How good is a career in video game design?

How Do I Get a Career in Video Game Design?

• My name is Sarju and I am 13 years older. Ever since I was about 4 years old, I LOVED video games. My mom yells at me for playing video games too much. It really made me think about ...show more

• Answer:

  Well, since you're only about to start 8th grade, you don't need to worry TOO much, but it's never too early. First of all, you'll probably want to learn C++, a programming language. I'd suggest not doing this online. There are some really good books that teach this. Or you could wait until high school or college to learn this. It is rather complicated, after all. You shouldn't worry about what classes to take in high school yet, since all high schools have different courses (for these kinds of classes). Towards the end of 8th grade, you should get some kind of packet or booklet explaining all the classes you can take, what years you can take them, etc. Personally, at my high school, there are really great classes. They have graphic art, website design, and video game design classes. Hopefully, your school will have a video game design class, like mine does. This really helps a lot. As for college, I'm sorry to say, but that's something you have to do on your own. Without knowing where you're from and what colleges are near you, it's basically impossible to help with that. That should be easy for you to do though. Just start by searching what colleges near you have good game design classes or programming classes. The rest should come easily.