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Wanna Study Game Design in Japan? Here's How

mattew — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:46:56 MDT

It would be good to be making world wide video game design that everyone wants including in japan in japan

mattew

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mattew — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:39:15 MDT

Uh !? japan ! I can't what to I get there . I'm still working on speaking japaneese!, japan,what game should i THINK of making dude

mattew

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mattew — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:33:30 MDT

floless stuff so what can do to get to America to japan ,so what game should I make when I get there?

mattew

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mattew — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:28:45 MDT

nice , what game should I make when I get to college

mattew

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slangelort — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:51:57 MST

Right now i got this as my goal.. Taking the higher math exam.. 3 years and then to japan..

Gotta learn some japanese, already know german, english and danish (my native) >_>

See ya there in the future :D

slangelort

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essko — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:56:45 MST

lol, he's living my dream, that would be amazing, besides the fact you have to code for the GBA =p... i think the only three games i enjoyed on that were advance wars, metroid fuzion and metriod zero mission.

essko

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Type-R — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:25:56 MST

Good read. Pretty amusing to see a stack of old monitors next to rows of futuristic pod computers

Type-R

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guibom — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:25:00 MST

Not to be a prick, but it doesn't sound like game design; more like game programming. Although a designer should know something about coding, it's not a necessity. Most of the ones I know have a basic understanding of scripting, and that's all. A design class, in my mind, should be A LOT more theoretical, gamasutra-like.

Anyway, it does sound cool!

guibom

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Khiras — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:52:59 MST

Nice job, Evan. Of course, the obligatory "ESFB" does need to appear in relation to this article, my laziness at not posting it sooner has worn off. See you in February :-p

Khiras

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magicat — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:46:25 MST

As a Digipen student, I can safely say this school isn't really the same as Digipen. Digipen is much more CS focused, with lots more math and physics. This really sounds like a game design school. Most game design schools are kind of iffy, as getting a job as a designer without being an artist or programmer first could be very difficult.

magicat

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Tadashi — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:23:25 MST

@Terrorsaur:
It isn't that hard. I think French is harder since it has a dozen conjugation forms and a weird and unregular pronunciation. The only reason people think Japanese is hard is, that it isn't relative to romantic languages and that the vocabulary and script is completely new.
That Japanese and its romanization uses similar syllables as German makes it a tiny bit easier for me, though.
Give it a try, it isn't that hard. JLPT level 4 only requires Kana, 150 Kanji and 800 words. If you start know you could excel at the test this year.

Tadashi

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Terrorsaur. — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:08:01 MST

@Tadashi:
Thats awesome though. Must be difficult though, German and Japanese are 2 completely different languages.

Terrorsaur.

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Tadashi — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:03:30 MST

@Terrorsaur:
Sorry that German is my native language ;)
My Japanese isn't that good yet, just JLPT level 3, but I'm a fast learner.

Tadashi

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Terrorsaur. — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:37:40 MST

@erlik:
You are correct on the scarce availability of funds to foreigners. Here at California, having a student visa, which is primarily for education, still does grant you access to any federal funding. I find that quite ridiculous, why give a student visa if you won't allow access of funding for the education.

Of course, I know nothing on the policy of foreigners and education in Japan, but if it is anything like here, it might be quite the pickle.

@Tadashi:
I hate you. Those are the 2 languages I myself have wanted to pick up. At the moment I only know Spanish, obviously besides English.

Terrorsaur.

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Tadashi — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:43:37 MST

@Tisteldun:
Great, this is good news for me. I just need to convince a company I'm worth it.
Just the fact I speak German, English and Japanese should be a plus point.

Tadashi

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Tisteldun — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:13:58 MST

@Tadashi:
Yes I am aware of that there are some official requirements but there are ways to go around all of those and Japanese government officials can look through the fingers if they want to, especially if it is handled by some good company bureaucrat.
I guess I should be thankful for that or I would never had gotten a work visa here.

Tisteldun

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Krellie — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:39:07 MST

Nice read. Now Ive got something to consider when ive finished language school (:

Ive heard KONAMI has their own school aswell? I read about it a few months ago, iirc. That could be even more interesting.

