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jhocking:
That's mostly correct, and it's correct in the important part, that game designers aren't game artists. A lot of schools seem to think game designers are visual artists, because they associate term "design" with graphic design, while Columbia College calls its program "game design" but it really ought to be "game development."
A game developer isn't a separate position from game designer or game artist; "game developer" is an umbrella term for anyone who has a hand in the creation of a game, so game designers and game artists are both game developers. This creates a little confusion for web design companies that want to get games for their websites since in the lingo of web design companies "designer" is pretty much a synonym for a visual artist, while "developer" is a synonym for programmer. It seems anal, and well it is, but these confusions of terminology also matter when you start having teams of people interacting and relying on each other to take care of different tasks.
Drill King:
So school is making me really depressed and is making me hate myself more than anything else in my entire life and I hate art and I am probably going to have to drop out because my loan came in and it's not even enough to cover my tuition so I'm fucked.
Drill King:
Video game development actually seems like the worst field to get into.
Dimmukane:
I resent that remark.
Gemmwah:
--- Quote from: Drill King on 18 Oct 2009, 13:41 ---Video game development actually seems like the worst field to get into.
--- End quote ---
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