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Go for a computer science or software engineering course, it's broader on coverage than games development course but it means you're more likely to get jobs at other companies. You'll also have a wider range of skills that mean if you get bored or find game development isn't for you, then you have other options. I know someone who's gone to hull to do CS, it's a good choice, but I'll also point out Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster for other options. Also, don't just look at prestigious, redbrick unis, as that's what I did and I ended up at a fairly modern uni with really small classes, so have the opportunity to spend loads of time talking to the lecturers and learning far more than in a big uni with 100+ people in a lecture.

To put things further into context, my department is the smallest in the uni yet has the biggest funding, so we're getting a virtuix omni and have multiple oculus rift DK2s, amongst many other toys.

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It's infinity easier to find work as a Software Engineer/Developer than it is as a Games Developer. If you take a Software Engineering/Computer Science related course then it's often seen as a super set option anyway.

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Software Engineering/Computer Science... be sure to take some management classes as electives...

 

Locally, universities dictate which languages (and frameworks) are to be used (i.e. computer science students are forced to learn Java and computer engineering students are forced to learn C) so there might be some complications there...

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Software Engineering/Computer Science... be sure to take some management classes as electives...

 

Locally, universities dictate which languages (and frameworks) are to be used (i.e. computer science students are forced to learn Java and computer engineering students are forced to learn C) so there might be some complications there...

o fuck. If they use Java I'm gonna reconsider it. I hate Java.

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o fuck. If they use Java I'm gonna reconsider it. I hate Java.

 

Try speaking with people who are already in the programs that you're interested in... It could work differently over there, but over here the universities dictate which language to use...

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Try speaking with people who are already in the programs that you're interested in... It could work differently over there, but over here the universities dictate which language to use...

I may ask when it gets closer to the time what languages are used. I'm only 14 so it'll be a while. I just can't wait to leave school.

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o fuck. If they use Java I'm gonna reconsider it. I hate Java.

 

It's not a definite for that area... Just consider the fact that Java is a free, industry relevant and widely used OO language - that is sadly considered wildly to be easier for a beginner to learn than C++.

 

The information should be readily available and easy to find when looking for a course - if it's not then you'll have an answer as to the quality level of the particular course/establishment at least.

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Computer science. Focus on the logic, building algorithms, programming techniques, etc. Languages come and go and you should be familiar since they look nice on a resume but it doesn't matters as much as being able to know what to code in that language than knowing the syntax perfectly.

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