Hi, I'm at that annoying stage in my life where I have to make decisions that could pretty much alter the future of my life. One of the decisions I have to make is What University Course Do I Want To Take? Its a bit early for me to be asking this now but I reckon that if I think about it now it wont be so hard to choose in the future.
I'm deciding between two:
Bachelor of Computer Science
or
A Specialised Game Development (programming) degree (also bachelor of science)
I live in the uk and there are a lot of university's that do a specialised degree, surprisingly.
When I'm older I really want to have some kind of job that involves developing and making games.
That is the main reason I would take the specialised degree along with the fact that I would probably enjoy it more than the BCs degree.
But, I have heard that there is a lot of competition in the games industry and I'm told that it would be hard, even with a degree, to get into the industry which is why I'm told that the bachelor of computer science degree would be better for getting into other areas of programming if the main plan did not work.
So what I want to ask is basically this.
Which degree would be best for me or for getting into the industry?
other information:
I'm not one of those people that learnt to program just so they can get a job making games. I taught myself to program in Java and C++ so I could make games as a hobby in my spare time and to be honest its probably one of my most favourite things to do. By the time I've started the university course I probably will have a massive portfolio of hobby projects which I believe helps getting known also.
I would rather be an indie developer than work for a giant games company but I would love to work for a company like bethesda (Ive pretty much spent half my life playing games like the elder scrolls series and fallout) and it would be an honour to work for a company whos games I love to actually play. The reason I would rather be an indie developer is that it lets me make the game that I want to make and a world that was dreamt up by me
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But in saying that I could still make games as a hobby as well as a full-time job.
Im very determined to get the job that I want and will work hard to get it. In saying that Im teaching myself directX to make some 3D games and experiment with 3D stuff (seeing as most games nowadays and in the future will probably 3D using directX).
Anyway please give me some feedback but nothing like "its too early for you to choose now" - or something similar =)
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