Masters Nearly Done
Posted: 17th September 2010
Who'd have thought it but I am now very close to the end of my Masters degree!
Its been unbelievably good fun doing the course and I have learnt a considerable amount - hopefully it will lead to great things in the game industry. As a result I have started my job hunt, casting a very wide net as I do. I'm looking for a programming job in a game studio - I'm happy to do any kind of work and anywhere in the world! So if you're hiring and haven't done so already, check out my CV and portfolio!
As far as my uni work is concerned my final project has gone exceptionally well and almost completely trouble free. Its gone so well that it has caught me unawares and unfortunately I wasn't able to organise a proper public test of the game (mainly due to an issue with the university ethics committee). Its not essential for the marks but I think it would have given the project nice validity to the research I have done. In either case, I have completed a lifetime ambition of creating a complete, if simple, game and by taking into consideration all aspects of design, artwork, sound design and of course programming. I'm thoroughly chuffed!
My plan for the short-term future is after completing this course I will try to find some part-time work and spend the rest of the time working on my portfolio. Theres going to be a few of us around and there are murmurs of getting together to either make a mod or small indie game. I sincerely hope this is the case as its already been demonstrated to us all several times that our results are always greater than the sum of our talents.
On the climbing side of things its beginning to hot up again as the weather begins to cool down. I've somehow ended up on the committee for the climbing club and I've launched the club's first website (not my best work). I've also volunteered to help train the freshers at the indoor centre and help supervise outdoor trips. Personally, I've been pushing my outdoor lead grade to Hard Severe (although everytime I log them it comes up as Very Severe (the next grade up)) and I've even taking to more bouldering and even soloing the easier grades (I spent most of yesterday morning soloing Mods and Diffs at Burbage South Edge). Its become more of an exploratory activity now rather than a scare-myself-shitless exercise, probably because I'm climbing better and trusting my gear more.
In any case, exciting times ahead! Keep checking here for updates as I may start working on something very exciting in the near future and then, who knows?