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Now, This is for anyone that really wants to get into the gaming industry. Its just a bit of advice to help you.
Here are basically a few web sites which helped me out and stuff like that
Try some of these sites.
www.gamesjobs.co.uk
www.ea.com - Go to jobs at the bottom of the page
http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk
Just look at all of these sites.
Some good magazines you could get are things like Edge Magazine which has huge sections on jobs in the back.
Also Official Playstation 2 Magazine which has a whole directory of the biggest companies at the end of all the game listings and everthing. That is also very usefull as you can phone up each company and ask to speak to their employer or just ask the person who answers if the have xxx available and they will say 'hold on I'll connect you to blah blah blah'
And then you can ask them whatever you want and ask for advice aswell. Really Hope this Helps. I know its not much but I'm a busy man and have things to do. :)
Here are basically a few web sites which helped me out and stuff like that
Try some of these sites.
www.gamesjobs.co.uk
www.ea.com - Go to jobs at the bottom of the page
http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk
Just look at all of these sites.
Some good magazines you could get are things like Edge Magazine which has huge sections on jobs in the back.
Also Official Playstation 2 Magazine which has a whole directory of the biggest companies at the end of all the game listings and everthing. That is also very usefull as you can phone up each company and ask to speak to their employer or just ask the person who answers if the have xxx available and they will say 'hold on I'll connect you to blah blah blah'
And then you can ask them whatever you want and ask for advice aswell. Really Hope this Helps. I know its not much but I'm a busy man and have things to do. :)
Now, This is for anyone that really wants to get into the gaming industry. Its just a bit of advice to help you.
Here are basically a few web sites which helped me out and stuff like that
Try some of these sites.
www.gamesjobs.co.uk
www.ea.com - Go to jobs at the bottom of the page
http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk
Just look at all of these sites.
Some good magazines you could get are things like Edge Magazine which has huge sections on jobs in the back.
Also Official Playstation 2 Magazine which has a whole directory of the biggest companies at the end of all the game listings and everthing. That is also very usefull as you can phone up each company and ask to speak to their employer or just ask the person who answers if the have xxx available and they will say 'hold on I'll connect you to blah blah blah'
And then you can ask them whatever you want and ask for advice aswell. Really Hope this Helps. I know its not much but I'm a busy man and have things to do. :)
Here are basically a few web sites which helped me out and stuff like that
Try some of these sites.
www.gamesjobs.co.uk
www.ea.com - Go to jobs at the bottom of the page
http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk
Just look at all of these sites.
Some good magazines you could get are things like Edge Magazine which has huge sections on jobs in the back.
Also Official Playstation 2 Magazine which has a whole directory of the biggest companies at the end of all the game listings and everthing. That is also very usefull as you can phone up each company and ask to speak to their employer or just ask the person who answers if the have xxx available and they will say 'hold on I'll connect you to blah blah blah'
And then you can ask them whatever you want and ask for advice aswell. Really Hope this Helps. I know its not much but I'm a busy man and have things to do. :)
What do you do?
I want to be a designer but do not know what to do to get started and obviousley being almost 15 does not help, ill lookat the sites, cheers and any advice on becoming a deigner! throw it at me
I want to be a designer but do not know what to do to get started and obviousley being almost 15 does not help, ill lookat the sites, cheers and any advice on becoming a deigner! throw it at me
I'm just a lowly tester but I know about some of this stuff.
the idea of games designing does appeal to me although i may wait a few years, pity bout Rare going over to the dark side as i would have liked to work for them eventually.
Games tester is nothing to sniff at. ;)
Getting paid to playtest alpha and beta versions is a decent enough job, provided you've got a high tolerance for monotony, I say more power to you. ;)
On the design aspect, there was a really good topic on this a number of pages back, it was started by Auron here and attracted the advice of a good few people.
I can only advise on one approach to becoming a designer, as it's the route I took, and continue to take. But if you dig that topic up you'll find pretty much all you need. ;)
Getting paid to playtest alpha and beta versions is a decent enough job, provided you've got a high tolerance for monotony, I say more power to you. ;)
On the design aspect, there was a really good topic on this a number of pages back, it was started by Auron here and attracted the advice of a good few people.
I can only advise on one approach to becoming a designer, as it's the route I took, and continue to take. But if you dig that topic up you'll find pretty much all you need. ;)
you test games?
possum, can you say what country you live in and what company you test games for?