Computer Games Development

Overheal

How do you reccomend we start scouting for our work placement Red?

RedXIV

best off if ya have a contact from a company, otherwise it's a pretty horrible process. I had a contact but it fell through and i'm in the process of basically annoying every game development country i can find (and i mean all over the globe) and asking them to take me on. Overheal, if you have american citizenship, i can give you an email address of a company that would more than likely take ya on next year in Reno

jakedixon2004

holy ****:eek:
i never knew that we would have to go as far as America to get a job

RedXIV

you don't HAVE to go to america. but i'm not gonna lie to ya, it's ten times easier to get an intership over there. there's only two companies in ireland taking interships from us this year, microsoft and popcap games. admittidly vivendi and activision are taking people but the college requirements are only BARELY satisfied with these two companies due to their contract length of only 3 months

jakedixon2004

what about Havok in dublin ... they make physics engines ...that is what u do in that course is it not

Overheal

Havok physics are quite far past what you would be expected to do in our course. In fact they'd be just as interested in hiring physicists.

Reno sounds like a hoot

jakedixon2004

so we dont get to make physics engines?
Would a company such as THQ or EA ever be interested in hiring us 4 the work placemant

Genghiz Cohen

I suppose, they would have in-house/bought physics engines, so you dont need to worry about physics or anything.

RealistSpy

So why would I do that course If I will end up with no job? answer me this Software development or System Management course? I don't know what to pick. My cao is gone but I can still change my course.

Overheal

The good ones end up with a job. Im currently entering a Games Development contest known as dare to be digital - entering such things is generally where companies will do their scouting from. I could even win a BAFTA... *cough* but thatll probably never happen because they let the asians enter >_>

a job is not going to be handed to you on this one. Its like an arts course: during the 4 years you will build up a portfolio of work and based on that you will get jobs: not so much the degree itself though it helps. Entering competitions greatly helps your profile and thats what im at.

Renegade_Archer

For all you prospective interns, don't forget about Demonware, based in Dublin. They're owned by Activision, so good opportunities abound...

Genghiz Cohen

Activision are looking at CVs as we speak.