train2game anyone know anything about this company?

[synaptic]

Hey there, i stumbled apon this interesting ad in my local paper today - apparently theres a new company that is offering game developer courses www.train2game.co.uk

I've looked over the site seems legit, i was just wondering if anyone has any information about this?

[Kojack]

They appear to be a distance learning college, so everything is done online. Their forum is open to the public so you could ask some of the students what it's like.
They have designer and developer (coder) diplomas. The lesson plan is on the site. Apparently it's done at your own pace, and can take from 1.5 to 3 years.
The programmers are given a free copy of Game Maker 7 Pro when they enrol. That's a little worrying, considering Game Maker's home page says: "Game Maker allows you to make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code."

I'm pretty biased, but I'd prefer somewhere with real face to face classes. A forum and email just aren't as good for explaining things to someone having problems as actually interacting with them in person.

As of 3 weeks ago, nobody has actually graduated yet (according to the forum admin), so there's no real proof of the final outcome.

[Juan]

Look nice. Only but can be the price, How many cost a degrre of it?

[Kojack]

They only have diplomas, not degrees.
It costs 5000 pounds (according to the forum, it's not on the website anywhere).

[Juan]

They only have diplomas, not degrees.
It costs 5000 pounds (according to the forum, it's not on the website anywhere).

5675€????? without a degree? They are crazy, and if tomorrow the site come down and i haven´t finished the curse? I only will pay that if it is face to face

[Gigabeat]

Well, if you look at the "course plan" they don't seem to actually teach you how to program/make games.
They just teach you about things required in order to do it.
Although I could be misinterpreting it.

Take a look though:
http://www.train2game.com/course_plan.html

All their "Designing a Game:" lessons are simply "things to bear in mind" or "methods."
Other than that the rest of the lessons seem to revolve around explaining different aspects and functions of games.
Minus the lessons explaining design documentation and so forth...

So personally I think it would be a rather huge waste of money.

[Juan]

Well, if you look at the "course plan" they don't seem to actually teach you how to program/make games.
They just teach you about things required in order to do it.
Although I could be misinterpreting it.

Take a look though:
http://www.train2game.com/course_plan.html

All their "Designing a Game:" lessons are simply "things to bear in mind" or "methods."
Other than that the rest of the lessons seem to revolve around explaining different aspects and functions of games.
Minus the lessons explaining design documentation and so forth...

So personally I think it would be a rather huge waste of money.

I saw it at first, and didn´t impress me much, but in one year or three you should learn more than if you go for free, like me or other people, that learn but we have to look for infomation or to search a specific plugin, but 6000 euros for has it in my hard drive or online is so much, i can buy another bmw with 340 hp with less money

So, in conclusion, yes, it is a completily waste of money
Thanks for you interest

[Kojack]

All their "Designing a Game:" lessons are simply "things to bear in mind" or "methods."
Other than that the rest of the lessons seem to revolve around explaining different aspects and functions of games.
Minus the lessons explaining design documentation and so forth...

Well yes, that's what game design is about. It's the developer course that has the actual making of a game stuff:
http://www.train2game.com/developer_course_plan.html
C++, directx, shaders, 3d maths, path finding, collision detection, 3d audio, making a 2d game, making a 3d game, etc.

[Gigabeat]

Well yes, that's what game design is about. It's the developer course that has the actual making of a game stuff:
http://www.train2game.com/developer_course_plan.html
C++, directx, shaders, 3d maths, path finding, collision detection, 3d audio, making a 2d game, making a 3d game, etc.

Whoops, I didn't notice they even had a second course.
My mistake, haha.

[mildandmanored]

Hey I'm Naz and work for train2game and thought it might help if I joined
and tried to answer your questions about the gaming courses run by train2game.
Drop me a line if you’d like to ask anything, be happy to help