In 5 years time, I will be out of college. Higher education through a grad school program is something I am still thinking about, but I am not sure if I will go through with it.

I have made connections both at school and in my hometown who are interested in the game design field who I will hopefully start up some kind of indie studio with. If that does not work out, I will most likely be applying to companies who are in need of software developers and get more experience before applying to a game studio.

Working at Valve would be a dream come true, but first I just need to learn my way around the SDK. My only experience with game engines so far has been engines I have built from scratch and the Unity Engine.

I agree, building a small game in a weekend's time shouldn't be too difficult, especially with knowledge in python. In fact, python is the perfect language for when you find yourself saying "I really want to sit down and whip up a small application in an hour or so!" And with the help of python game engines it makes it even easier to take that to the next level.

Unfortunately I won't be able to participate in this game jam, I had never heard of it before now and I'm actually going on a vacation this week :T

I'll watch closely though!

Hi everybody, my name is Kevin. I'm 20 years old, going into my 3rd year of college now, attending Montclair State University as a Computer Science major.

I started learning programming when I was in middle school, just learning simple HTML and CSS to build ugly looking websites (to be fair, I was 13). In those years, the only experience I gained in the game building field was using beginners tools such as Game Maker.

NOW, I'm actually comfortable with calling myself a programmer. My main language is Java, and I'm just finishing up an internship now that required me to become close to, if not fluent, in javascript. While attending school I have also learned how to program in Assembly.

Last year I had the great opportunity to take Game Design as a college course. In this class I learned how to create and build a prototype of a game with a team from the ground up, starting with a design document and ending the course with demoing the game and having strangers test my game. We used the Unity Engine to power our project, and I learned how to script in C# for this project, which was not too difficult since it is very similar to Java. Before taking this class, I was kind of unsure if I wanted to go in this career direction (designing and building games). However, after going through the experience of working with a team to create something unique to us and having strangers play and enjoy our game while giving us feedback, I am positive that game design is something I am definitely interested in as a career.

I am interested in pipeline because of this positive experience I have had with making games in the past, and I hope that pipeline can provide the right resources for me aid me as I move towards a future in the industry!

Oh yeah and I love video games, that too :D