Interesting Game Career Websites

[Marco Roy]

Here is a list of the most interesting game career advice/resource Websites users of this forum know. Let us know if there are some missing!

Invaluable reads:
Game Career Guide (Obviously!)
Game Developer Magazine
IGDA Breaking In
Sloperama
Games Monk
The Games Game
Darius Kazemi's Networking Advice (Tiny Subversions)
http://kennhoekstra.com/musings/getajob.html
GDC Vault

Try-to-keep-up-with reads:
Gamasutra
GameDev
GamesIndustry.biz
Game Politics

Valuable reads:
Game Critics
Game Dev Map
Costik Blog
Blitz Games Studio - GameON
50 Books for Everyone in the Games Industry

Education reads:
Scientific Ninja's Thoughts on Game Schools

Design reads:
The Designer’s Notebook
General Game Design
The 400 Project
Deeply Random Thoughts
Sirlin.net
Design Singularity
Applied Game Design
GIGnews - Designers
international hobo
Google Groups Game Design
Patrick Curry’s Thoughts on Game Design

Programming reads:
Engineering Game Development
Essential Math for Games Programmers
AI Game Development

Artistic reads:
Tips for Aspiring Game Artists

Business reads:

Jobs:
Game Industry Grunts

General:
The Elusive Demo Portfolio
http://www.johnsto.co.uk/?t=level_design
http://www.johnsto.co.uk/?t=common_sense
http://cliffyb.com/rants/ut-ld-tips.shtml <-- also contains layout tips
http://3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_dl_tr.php <-- modeling and such.

Level Design Reads:
http://www.crymod.com/uploads/tutorials ... Design.pdf <-- A .PDF file.
http://www.slothy.com/composite/MP_101.doc <-- a .doc file.
http://lunaran.com/dmenc_architecture.php
http://lunaran.com/dmenc_connectivity.php
http://lunaran.com/dmenc_flow.php
http://lunaran.com/dmenc_mapbalance.php
http://lunaran.com/dmenc_itembalance.php

Engines

Unreal:
http://www.unrealtechnology.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_engine
http://www.waylon-art.com/LearningUnreal/

Gamebryo:
http://www.emergent.net/Products/Gamebryo/Gamebryo-26/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebryo

CryEngine 2:
http://www.cryengine2.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryENGINE2
crymod.com

Aurora 2:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_toolset
http://nwn.bioware.com/builders/
http://nwvault.ign.com/

Hammer (Source):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Hammer_Editor
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Hammer
http://www.moddb.com/tutorials/begin...-hammer-editor

GameMaker 7:
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Maker

The following Users have contributed to this thread: Macro Roy, Zooch.

[Adrir]

Awesome list! Thank you for sharing this with us Marco!

Don't forget Game Politics and GamesIndustry.biz. Furthermore, it might be more clear if you label Tiny Subversions as Darius Kazemi's Networking Advice (Tiny Subversions).

[Marco Roy]

Done, thanks Adrir!

[izmiller]

http://www.blitzgames.com/gameon/ there's a lot of information and resources on this site too!

[dariusk]

Heh, I like how I'm valuable, but not quite invaluable.

[Gshonk]

Hahah, I would mark you as invaluable, your advice helped me stick out at GDC and meet a ton of people. Including you though I never introduced myself, I worked your session in February in my bright pink shirt.
And on top of that it helped me get a job in the industry so I would say a big you are valuable Thank You.

[Protector one]

In one or two years, every convention will be flooded with bright-colored t-shirts. Then it will be really difficult to stand out. I call dibs on the Yellow Submarine outfit. (I have this great idea for a periscope that will be able to actually raise and lower.)

[Marco Roy]

There you go Darius I don't really know why I didn't put your blog with the invaluables at first.

[dariusk]

Grant, I totally know who you are. I did get your business card, and you DO link my website from yours.

[Gshonk]

Haha. Oops I forgot about giving you that.