GeneralSo I have been in the Games Industry a while now
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Just curious if anyone here would like any advice on how to get into the games industry, needs help or advice. Or maybe just ask questions below? I'm now at 4 years in and Credited on 2 huge titles. But its not all sunshines and rainbows like people expect. I've been a member here for a while and just want to share the knowlege/what I have learnt so far.

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I applied for a college course for game design and I ended up quitting after 2 months. I was told despite knowing my way around graphics (including cinema 4d at the time) that it was pretty useless in that section. I had a lot of unanswered questions. I'd love to start again one day.

When you say "in the game industry" what stuff did you actually do? Design?
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Ghost wrote I applied for a college course for game design and I ended up quitting after 2 months. I was told despite knowing my way around graphics (including cinema 4d at the time) that it was pretty useless in that section. I had a lot of unanswered questions. I'd love to start again one day.

When you say "in the game industry" what stuff did you actually do? Design?


I do have to be Careful due to NDAs and stuff. However I am currently senior QA, I started in QA 4 years ago, so I manage test plans, scripts and so on.

I did however specalise at Uni in Games design: Story development.
I would say from experience, it is way better to specalise in one department, so don't ever just quit! You got this. Its always good to be a master of one trade than a jack of all in this Industry. I just found myself liking QA/Production. I have also been in backend Online services. However I like being in game, Bugging and getting my hands dirty as it were
So in short, I am qualified to make and design names aswell as write the narrative as maybe my path will go down there one day but after being in QA for so long, I really enjoy it!
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