What Is It Like Studying GAME DEV at University?

G'day Everyone! A bit of a slower start to 2024 than I would've liked, but I'm back now and ready to roll. Since it's that time of year where people are heading back to school/college, I thought this was a good opportunity to share what university was like for me, studying Game Development full time. It was great going back over all my old projects, and it helped me realise just how far I've come, but also how far I still have to go. I hope you all enjoy this different type of video from me, and I'll be back with more devlogs in no time!

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0:00 - Ms Pacman (Year 1)
2:15 - Psychoscape (Year 2)
4:14 - Canyon Clash (Year 2)
6:34 - ML Agents (Year 2)
7:36 - Project Angel (Year 3)
10:13 - Fury of the Pharaohs (Year 3)
13:40 - Beyond University

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[jnoded]

For a second I was like "Christmas in summer??"
And only then realised that it was in Sydney

[THECB]

Great summary of the game dev uni experience!

[thien]

wow. what an inspiring video. I'm the type of person to hates school and pretends like i could teach myself all the skills i need but in reality, i would just stay home and play games. not to learn from the game or anything, just autopiloting. from the way you challenge yourself to improve on your weaknesses to the "always be learning" mindset you had during the 4 years, it is truly inspiring and this video had opened my eyes. thank you

[kondratov]

Damn, I had to study for 5 years for my CS engineering degree, I see game dev is quite a bit shorter

[Emobannana]

aye man, I’m currently second year doing the same course at UTS, loved the video and cool to see someome that has been through it before, big ups

[SebastianGraves]

I really enjoyed your closing thoughts. Great video man. Thank you for sharing your experience here. I wish you luck on your game dev journey. I am sure you will make a lot more fantastic things.

[KIF_GameDev]

Thanks for making this video! Very valuable and love the conclusion. Good luck on your journey!

[hippolyte]

really interesting video, and holy shit your projects just keep on looking better !

[nudeduded]

what a great video! i really enjoyed listening to the story, and the video on itself is really good edited, you got a new subscriber, dude)

[AzbestoN]

Very well made video for a new channel, you got my sub, keep up the good work!

[abv-gngk]

Thank you for the high quality cozy vid

[Mr-Dream]

Really good video and I loved the project you have worked on.😊

[musicmonsterman]

Wow cool story! What an interesting ride. I’m not remotely in the field of video game design but watching you unfold the process was great

[ethanlucas]

Yo, this video is so good! I’m in the third year of this myself, and would highly recommend it if you’re considering it.

As of 2024, the degree is pretty similar to several years ago (give or take a few assignment tweaks), but there are new opportunities to showcase work, either through the Playmakers society or SXSW Sydney!

Great video man, all the best for future works!!!

[ani]

This is a amazing video, I have been in school for 2 years now and I am going to start my final year and then my masters in game dev soon and man I needed this. My school is good, and ive learnt a lot but I feel in the back of my head that it might not be worth it and that all my time and effort was wasted when I should of done something practical like computer science. This made me feel good. makes me feel like I can get passed this burnout doom and gloom phase I am in. I would love to hear how after university has been because I feel thats were most people have the most worries for. But really thank you for making this video and helping me realize that maybe im not wasting my college years

[Doctor]

I honestly was surprised that someone newer to game dev could make such amazing games. Project Angel looked beautiful and honestly I found it to look really fun and enjoyable. Whenever I would play a single player game, I would something like this one. While Fury of the Pharaohs looked like a fun, yet silly game I would play with friends. I already know they were a blast to make. Also congrats getting through that first year, it must've really hurt not doing what you wanted.

[KA-KnowledgeForAll]

Fury of the Pharaohs looks really nice and polished, good work !
Especially love the art style, color palette, shaders, it all fits really well somehow, not sure how fun the game is.
If possible, when you catch some time, make some postmortem on it or something like that, what were the problems, what went well, on code, art, ...
Cheers !

[ickle_berry]

Was going to apply for a psychology degree last year, since I wasn't sure what I wanted to do - ended up taking a year off to figure myself out heh. Just started applying to unis for game dev yesterday, then this video popped up!:0 thanks for explaining your experience, it seems like fun! and these games look really good - very creative ideas, I'd like to try them! Also, your video's really well made, so I was surprised to see this is a relatively new channel! Good luck with everything, I hope your channel and games will be successful!:D

[RolieKloeOlie]

Project Angel is so cool! I can’t imagine finishing a game every semester. That’s intense!

[uum]

hi there, i hope your channel will become success. i love how you make summary about game dev uni.