He should be directed to download all three of these game engines. Digital-Tutors has training on all three engines, and Eat 3D has training for Unreal and CryEngine.
Free edition of Unreal Engine 3 http://www.unrealengine.com/udk Free edition of CryEngine 3 http://mycryengine.com Free edition of Unity 3D. Unity is primarily used to create mobile and web games, but can also deploy games to consoles or the PC. http://unity3d.com/unity/download/ Daniel VFXM On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Sebastien Sterling < sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/on-game-schools > > Small but very informative vid, part of a much larger series which is > equally excellent and accessible. > > Make sure he understands what exactly a Dev does. It often gets tossed > like a blanket statement to cover a vast number of disciplines. (coder, > director, writer, art director...) > > Early exposure to game engines and especially languages (c#,c++,java > script, python) serves the dual purpose of letting you discover if this is > something you like doing, and gives you a head start when entering a > related curriculum. > > Finally I'd say don't sugar coat it, its going to be hard, its a very > competitive path to take in life. > > > On 17 June 2013 13:42, Paul Griswold < > pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> My daughter's boyfriend has expressed an interest in getting into game >> development. He's just a teenager, so he really doesn't have much of a >> focus yet other than "I want to get into games". >> >> But I told my daughter I'd get some recommendations on things like what >> he should study, good colleges for careers in games, different job >> descriptions, good entry-level positions, etc. >> >> So, I'd love to hear what you guys have to say. Any advice at all would >> be great. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paul >> >> >