Krellie

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wordzworth — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:12:49 MST

$44,000?!?! Takai desuyo! I'm having enough trouble paying for tuition out here at California State, I could only imagine that kind of tuition! I'm sure it's scary as hell, considering that you're in a foreign land where the tongue of the land isn't your primary one. good luck to ya! Hire me some day?

wordzworth

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Tadashi — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:28:51 MST

@Tisteldun:
Funny, all sources I know say the opposite:
[www.mofa.go.jp]

Any company can sponsor a visa, even one consisting of only one person.

Tadashi

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HAL9triple0 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:37:07 MST

Very cool.

Good luck, Evan!

HAL9triple0

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DranzerKire — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:02:59 MST

This sounds awesome, I want to get into game design or well mainly the programming part. I am still unsure of the school I want to go to and I thinking of going to study Computer Science.

DranzerKire

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EvanS — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:16:11 MST

Hi everyone!

Thanks for all the words of support. I'm glad you found the feature informative.

I can't really go through and answer all the questions here in the comments section, but if you have a question you want answered by me, please e-mail it to me at evaninjapanATgmailDOTCOM. I will reply, I promise!

EvanS

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VanFinale — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:56:53 MST

Damn I should have don that instead of going to school that I'm in now. I've always wanted to go to Japan, living there would be a awesome at least I hope it would but first I have to learn japanese.

VanFinale

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Viker — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:48:56 MST

I acctuly study game Design in Norway... kinda sounds a bit smaller than Japan.. but its still ok.
We have a game lab with Xbox 360's ( for XNA programming ) a wii and a ps3 ( for fun ), and we just got a MoCap lab. and a 3D visualisation lab ( Stereo glasses )...

Viker

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Tisteldun — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:38:22 MST

@Tadashi:
There are no real requirements for a working visa as long as the company is willing to hire you and cba to go throught the painful application process for you.

Tisteldun

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wild_world_girl — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:48:58 MST

The math requirements are actually quite easy compared to Digipen (according to this guy)

This does not surprise me considering the fact that DP teaches compsci from the ground up (seriously - there will even be breadboards) and this is so that their students are capable of working on from-scratch graphics engines.

Nintendo doesn't tend to push those envelopes, so this sounds more like a gameplay programming school as opposed to engine coding.

wild_world_girl

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erlik — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:50:20 MST

@Terrorsaur: Yeah, it's cheap, but unless you have the cash sitting around or you're lucky and your parents pay for it, where is the money going to come from?

There are student loans and scholarships, of course, but are they available to foreigners? And how hard are they to get? And what are the maximum amounts for the loans? It would have been nice it they'd addressed the nuts and bolts of it a bit more.

Not that I couldn't find out online, but hey, you can't expect me to not be lazy. At least, not on a Saturday.

erlik

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Terrorsaur. — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:22:05 MST

@animemecha:
That relatively cheap compared to here in California.

I read that price and I couldn't believe it myself. Any decent schools here run to about 30+ K a year here. In fact, I wouldn't be able to pay for college at ALL if it wasn't for the FAFSA and CAL grants. And scholarships.

The only problem is I don't know if I could be able to pick up japanese easily. But this school sounds great.

Terrorsaur.

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Soldrak — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:10:13 MST

Most game companies hire computer graduates from the top universities, like Carnegie Mellon or MIT. Even a regular computer science degree from a public university will do.

There are western equivalents to HAL that are just money-making cash cows for whoever runs these places, they don't actually lead to a gaming job 90% of the time and the lucky 10% get to start as game testers at the bottom of the ladder.

Also I don't think you'll find many non-Japanese working in a Japanese gaming company like Nintendo. The rare ones who are there aren't programming but are helping with translations.

Soldrak

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Witzbold — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:41:59 MST

Great article,

that was a real interesting read!

Witzbold

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theharmfulspork — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:17:41 MST

If I had better math skills I would do this in a heartbeat.

theharmfulspork

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:15:59 MST

@Tadashi: The degree isn't just proof you know it (although it is that); it's also proof you can handle a workload.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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thereturnoftheufo — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:19:59 MST

Game programming jobs are not as glorious as you might think. Sorry, an all-day office job of programming and designing, or over-seeing people who do nothing but that all day, and then taking 2-3 years to complete a truly-epic project, is not exactly how I'd like to spend my time on earth aging.

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Tadashi — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:10:07 MST

@Tisteldun:
Getting the Working Visa is much harder as most visa require either a master degree or an apprenticeship + 10 years of work experience. Trying to get a special-issued visa for programmers since they are probably intended to get an engineer visa.

