12k per seat?? Can I ask where you got that information, because I'm looking at the licenses right now and I can see a perpetual Houdini license for commerical use is 2k, whereas Maya is 1.8k for a year's subscription... And what of Houdini Engine for Maya/Unreal and Unity, GoZ Bridge?
I'm currently studying a game art program that has been fairly messy in terms of curriculum so far, and as a result has left me a bit adrift in terms of skillset. The most we spend on a topic may be a month until moving on to something wildly different. For example in 4 weeks we would do a walk, run and jump cycle for a…