way, what does it take to get into QA or an internship around here?)
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Oct 28, 2011 23:17
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Smegbot posted:For QA as long as you're literate and aren't *mental* (see the previous list re. turning up outside offices, baked goods, etc) you should be able to find something. Most of the QA folk I've worked with were from Abertay. Thanks, I'll keep a look out for any positions. I also might stand outside your window at night and scream "GOON SOLIDARITY" while playing Phil Collins songs on a boombox, tia! Sigma-X posted:
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Oct 28, 2011 23:50
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Diplomaticus posted:I don't know why but reading this title, I have misread it like 4 times now as "Everyone related to me who wants to be a game designer is dead." There aren't enough design jobs for everyone, you do what you gotta do 
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So my university teaches us that we should learn both, because we have a 50/50 chance of applying for a job with a studio that uses either, but I just want to settle an argument with my classmates. Max or Maya?
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I can't do a lick of math unless I'm playing darts. Just out of interest, how important is mathematics in programming? I've never had to use any kind of mathematics above the highschool dropout level so far, but then again I've barely done any C++ and spend most of my time in Actionscript. I assume it's not as important for scripting...
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dunkman posted:I'm gonna go in a bloody chicken costume so that every recruiter remembers me! Yeah! Somehow this is better than wearing a suit + fedora.
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Feb 25, 2012 02:15
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Fishbus posted:As a designer there's nothing sweeter than a big blank whiteboard to destroy with doodles flowcharts, maps, icons and all sorts of brain churning thoughts. Turn your walls into whiteboards. Walls are constraints on creativity.
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fookolt posted:I like how you've got a small monitor for code, and a large monitor for Steam, forum browsing, and watching movies. That's prioritizing. Diplomaticus posted:https://twitter.com/!/tfadp/status/185901238477537281 Wow. If he hadn't said anything most people would never have heard about the situation. Insulting developers in public really isn't doing Zynga's reputation any favours.
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It depends where you live. If you're in the countryside in the middle of nowhere, it makes perfect sense to move into the city to find a job.
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Like any fad, it'll crash for a while, then build up again. Once people get bored with it they'll start hating it, then when they get bored of hating it they'll move on and leave the people who are still interested in it.
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Chainclaw posted:Kickstarter is very careful to ensure that no one thinks of Kickstarter backers as investors. Kickstarter's policy on it is, it's your job to do your homework as a backer. If the budget is unreasonable or the project seems too good to be true, don't become a backer. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's considered putting up a kickstarter with a £2 goal. "I'm going to the pub, and I really want a pint." Unfortunately they seem to have rules against that too 
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keyframe posted:Watch and learn guys: Somewhere, a terrorist cell was just activated.
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Coffee Jones posted:Here's a question that might have been asked - Mass Effect 2 was supposed to let you hire squadmates in any order, but since the Xbox 360 only has DVDs they couldn't fit everyone on the same disc, so they split the squadmates equally between discs so you could only get four in the first half of the game and four in the second. They could've still made them all available from the start but I guess they wanted to minimise disc swapping. mastermind2004 posted:I present to you my way of dealing with this problem: On my class project last semester I had to reupload our final code every time we found something to change at the last minute. I went through "<name> final", "<name> final FINAL", then someone else uploaded "<name> final FINAL THIS ONE", and then I added "<name> final submission". After that I stopped uploading them and kept all the files to myself, because then I could name them whatever I wanted. Category Fun! fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Aug 3, 2012 |
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Revitalized posted:Now I'm imagining some chart labeled "alcohol consumption levels by position in the game industry" and some correlation to be drawn. Are you imagining a bar chart? Cause I'm just imagining the word "Yes".
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Aug 9, 2012 03:58
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Resource posted:Wait wait wait, what do you think design is? Collecting GOTY awards and getting interviewed by attractive IGN reporters?
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Comrade Flynn posted:Who has two thumbs and is eating BBQ at Richard Garriott's house? This guy. Have you got your thumbs up?
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Monster w21 Faces posted:I have a really nice framed copy of APB with my name on it. It's hanging on my wall so I never forget. I found one of those framed copies in the recycling centre.
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