I have just graduated from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Arts (Games Graphics Design) majoring in programming and design.
I am a strong believer in the concept of games as art and feel that we can have fun, meaningful and artistic games. My focus and passion is largely on Narrative and story and its role in developing meaningful game play. My other passions lie in the realm of reusable and elegant code (though I am generally a OO programmer) and teaching artists and designers to code.
To find out more about my work experience or to check out my online portfolio you can visit my web page at http://www.mythicalcreature.net/
Having recently completed my own new graduate job hunt I wanted to share some of my observations about the things you HAVE to know to get a job as a programmer inside or outside of the game industry and other things that helped smooth the process for me.
Posted by Anna Tito on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:01:00 EDT in
Design
Games have become a highly influential media. They present a unique opportunity to explore the notions of story and narrative, in their creation they also entrust us with a great responsibility for the creation and exploration of meaning.
I 've generally gone with a communicating a feel/experience in my level design, I definitely like the personification approach especially the environmental allegiance. Looking forward to the next instalments.
I think your analysis is interesting, in particular because it puts a framework on many of the discussions I have been having about the narrative strengths and weaknesses of DA2 vs DA:O. I have spent allot of time reading about Jungian analyses of feminine archetypes allot of the Campbell texts ...
I agree they are not cheap, but if a designer can 't communicate their ideas across disiplines and then bring them to reality then the idea may just as well have not existed. It is one of the reasons I am in favour of designers being able to program or ...
Great article. I am definitely pro volunteering. r n r nThe one thing you need to watch out for is companies advertising roles that should be paid as volunteer ones. I worked in the not for profit sector for 8 years and it was a constant battle to make sure ...
