I'm done with a programming degree in about a week. Never went to a game college for art, but I tried this game and simulation programming degree program in the hopes that it would be like a comp-sci degree with an emphasis on how to make programs efficient for simulation purposes. yeah that wasn't it. In my opinion any…
- Higher admission standards (not academically, because high school is a farce anyway; but artistically, to weed out the "but I don't wanna DRAW stuff, that's HARD" crowd at the very least.) - No crossover with other art curricula outside the foundation courses like life drawing or art history. I was finishing college just…
Yeah, any games `art` degree/course should be vocation based and not academic. Like Vailias says, the game industry is so based on practical work that it shouldn't be an academic and theory based venture. Universities want your money, and there are lots of gamers who are willing to give it up. Thats the first half, the…
I might be in a completely different situation, given the fact that my University is not a private one (profit-orientated) but a usual state-university in germany (Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences) so I don't pay for my education (apart from the Bus Ticket (100€ per Semester and another 65€ for Student Services and…