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What sort of college program should my child look into if interested in designing computer game programs?

| February 17, 2024 | 4 Comments

Question by paisleypenguin: What sort of college program should my child look into if interested in designing computer game programs?
We are not really sure what sort of degree this would entail. What is the course of study? Computer programming? Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

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Answer by jl
I’ve been a programmer for 25 years and beats me. I don’t know anybody who has made any money making video games. Computer Science and Mathematics will get him an Engineering job that will pay 6 figures within 5 years of graduation though.

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  1. Unsub29 says:

    Software Engineering

    Software Design

    Computer Science

    I have a cousin involved in this line of work. He started designing games before he was in college for it. He got one published. I don’t think he’s designing games anymore. I think he’s testing and designing apps. He’s doing quite well.

    He did the games in the past just for fun.

    He should go for a bachelors.

    Computer programming is more with an associates.

  2. Ashkan says:

    if YOU are interested in designing computer game programs, then why don’t YOU go to study it? There’s not future in this for your child.

  3. ADSaaron says:

    When you say computer game “programs” its a very broad word. programs could mean that he’s responsible for making the A.I. in a specific game “think”. Graphic Design would probably be a field to look into. its a multifunctional field. basically if they decide they dont want to go into designing video games they can use their skills to do other things like animation, or something in movies.

    I was going to try and generate video game levels at first and i became familiar with a program called CAD. i decided that there just arent enough openings in the video game world and those jobs arent that stable so i used my experience with CAD to design commercial buildings now.

    You could probably google search a Video Game Design School and get more information.

  4. gws35 says:

    Do you realize how many kids want to grow up to be a computer game designer? About as many as want to grow up to be a rock star, a basketball player, a baseball player, or a football player.

    Tell your kid to grow up and pick a real job.

    The world can’t possibly use that many computer game designers.

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