What would be a better marketing attempt to draw attention to the course? Derby games student goes missing? Games student at Derby cracks the Da Vinci code? etc.
The offering of placements is really limited. Consider the number of game companies in the UK (around 100 console/pc/handheld developers I'd guess, 200 or so including publishers, flash and mobile games) and then consider the number of game design courses who all use "placement opportunities" as a marketing strategy.…
brwnbread think logicly, your course is about teaching you computer gamesmodeling texturing etc and your interviewer is then telling you to look at dvds which your uni should TEACH you? that my friend is utter bullshit I strongly advise a fine arts course. I was in the same boat as you (was going to do computer games…
Solent university has this, it's not part of the uni website though but external - run by graduates who went on to get jobs in the industry, for the usage of current students / graduates. Some lecturers post on there. Quite a good course actually, I'd recommend it over Teesside or Derby.…
No, make a better video that provides relevant examples or just remove the video and keep the text like most other universities. All she says is the course is great, you get taught all the latest stuff, the place is great, etc. Those are generic statements that anyone can say about anything. I feel the same about most…
I've never heard anything positive about the teaching at any games related course. But between the 2, I've heard more (negative) things about teeside than derby (which I've never heard of at all in these discussions). Looking at that link, the interview with the female student seems like a poor marketing attempt and it…
You maximise your time by studying things that the uni isnt teaching. If the uni is offering 100% turd then you avoid it and learn things yourself. Its not solely the unis fault that many students are below average in skill, most of it is down to the laziness of the individual. Reading that thread at game artist, I hope…
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/formal_art_training.html A Traditional Arts degree might be what you are looking for. That said, if you (for whatever reason) have to study in one of the two, I can tell you that Teesside's Games Art degree is decent, plus it has a traditional arts module (continuing class going…
You seem to have missed my main point about not being able to make the most of the potential that any uni course offers, if there is hardly any potential there to make the most of. Don't know if I worded it weirdly or I rambled, but we've both ended up saying uni sucks in one form or another. As for my friend, he can't get…