FW: ICT313 A new offer

[Josh Whitkin]

Dear GAD student:

 

Do you have a dream game you’d like to build? (duh, yeah!!)

What do you lack to build your dream game?  If you’re like me, you need a games programmer.

 

…but how do you get programmers to work on YOUR idea?   This has stumped many a games art student…until now.

 

These senior programmers have a great solution: a “like for like” exchange of labor. You build some art for them, they do coding for you.

 

What a great idea!  Imagine having a programmer that will take your calls and emails to

·         help you debug tricky Unity scripting problems,

·         help you import your fancy artwork,

·         tutor you in figure out how debug or do fancy stuff in Gamemaker, Construct, Corona, Unity, or other game engine

 

This is a “can’t lose” proposition for most currently enrolled GAD students:

·         In MCC154, most students wish they had more help getting their mods to be more interactive, not just art;

·         shader programming for MCC261 is a really tough challenge for most game artists

·         In MCC362 games art project, there’s usually no shortage of need for programmers!

·         In animation units, coders can help you modify rig scripts, or add cloth or physics simulations to your hand-built animations

 

Generally you’ll find GAD faculty strongly supports any kind of artist/programmer collaboration.  We take it as a sign of student resourcefulness and reflects real-world industry practice.  (We also know it usually leads to awesome student projects – real, fun games!)  It’s usually not cheating to get help from programmers for class assignments if you give them credit for the part they did – if it’s a substantial contribution, discuss it with your tutor and coordinator. 

 

It’s hard to imagine how a games art student could say no to this deal.  Follow up on  GAD facebook page, or just email the group leader John Okely [mailto:jlo...@gmail.com] with a list of skills and/or couple images of your artwork. 

 

It’s OK if you aren’t fully pro artist yet. We’re students, right?  Just let them know you’re interested and show them where you’re up to, skillwise.

 

-Josh

 

 

 

From: John Okely [mailto:jlo...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2012 1:59 PM
To: Josh Whitkin
Cc: aj.n...@iinet.net.au; Drew Clarke; Joel Stewart; Zac Conduit
Subject: ICT313 A new offer

 

Hi Josh,

 

We have not received any emails from interested students yet.

 

As a last ditch effort we have decided to put together $50 towards compensating the students. If you could follow up the email I sent you and mention the $50 recompense that would be great.

 

Alternatively as much time as they spend making art and animation we will spend helping them with programming. We know C, Java, Python, C++, C#, lua, HTML & CSS, Javascript

 

Thanks,

John