Should I look at getting a job with Blizzard?

[Mr1337Duck]

I always kinda wanted to work in the game industry. When I was young I thought I'd like to work at Nintendo. Then I found Blizzard. Blizzard is hiring Animators, Programmers, and Cinematics Artists. I hope to be either a programmer or a Cinematics artist. So if you have any info on where I can start learning stuff like that, it'd be greatly appreciated.


I've loved MMOs since I first discovered them when I was like 8 or so. It'd be great to work at making better games for people. So post your thoughts.

[diluted]

there are many places to start but takes a long time to learn. get a program like 3d studio max and fill your brain with as much knowledge as you can of the program. from there you can easily learn other 3d programs.

for programming well... i can't even imagine how hard that would be. the code would be -extremely- long, complex, and difficult to do. i know basic programming and it's easy, but when you're dealing with something on a massive scale like a game project with security, networking, databasing, and everything... it's difficult.

[Lonehunter]

Theres a school out in Seatle that trains people for game developing, most people don't get to finish becouse some company like Sony will pick'em up first.

[Spider]

Couple of years ago I was thinking about trying out to become a... damnit whats the name eh anyhoo he's the guy that write the story... imagines everything... no programming only writing drawing :o the salary for it aint that bad either... but I don't remember the name for some reason...

[Onizuka]

Id love to write music for games, that would be a dream. Im workin on it.

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Spider
Couple of years ago I was thinking about trying out to become a... damnit whats the name eh anyhoo he's the guy that write the story... imagines everything... no programming only writing drawing :o the salary for it aint that bad either... but I don't remember the name for some reason...

Designer, Art Director, map drawer, imagineer? Ring any bells?

[Spider]

Something like that Lone but I gave up that dream since alot of the good studios have high requirements... Even if your arent a graphics desginer you need to come up with a demo of something... a script anything... y'know the concept of a game.

[Mejwell]

Blizzard is looking for new staff, but what they look for most in new people is experience, usually in the forms of other employers in the same field, but it could also be personal projects and or developments.

I guess what I'm trying to say is don't think that you can learn how to do these jobs and then be instantly hired by them; you'll need to work your way up.

[Mr1337Duck]

Three questions on 3DS Max, isn't that like 4k bucks? I'm 13, Jesus Christ, do you think I have 4k bucks? After that, where do I get some tutorials. Third, what's the pay like?

[Spider]

Yes 3ds is alot of cash... *cough* Kazaa *cough*

and the pay is maximum 100k or something... I dunno but you be rich from making games

[diluted]

gaming industry is bigger than movies. mmm mooonneeyy

[EarlyDawn]

Originally posted by Spider
Yes 3ds is alot of cash... *cough* Kazaa *cough*

Indeed. I don't really pirate anything other then music and uh, high quality downloaded videos, but paying for just about any program is optional at this time in our society.

[diluted]

yea well if you use pirated software for commercial purposes you're screwed anyway.

[TheRegurgitator]

I'd love to make games - heres something i thought up and i wish it could be a game - this is just a small sample

On a far off planet called Klamado there is a top-secret experiment facility. Within this facility people are taken from the past, humans and animals are fused, robots are made, and strange creatures are held captive. Before this facility was there animals roamed freely, but now because of pollution they have mutated and gone on rampage. Eight of the captives have escaped and their new mission has begun, to stay alive.

ive got all the characters down and stuff dunno what to do with it though..

[Hamma]

Originally posted by diluted
gaming industry is bigger than movies. mmm mooonneeyy

indeed it is. And most of the people who are in it are real young