This week in class we looked at legal issues, and I personally chose to look at trade marks in depth. They were as you would expect. You're supposed to keep them under raps but they do sometimes get out, and they are also hard to fight in court without the right bits of evidence. The other legal issues that were interesting were trademarks and copyright. These were interesting because it was weird hearing that trademark only protect the specific thing you made, and that if someone trademarks your work, you will owe them money. Copyright was interesting because it was almost like the other half of trademarks. Overall, the thing that I think I would have the hardest time abiding by would be keeping the hush hush on trade secrets, and I don't mean I would blab, I simply mean that I would have trouble trusting people with information that could potentially make or break a game project or company.This Week has exposed me to a multitude of careers that are available in the game design industry. I personally would prefer being a Narrative designer because i like to write, read, and create a world in a story and twist it to my own creative ends; however, this week i also looked into careers such as: game designer, game programmer, and animator, and whereas they were interesting, they were not for me in that m art is not up to par and i realize that programming just is not for me. Firstly, most of the careers are based around art, as game design in and of itself is like a team art project. Second, it also stand to reason that most require a college education, which is a bachelors degree in your career oriented skill. This research did not so much influence my choice of career as much as give a face to a name, so to speak, though this research did showed me that to be in the industry that you would have to be very committed as most of the careers were freelance jobs unless they worked for a game company. Lastly, this week opened my eyes to a lot as far a jobs in the game industry are concerned, and i hope that i can find myself in my desired job in the future. |
AuthorMy name is Kai Hart and I am a senior at Durham School of the Arts. I am taking the game design course at school and am curently in Advanced Game Art and Design. I want to work my way into the game industry and hope to one day be a game writer of some sort. Archives
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