• Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I didn’t look at the curriculum of the game dev school but from my personal experience studying CS I would say that what you learn there isn’t really comparable to CS besides the programming part

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      3 days ago

      Agreed, and I kind of wish CS and game dev weren’t considered so similar. They both program, sure, and those skills can be moved.

      Go ask a Microsoft dev to explain game theory, hotkey availability, and UX. Then, ask a game dev the same questions. You’ll get wildly different answers because they wildly different goals

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        3 days ago

        This is why the tradeification of engineering should be viewed with skepticism. An engineering degree should give you a strong technical background in computing, physics, math, and software without over-specializing. You are meant to learn specific tradecraft on the job.