BTW, I just added basic time-based sprite animation into my engine in about half a hour. Now tell me I don't have the programming skill a game planner should have.

Tadashi

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Hades — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:52:26 MST

Mmm...all of the "needed" things I think I have except funds. I'm studying Computer Engineering right now in Mexico =D And while I know its not game related, it'll make a good "base" for me to specialize in game programming (what I'm into). I'll see what I can do, but I really want to work on the industry (as many gamers want -.-U )

Hades

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kftgr — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:02:26 MST

Wonder how many Hal grads get picked up by Tose?

kftgr

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fuchikoma — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:58:52 MST

@The Great Moof:
That's why I said if I could manage. I know it's hard to get into DigiPen, but they're a well known example. I don't want to work at a game company - generally it's brutal work reserved for those who want nothing more than to make games. I could review them, but... I'd really rather just play them for fun in my limited free time.

@P4P:
That's like saying all American games are derivative FPSes. Most from either place is a retread, but I'm happily finding plenty of original titles from both sides of the pond, you just have to dig. If you know Japanese, you don't even have to dig hard.

fuchikoma

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Monitor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:55:20 MST

I hope this dream isn't first-come-first-serve because it's gonna take me some time to learn Japanese...

@0ldb0y: Hehe, exactly what I was thinking, except without the quitting jobs part.

:=/

Monitor

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Tisteldun — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:53:11 MST

Not trying to be a bitch here but getting into a school in Japan is not so hard. After all, you pay THEM money to learn.

Getting a job aftewards is the tough part.
Pretty much impossible unless some company is crazy enough to choose a gaijin before a skilled japanese programmer which there are tons of. Then you got employment racism, language ( you have to speak pretty much fluent japanese), visa issues among others.

Still, interesting article.

Tisteldun

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Mr.Garcia — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:46:57 MST

;) Best of luck. :) You should/could keep a journal type thing (or a Blog) about your life at HAL. It would be real nice to know more.

Mr.Garcia

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Tadashi — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:30:41 MST

And what about, you know, the designing? Also called Game Planning in Japan.
This only sounds like 2D game programming and I already do this while preparing a game for my portfolio. From the ground up, using only Ruby and SDL.
If the only difference between me and someone else is a 22,000$ course in the resume I'd be mad.

Tadashi

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idrisz — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:24:56 MST

@The Great Moof:
good luck getting job working on a AAA title without any experience working as scripter/designer/programmer.

idrisz

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kuriharu — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:17:48 MST

I've seen their ads, my ex-wife is from Nagoya. They looked pretty cool but I didn't know they taught programming.

kuriharu

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Atheist Jew — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:03:14 MST

Great article, Brian. If only I had seen this 9 years ago.

Atheist Jew

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The Great Moof — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:53:19 MST

@fuchikoma: Good luck, dude. DigiPen is damn hard to get into and expensive to boot.

And I'm personally curious about this school, though it sounds mostly like it's about teaching people to be game programmers and asset modelers. I'm working towards my bachelor's in game design right now, which is really what I want to do.

Being the guy slugging it out in the trenches? Not so glorious. Being the guy who gets to create all the play mechanics and story and such? Hot to DEATH. =3

The Great Moof

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0ldb0y — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:46:17 MST

Very cool feature, Bash.

I'll bet a handful of people just quit their jobs and signed up for Japanese language classes...

0ldb0y

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P4P — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:39:09 MST

Japanese games haven't had any "game design" in years...they're been rinse and repeating so much they lost all their hair...and any interest from yours truly! Unless you're talking the little guys like Treasure (that still maintain their greatness) or a couple of other smaller companies...like the guys that made shadow of collosus that are getting better and better.

Now hardware design that almost literally prints money...I think i would study THAT in japan.

Fuchikoma: It's a lot easier to get a job in cali in the industry than anywhere in japan.

P4P

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ThisCharmingMan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:37:57 MST

That's a really admirable, and brave tale. Going to Japan to learn difficult subjects in a language that isn't your primary one...man.

ThisCharmingMan

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jpgnotgif — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:34:14 MST

Great article Brian.

jpgnotgif

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Okari — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:15:41 MST

I know he talked about vocal Japanese, but what about Kanji. I'm pretty bad at it, can you get by on just the basic stuff?

Okari

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RobbieS — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:05:25 MST

@Torgen thinks AAA has lost all meaning:
Just be a good fucking engineer. I'm always fairly dubious about these kinds of places. I work at a AAA firm, and I'm one of the few with a BS, and this shit is hard. It's really fucking hard (but I really like it). I just don't see how a person who spends two years at a trade school, with Algebra 2 experience, expects to then work on the next Mario you know? I don't even know what they hell you would do at a game company without some knowledge of Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, and Calculus, and maybe even some vector calculus (for graphics and physics).

Hell, even the US schools that teach game design know that now. Full Sail is fairly intensive, and the Guildhall @ SMU is a Master's program.

The other problem I'd have is if my company hired that guy. I don't know how I'd feel about.

RobbieS

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fuchikoma — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:04:56 MST

It would be strange to mention the integration with Nintendo specifically and not other companies if they're not related in some way... Maybe one's a dev studio by the same group that runs the school? -_-a

Still, sounds sweet - but even classes for simple IT stuff can come with a killer workload I've found. Personally I think I'd try to learn at a place like DigiPen if I could manage, THEN move to Japan and either finish my education or get a job in the industry. (But I bet it's as hard to break in there as it is here!)

fuchikoma

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Okari — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:00:02 MST

Great feature. I saw HAL a year or so ago, and have been thinking about trying to get in. Thanks to this I'm more determined.

Okari

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theGimp — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:52:49 MST

So its like a Japanese Digipen. Digipen has a pretty demanding schedule with a lot of math and programming.

theGimp

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Pombar — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:49:14 MST

He's living the dream.

Pombar

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ankylo — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:48:32 MST

I remember an issue of Nintendo Power that talked about a school in Washington that was basically Nintendo college...the name escapes me, but I considered going there for a while...

When I google it, I come up with DigiPen, but i'm not sure if that was it. Although, DigiPen is mentioned in Nintendo's FAQ on their website about getting a job designing video games...

Nintendo college would have been awesome...back in the 90's

ankylo

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7ucky — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:41:40 MST

@gonnhead: Are you sure? The logos and sites look different and the other one is HAL Laboratory vs. HAL Institute of Computer Technology.

If you're right, then I guess I better pack my bags.

7ucky

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eternalplayer2345 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:39:28 MST

This place sounds really great, since i was already planning in going to a more trade college after my associates this could be perfect

eternalplayer2345

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Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD. — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:37:23 MST

I hope they taught him how to tighten up the graphics on Level 3.

Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD.

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thegetupkid — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:21:38 MST

I wanna go back to school and make videogames!!!!

thegetupkid

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JayPea — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:20:06 MST

@MarioMan2.0: I completely, 100% agree.

It's features like this (primarily by Ashcraft-san) that keep me coming back to Kotaku again & again. I love the other editors' writing on the same level but they don't give me the same 'I wish I still lived in Saitama' feeling. Thanks Bash. Really.

JayPea

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hamandcheese — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:18:59 MST

/dies

This is the type of information i've been after for a while now

Now to secure the funds...

(on an unrelated note, any crazy labcoat wearing scientists with eye patches and pockets full of cash looking for new test dummys send me a message!)

hamandcheese

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:18:05 MST

If you can get into a game programming school with no programming experience at all, where's the fast track for people with a Bachelor's in CS but no game programming experience?

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:17:02 MST

Nice info... I wanted to know something about that for some time now.
I'm studying Game Development here in Brazil.
Is that Game Design course more centered on programming or art?

Also, are there scholarships available to foreigners?

I must learn japanese fast... it's still one of my goals in life to go to Japan to study. Or maybe, even move there.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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futurebiblehero — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:16:32 MST

Gamestop would have no employees if it weren't for the "I'm going to move to Japan and make video games" dream.

futurebiblehero

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Sailorcancer — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:15:40 MST

Very interesting. I always wondered how that worked.

Sailorcancer

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idrisz — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:14:51 MST

I mean learning japanese to go to a japanese game design school feel like a waste of time.
There is already good game design school in the states. especially consider how hard to get into japanese game companies as an non-japanese.

Fullsail, Guildhall, Digipen are all great game design school. ppl I graduated with in Fullsail so far all working in the video game industry(not retail).

idrisz

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Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:10:34 MST

Hmmm... I guess I should learn Japanese since I think I'll pass on the other categories...

