Will game companies hire me?

[levsingh]

Hey guys i am first year student of computer games development and i am quite worried about my job i have learnt some stuff that we would do later in the course and have made some stuff for my portfolio here is the recent project that i am working, i am making a island house (night scene) the screen shot is posted below. just wondering if it is good and what else do i need to learn. i know my shadows are messed up now i will fix them soon

thankyou

[ThatOneRussian]

it looks good but improvement is needed

[levsingh]

it looks good but improvement is needed

suggestions?

[Trik'Stari]

It looks dank. However, software companies will take you based on your experience for a specific field - Google isn't just going to walk up to you and offer you a job.

^Sadly, this is the truth. Education means nothing without experience, and experience without education apparently also means nothing.

 

How one is supposed to get both, is beyond me.

[ThatOneRussian]

Spend more time on the textures and also get some shadows as you said earlier. The brick wall looks like GMod

[ryanmmax]

Internship.... If you offer them "free" labor, they'll give you experience.

[ThatOneGuyThatFlew]

Spend more time on the textures and also get some shadows as you said earlier. The brick wall looks like GMod

and yet Gmod is played by tons

[levsingh]

^Sadly, this is the truth. Education means nothing without experience, and experience without education apparently also means nothing.

 

How one is supposed to get both, is beyond me.

thats the issue worried if someone is gonna hire me after uni

[Yummychickenblue]

^Sadly, this is the truth. Education means nothing without experience, and experience without education apparently also means nothing.

 

How one is supposed to get both, is beyond me.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[ThatOneRussian]

and yet Gmod is played by tons

Haha very true

but gaming companies dont want to make gmod. They want to make AAA titles

[DarkRift5]

^Sadly, this is the truth. Education means nothing without experience, and experience without education apparently also means nothing.

 

How one is supposed to get both, is beyond me.

Internships internships internships. And some more internships.

You can even get them in high school (I got one last summer at USNA with only minimal application stuff needed).

[theereal]

suggestions?

What engine are you using? Textures are abit bad. The light and how it interacts with objects is quite nice

[levsingh]

here are some of my other models 

 

1911 pistol

as val rifle

bender the great

victor from fallout new vegas

[levsingh]

What engine are you using? Textures are abit bad. The light and how it interacts with objects is quite nice

its unity engine

[theereal]

its unity engine

Ahh, well i cant give you much advice as i am not familiar with it, im most used to the Unreal Engine

[levsingh]

Ahh, well i cant give you much advice as i am not familiar with it, im most used to the Unreal Engine

i am learning unreal as well

[Trik'Stari]

Internships internships internships. And some more internships.

You can even get them in high school (I got one last summer at USNA with only minimal application stuff needed).

Hard to get when you live in the middle of nowhere and don't have a job. Hopefully that will be rectified by next year though.

[levsingh]

Hard to get when you live in the middle of nowhere and don't have a job. Hopefully that will be rectified by next year though.

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[NoMooreMercy]

Just keep working on it man, you'll get there.  If developers can make bank off of unfinished garbage like Ark you can definitely make a game worth playing, you just need to keep your head in the game and go for it.

[ADeadlyGinger]

Part of the problem with the games industry right now is that you have to be an extremely good candidate to even have a shot at a shitty job in the industry. Game programmers are like a dime a dozen right now. You will do so much better if you just go work elsewhere in the private sector, where programmers are actually in demand.

[DarkRift5]

Hard to get when you live in the middle of nowhere and don't have a job. Hopefully that will be rectified by next year though.

You don't need a job. In fact, managing an internship with a regular job would be very tricky.

[DarkRift5]

Part of the problem with the games industry right now is that you have to be an extremely good candidate to even have a shot at a shitty job in the industry. Game programmers are like a dime a dozen right now. You will do so much better if you just go work elsewhere in the private sector, where programmers are actually in demand.

This is true too. I'm not a programmer by any means, but I know enough about the profession that a lot of people start out with IT positions or (especially if you're in the US with its enormous defense industry) cybersecurity/defense/software development.

[PlayStation 2]

with the island house, try cramming more detail on the brick wall because it looks flat as hell

could always work on the lighting'

just try getting more realistic shading

but it looks good for a WIP

[levsingh]

Just keep working on it man, you'll get there.  If developers can make bank off of unfinished garbage like Ark you can definitely make a game worth playing, you just need to keep your head in the game and go for it.

thanks man 

[Trik'Stari]

You don't need a job. In fact, managing an internship with a regular job would be very tricky.

....then how would I pay for you know.....being alive?