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Game design univercity?

by Wylie Stilwell · in General Discussion · 11/14/2002 (7:31 pm) · 6 replies

I am trying to find a school on the west coast that teaches game design. Anybody got any reccomendations?
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Torque Owner Dan MacDonald
#1
11/15/2002 (1:45 pm)
Without trying to start some kind of jihaad...Many acedemic intitutions find it difficult to teach something as elusive and dynamic as the field of game design, so they typically rely on teaching the fundimentals of making games like art and programming. While you are likely to do tons and tons of game design in a program like this, it's not an actual part of the cirriclum. Digipen in Redmond Washington is a good example of just that type of school

Torque Owner Jeremy Tilton
#2
11/15/2002 (2:19 pm)
Digipen is good cuz you get a degree. Also check out Academy of GET: http://www.academyofget.com/ You don't get a degree, but rather a certification. Still approximately 4 years, but they go over some good stuff there too. That's in Hollywood.

Torque Owner Minako
#3
11/15/2002 (2:39 pm)
Cogswell in Sunnyvale CA also has a game design program. www.cogswell.edu

Minako

Torque Owner Mike Nelson
#4
11/22/2002 (8:31 am)
I hear University of Washington in Seattle has a game developer program.

Torque Owner Dan MacDonald
#5
11/22/2002 (3:24 pm)
Yes but it's not part of the accredited degree program, so your credits wont go toward a BS or CE degree (or any other degree) from UW.

Torque Owner Prairie Games
Prairie Games, Inc.
#6
11/22/2002 (4:10 pm)
Tune in... turn on... and drop out...

-J