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Game Design Curriculum

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Re: Game Design Curriculum

#7

Bad joke sorry

People are downvoting you, but this is actually a ridiculously common thing in games.

The entire game industry is pretty bad in general compared to tech or otherwise: one huge concept is that you have to "love the game"; you're willing to take low pay, low benefits, deal with overrun unpaid overtime hours, etc. because you "love the game". Most game companies freely tell you about how disposable you are because they have hordes of players, many willing to work for free.

Riot has serious problems with this. The C-level that was repeatedly reported (for years) for grabbing testicles, dryhumping employees or farting on them is still in their role and hasn't been removed - they were just suspended for a month or two and reinstated. The gender-discrimination forced new legal counsel just a few months ago due to possible collusion.

Re: Game Design Curriculum

#8

Bad joke sorry

Why has it become so popular recently to shit on something because of who made it? Is this not just a poor ad hominem?

In this case because they are positioned to become a form of role model of these students. Who will eventually find out that their favorite company can be horrible to negligible consequence.

Re: Game Design Curriculum

#9
They put a PowerPoint into a PDF into a scrollable window too small to display a full slide. Ouch.

The course itself is interesting, in that it's not a programming course at all. It's about what makes a game fun. Download the PDF and look at page 6, which has the useful info.

Re: Game Design Curriculum

#10

Bad joke sorry

Why has it become so popular recently to shit on something because of who made it? Is this not just a poor ad hominem?

Because they still benefit. They benefit when people consume their products and they benefit when they're given a forum within the community.
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