Any Java™ developers out there?

[Xanoth]

heh i did a gaming degree myself, games programing (wanted design, ended up on the wrong course, strugled badly with graphical maths and had to change courses... really annoying to be miss sold a degree).

what aspect are you looking for? programing or modeling?

[Nabren]

Well, I don't know Java *that* well, however my associates degree is in software engineering and I am almost done with my bachelors degree in game software development. Generally, if you ask me after all the training i've received you can almost handle any programming language as long as you have half a brain and can read manuals. Infact, my teacher even told me that above the bachelor level in my field is more about theory and algorithms than it is actually learning the languages.

And if you have logic and are capable of figuring things out on your own and can read someone elses articles/books/etc and understand what they are doing, you don't even need to really know the language that well if you can figure it out in a reasonable amount of time. It's just better to be more experienced in an area because then you can work off memory instead of having to take a couple hours to read on how it's done.

[TheKnight]

Probobly programming.

[Greymain]

Nabren you know when you are fluent in a computer language when you can think in it and reading someone elses code is as easy as reading a newspaper.

You are correct though, all languages have one thing in common. Logic. Its just the syntax that you have to learn..

[Xanoth]

Originally Posted by TheKnight

Probobly programming.

http://nehe.gamedev.net/ will be one of your best friends then. work through all the lessons and you'll have a pretty solid foundation. programing is also very maths heavy, so look into in programing your own matrix multiplier, vertex multiplier and other such things... for all i know you may have already done this stuff, in which case your off to a good start

[TheKnight]

So you want me to do all the OpenGL tutorials?

Yeah I'm a member of the GameDev forums, I'm TheKnight there too.

[Xanoth]

i don't "want" you too, just a suggestion if this is the sort of thing you want to do for a career. its just good practice and they cover a useful things. if you prefer directx programming, i think nexe.gamedev.net is the web address.

what I covered at university was to work on developing and creating our own modeling program. from there you can work towards creating a basic game engine.

I've forgot most of it myself, as well as all the useful links i once had.

[Jaeth]

How rude of me... I ask a question and then I disappear for more than a month! Tsk tsk...

But here I am, back on the forums after what I'll refer to as some very, very busy weeks. I'll graduate soon, so there's naturally some studying and stuff, but then I've also been working and doing other things.

I should probably comment on some of what's been said, but I have an appointment in half an hour, so I'll be doing that later.

EDIT: I need healing!

[Aredhel]

healing? You need "healing" and we need more on staff!

hmmm....

[Jaeth]

You do? Let me know if there's anything I can help with...