引用自 Rantis：

students.autodesk.com works too if you wanna try out Maya or 3ds Max ;)
Student versions give you a free 36 month license (3 years) and when it expires you can usr upgrade to a newer verison of the software since the 3 year license is per version.

So that's how they all got their hands on 3ds max, I always thard they pirated it:D

引用自 disbemahcock：

Hello, my name is Marcus, i am 13, and live in indonesia and i have a profound interest in creating stories, but i don't like putting them in books cause then you'll get minor interactivity between the one who's "reading" the story and the characters, honestly i suck at modeling, i do more drawing and writing, i am a fallout fan, and i did have a chance at modelling, but it was rough modeling, i don't even think Google Sketchup is modeling program.
Anywho, pipeline is a nice spot to start sharing ideas and maybe in the near future, make them into reality, and probably improve my programming skills

Everyone sucks at the beginning of modelling:D The easiest way should be to start with a bit older games which don't need high-poly models. Later, when you know the basics you can move on to newer-gen games.
Google Sketchup is weird to handle but there are better freeware-programs like Blender which should do the trick(:

引用自 JackStillAlive：

Games i want to play: GTA V on PC, Half-Life 3, L4D 3, TF3, Star wars 1313, Star wars force unleashead 3, Mass Effect (4?), Singularity 2, Bulletstorm 2

And you are surely going to be the person which creates all these games, right?

Because the word engine is usually used for software. It could too easily be mistaken with the Source Engine.

@Dr.NOOOOO: You know that pipeline isn't directly involved in the recruitment process of Valve, right? Some tutors would complete the whole pipeline-system but right now there don't seem to be any..

And these reasons are why Valve is so awesome. This is exactly what I've been looking for.

The gamemaker is even downloadable via steam. I got it a few months ago but didn't get any further into it until now.

I 'm mainly active in the narrative section.
I can also do level-design and 3d-modelling (http://i.imgur.com/UWwGMDd.jpg, http://i.imgur.com/x0Ez7Rt.jpg) but I need too much time to get these two other things done.

Edit: and I forgot to mention that i've got some drawing skills (http://i.imgur.com/7I4QjEl.jpg)

Well, hi(:
My name is Elias Peter (Alerion) I'm from Germany and am 17 now. I've been into game-design since I was 11. A jear earlier I had finnished my first storry-concept which is still present in my mind and is partially used in smaller projects.
I learned almost everything through the WOP-forums and self-teaching and now I know the basics of almost every aspect of gamedesign(scripting, mapping, modelling etc.) but I mainly like storry-writing.
I finished secondary modern school with a grade point average of 1,6 and now attend a school of further education because getting professional lessions in gamedesign would be very expensive atm.
Out of all the other communities I got to know during the last jears, Pipeline looks like the most promising to get me further into game development instead of changing already existing ones.

Well, the first thing should be to record some samples and edit/use them just for yourself.
After that you can pick any game you like that has modding tools and ask arround in the WIP-sections, if anyone could need a voice-actor. Your samples might sound very bad at the beginning but that's just normal (also it'll take some time to accept that you sound a bit different than you hear yourself). If you keep up a bit, chances are high that your voice and your guitar will be heard at least in a better-known mod or indie-game(: