First and very foremost: I AM SORRY! I have been to many forums, viewed previous posts along the lines of mine before and I know and understand how tiring seeing 'One Of These Posts' pop up again. I apologize upfront, but I am approaching desperation and am doing everything I can to get my questions answered. I'm sorry for…
My old Creative Director from Ubisoft has a blog. http://clicknothing.typepad.com/ (With links to other Designers/Creative Director types). He actually has his degree in Quantum Physics (which really doesn't have a direct correlation to games). He got into the industry the same way many of us did. He started working on a…
Oh man, I <3 the game/art community sometimes. Thank you for all the replies and advice I'm going to try and get to everyone here who had something to say to see if it helps a bit more. I appologize for the wall of text, but I don't want anyone to feel I ignored them, since no advice here was useless. @chrisradsby: "Game…
Have you tried smaller non-AAA studios? I see positions open up for facebook game designers from time to time. It's a hard time to land a job in any creative field right now, the competition is very fierce with so many experienced people out of work. You probably need something to make your portfolio stand out from the…
so wait. you wanna be the designer? as in, the person making the choices of what you`ll do in the game? All i can say is good luck. The chances of getting one of those jobs with no experience is very very VERY slim. From what Ive read and heard from others, most people that get that job, got it by working somewhere for a…