But then again. Game design is my fallback if this other thing falls through.

:( Wish I had read this article senior year.

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

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MarioMan2.0 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:06:52 MST

This is an awesome features.

Awesome.

Thank you, Kotaku.

MarioMan2.0

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God Hand BrynnFlynn — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:05:26 MST

Huh. I'll have to look into this - I'm studying Japanese right now in college, but if the writing career doesn't work out, then I'd be interested in developing video games.

God Hand BrynnFlynn

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Mort — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:05:23 MST

This guy would have left me green with envy back in high school... I kinda changed my mind about the whole "I want to be a game designer" dream after a year of Media Communications class (Journalism, photography class, video photography, design and photoshop)... Figured that computers was my hobby (life style even), but not something I'd want to work with for the rest of my life... I spend 7 hours in front of the screen on a daily basis, as is...

Now I'm an apprentice cook at one of the best hotels in Norway... ^^

Good article, Ascraft... Nearly made me want to become a game designer again...

Mort

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gonnhead — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:04:04 MST

@7ucky: Uhhh, I think it is THAT HAl, dude.

gonnhead

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Jomo7 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:03:15 MST

@animemecha:

Tuition's about the same here in the states. That's actually not as outrageous as it might sound

Jomo7

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Torusan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:02:57 MST

If its anything like Digipen... its not for me, ha.

Torusan

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baked ham — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:58:42 MST

I'd go to Japan if I new some Japanese. I can program in many languages, though there's always room for more. Maybe someday I'll take the plunge and hire an instructor to get me conversational in Japanese, and then wing it from there.

baked ham

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Jenstar — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:55:22 MST

Great read and interesting to learn about this school from a foreign perspective.

Jenstar

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joe — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:53:18 MST

@Fierfaerie: you should look up your local community college's course catalogue. they might have some japanese courses. i took one in the fall and it was a very good class. sadly they don't have a night class this spring for 102. :(

joe

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gaming_otaku — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:51:59 MST

Humm... Interesting...
Studying in Japan has always been a goal of mine... Now I have a new option... Let's see what my future holds...

gaming_otaku

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deadmoshun — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:49:54 MST

wow true dream for me hmmmm 22000$ ouch ...

deadmoshun

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Electroqueen — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:48:23 MST

Wow. I can't believe going to HAL to learn to program is easier than I expected. I thought it was VERY complicated.
Thanks Mr. Ashcraft!

Electroqueen

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tkshredder — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:45:10 MST

@animemecha:
That's really not that much... My instate tuition was approaching that much when I graduated a few years ago.

tkshredder

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pj898 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:41:07 MST

@7ucky:
Same here, I wanted to hear juicy tidbits about SSBB.

pj898

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7ucky — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:39:50 MST

Aww, I thought it was this HAL: [www.hallab.co.jp]

I'd move over and work for them in a heartbeat!

7ucky

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Fishballs — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:39:29 MST

Awesome. I was going to take a course in game design in a local design school here in Malaysia. But when the guy in charge of the course couldn't even tell me the difference between the game design and communications design(the brochure descriptions were similar and all he said to me was this "Game design is for games") I decided that I had better go elsewhere.

Also, when I saw Shulgold's picture (that's him right?) all I could think of was "Game Design is SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!"

Fishballs

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animemecha — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:38:06 MST

My, that sounds fun and all. But how the hell did you manage to pay 11K USD for one year?

animemecha

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xat — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:37:01 MST

Wow. Sounds like I'd do fairly fine there. Hmm.

xat

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DigitalHero — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:36:09 MST

I'd think it would be better to study outside of Japan.

DigitalHero

Wanna Study Game Design in Japan? Here's How

Fierfaerie — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:34:10 MST

that sounds awesome. I need to start learning Japanese. Why they won't port that DS game over here...grrr...

Fierfaerie

Wanna Study Game Design in Japan? Here's How

Seiryuu — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:33:48 MST

That is, truly awesome. Good luck buddy.

Seiryuu

Wanna Study Game Design in Japan? Here's How

Janaff — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:32:33 MST

Very cool! Too bad I hate/suck at math.

>_>

Janaff

Wanna Study Game Design in Japan? Here's How

Elixir — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:31:52 MST

Lucky guy.

Elixir