[casual_games] RE: Casual_Games Digest, Vol 5, Issue 5

Thu Nov 10 13:26:58 EST 2005

Hi Rameshan,

Couple things you should do:

1. read some basic texts on the subject - both on design &
implementation. I recommend Raph Koster's book as well as the Crawford
book on design. On the programming side there are plenty of web sites
(as well as the DirectX SDK docs) and any number of books.

2. Implement something. Anything. Game Companies are more likely to hire
you if you can show that you can implement something (rather than just
'I'd like to'). They can be simple games, but still do something.

3. Network. Get to know other people in the industry. IGDA has a
Hyderabad chapter (not sure where you are in India). See here:
http://www.igda.org/chapters/
Also, an 'India Game Developers Guild' launched last week. Sounds like
it would be of interest:
http://www.indiagamedevguild.org/

4. Play lots of games! Understand what has made others popular or not,
what was deemed successful or not, etc. Part of understanding the craft.

Best of luck!

Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of
casual_games-request at igda.org
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:03 AM
To: casual_games at igda.org
Subject: Casual_Games Digest, Vol 5, Issue 5

Send Casual_Games mailing list submissions to
	casual_games at igda.org

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
	http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/casual_games
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
	casual_games-request at igda.org

You can reach the person managing the list at
	casual_games-owner at igda.org

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Casual_Games digest..."

Today's Topics:

   1. New to this field (Rameshan S M)
   2. Re: New to this field (Duncan Gough)
   3. Re: New to this field (Robert Headley)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:33:43 +0530
From: Rameshan S M <remeshsm at gmail.com>
Subject: [casual_games] New to this field
To: Casual_Games at igda.org
Message-ID:
	<c9e7f66b0511070203k14e79970lbc6ec85aec5c88e2 at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

hi all,

 I would like to introduce my self as *Rameshan.S.M* working as
CD/DVD/web
Author in India working for last 7 yrs in this field, and now I'm
planning
to enter in to *games design* .Basically I'm a core designer/Programmer.
I
had created some software applications in C++ and now I'm working on
.net(C#) environment. and also some CD/DVD Applications, Presentations,
Web
applications for some companies and I have a good knowledge in all
macromedia & Adobe software's. Especially Flash, Dream weaver, and
director.

 i would like to ask you for help for entering this field. I visited
some
sites like gamedev, gamasutra...Etc...But need a support from a person
who
can help me to do some thing in this field. Please tell me what should i
do
for entering this field.

 Thanking you,

  Waiting for your response
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/casual_games/attachments/20051107/29
7ceef7/attachment.htm

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:27:42 +0000
From: Duncan Gough <duncan at 3rdsense.com>
Subject: Re: [casual_games] New to this field
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List <casual_games at igda.org>
Message-ID: <6372B986-376D-432E-BC35-B0976789059F at 3rdsense.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed

Hi Rameshan,

You seem to have the skills to develop either downloadable or online  
games, so I'd say the first thing to do is figure out what sort of  
game you'd like to create.

 From my experience, you can prototype a Flash game very quickly so  
doing that would give you a good idea of whether you enjoy it and how  
well your game ideas translate. Another idea is to rewrite an  
existing game, so you could create your own version of Tetris or Q- 
Bert and take it from there. I tend to do something similar to that  
when I'm learning new languages (Python/Ruby etc).

Good luck!

Duncan

--

http://www.millionsofgames.com
http://www.suttree.com

On 7 Nov 2005, at 10:03, Rameshan S M wrote:

> hi all,
>
>  I would like to introduce my self as Rameshan.S.M working as CD/ 
> DVD/web Author in India working for last 7 yrs in this field, and  
> now I'm planning to enter in to games design .Basically I'm a core  
> designer/Programmer. I had created some software applications in C+ 
> + and now I'm working on .net(C#) environment. and also some CD/DVD  
> Applications, Presentations, Web applications for some companies  
> and I have a good knowledge in all macromedia & Adobe software's.  
> Especially Flash, Dream weaver, and director.
>
> i would like to ask you for help for entering this field. I visited  
> some sites like gamedev, gamasutra...Etc...But need a support from  
> a person who can help me to do some thing in this field. Please  
> tell  me what should i do for entering this field.
>
> Thanking you,
>
>
> Waiting for your response
> _______________________________________________
> Casual_Games mailing list
> Casual_Games at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/casual_games

------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:12:16 -0500
From: Robert Headley <Rheadley at op-games.com>
Subject: Re: [casual_games] New to this field
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List <casual_games at igda.org>
Message-ID:
	<7749cef0511070512t7370fa82xa490cd2058c63d72 at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Welcome to the group Rameshan,

Really, it depends on how you see yourself in the game industry. If you
don't mind working on other peoples games, then webdesign generally
translates really well to HUD and Interface design for games, and im
sure
with a good portfolio, you could get hired somewhere.

If you primarily wish to create your own games, using your own design, I
suggest you take duncas advice and try making a game in macromedia/Flash
and
then you can test your apptitude for the format.

**
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/casual_games/attachments/20051107/1f
21e674/attachment-0001.html

------------------------------

_______________________________________________
Casual_Games mailing list
Casual_Games at igda.org
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/casual_games

End of Casual_Games Digest, Vol 5, Issue 5
******************************************