Learning to building games

[starman]

https://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/bsc-hons-computer-games-development-including-foundation-year/

My former university . I suggested this over dinner and it was dismissed but look now.

This is pure gameplay before commercial considerations are factored in of course.

 

[Mole HD]

I would love to get into that...but a 4 year course would put me past the compulsory retirement age

I did 3 years at agricultural college when I got out of a military hospital in 2003...but I'm a farmers boy as well as being a career soldier, grew up as both since military service is also a family tradition... and the old family farm needed sorting out and bringing back from the dead. I guess I kinda found my niche in life outside of the wall of shields after all

 

[starman]

I am trying to get into teaching which given the current situation is not as straight forward as it seems.
If you want to learn to code games do it for fun many people are finding a new found freedom after retirement. Its also surprising to discover that everyone is an individual moving along at different stages of life. Ive taught commuting 80 year olds.
There should also be an Elite school where you learn to play like Starfleet academy.

 

[Mole HD]

I am trying to get into teaching which given the current situation is not as straight forward as it seems.
If you want to learn to code games do it for fun many people are finding a new found freedom after retirement. Its also surprising to discover that everyone is an individual moving along at different stages of life. Ive taught commuting 80 year olds.
There should also be an Elite school where you learn to play like Starfleet academy.

There used to be in the Elite Xbox community...I was a staff member at the Lidpar Pilot Training Academy...teaching how profit sharing and Fuel Ratting worked (I was a fuel rat) as well as teaching the ins and outs of deep space mining since that was my preferred day job. There were a raft of other instructors teaching all aspects of Elite...Powerplay, the BGS, combat school... the various sessions were always well attended and all of us on staff always had 5 or 6 new players as company in game. The idea back then was to fast track them to a Cobra 3 and away from the starter system so they could then experience the game at their own pace free of any obligation...we weren't recruiting, just giving the new folks a head start to make their own way how they wanted to.

Back then on the Xbox my friends list in game was in the hundreds, the galaxy map was a sea of little green icons...still have quite a few left that came over to PC back when I did.

 

[starman]

I was an early adopter on PC. Learnt myself the hard way like real life.

 

[Juniper]

I started 36 years ago (at age 11) writing games on the Commodore 64.

It's what made me want to be a programmer, which is what I've done ever since as a career.

Lately, during lockdown & unemployment due to Covid and contracts expiring & not being renewed, I've basically come full circle.

Learning Unity at the moment.