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It is! The minimum you need is 48 and infact many students do achieve 60 points. Extra credit not so much unless you get special permission to do Second year curriculum.

Hey,

So there is no easy answer for this but in short CMGT sets up in either an artistic path or a programming oriented path (around game software especially). So internships around Environmental Art, Junior Engineer or Concept Art is the likeliest you will want to aim for.

Internships can be anywhere but do keep in mind that you should go for the best internship that sets you up for the future. That means a lot of hard work but it will set you up in the right path.

I currently am a Level Designer back in my home country in the US at a AAA studio and I very much enjoyed it.

Ah ok! Well there are open days coming up that might be useful to go to that will be explained on the day there and then. Might wanna target those! They then to answer all those questions!

Hope that helps!

Willem

Hello,

What do you mean by tour per say? Of our campus or something entirely else?

Willem

Hi!

Not much! However I would say it depends on what you wanna go into. So look at Art, Building Levels for other games, modding, scriptimg etc.

This along with enthusiasm for making games will illustrate and guide your skills at the uni!

If you have more, feel free to ask!

Best wishes,

Willem

Hey!

If you mean by getting along with people outside of University then yes of course! I lived across the world and I found the first two years quite enjoyable but slightly predictable. I think it's an easy well spoken country with good morals.

And yes! One of my best friends didn't even know a line of code and is now one of the best developers in our course!

To get into the university?

Hi Ben! Thanks for reaching out to us and sorry that it has taken me a while to reply back!

Let me just say this that whilst understanding basic drawing/art skills is important this course is NOT for artists per say. Game Design and Production focuses on creating video games where students learn all areas of the creative side of game development (such as drawing, 3D Modeling, Level Design, Game Economy and much more).

As the teachers will vouch, the first two quarters helps you improve your art skills (or if you don't know how to draw you will be taught it!) but will soon open up to other areas of game development. I can tell you this first hand as I am a decent artist but not good enough to work at Blizzard nor was it my primary interest after a while. In the final semester other courses open up and since then I have yet to go back on it!

I hope this answers your question!

Hi Andrei,

I am not sure what you exactly mean by that but I suspect you want to know a place where students show their work as well as teachers. The bad news is that there aren't that many places to check this out except on Facebook @SaxionGaming.

As for student work, they tend to have portfolios posted online. I have one which you can see to give you an idea of what to expect https://willemkranendonk.carbonmade.com.

As for others, probably you will need to ask Students. There is a Facebook group buts it is only for upcoming Students and actually students (past and present).

No problem! And it wasn't inappropriate! You asked a fair question!

Hi Andrei,

No worries, happy you asked more questions! For sure there are! Some have worked on big Triple A titled games, others have worked on Indie Projects and some in totally different fields!

Hope this answers your question!

Hi Max!

Great question! Age is not important in this case! I know plenty of people your age that have started and gone on to work at studios across the globe and in The Netherlands! One of my best friends (who is a student at Saxion) had no programming experience (literally none). Now he is one of the best programmers in the course and along with me had created a game that was nominated for a Dutch Student Game of The Year Award!

As for finding work, it really depends. The Netherlands has a very small and not very large influence in the game industry but there are a tonne of good studios in the Netherlands! If you are a programmer you can get a job easily in VR, Software Engineering, Serious Games and of course games in general! For a programmer it's very straightforward I'm short.

If you are become a concept artist on the other hand it's very tough. Hell even if you are in America it's tough to be one but if you are a 3D artist or Game Designer (like me) your chances are solid!

If you want to ask me more questions PLEASE send me a message here or on Twitter @willem567!

Also attend an open day and speak to Taco Van Loon or Eelco Jannik who can also help you out!

No worries! Happy to help!

Salut Andrei!

First good luck at School! It's great that you are planning your ambitions ahead particularly in programming!

Studying in Saxion is very flexible. The programming department is ambitious, fun and extremely paternal amongst your teachers. One of my favorite teachers (who I consider a friend) is from the programming side and he is always ready to meet up with me, spend some time to get coffee and discuss my concerns and a whole lot more!

The best part about Saxion is the fact that by the time you need to search for internships, you will have a large roster of games under your belt that can set you up for some really sick internships wherever you want to go in the world!

Another great thing about Saxion is that the majority of students are international. As you can see from my intro towards you, some of my best friends come from Romania and Bulgaria!

Enschede is also cool. It's an easy place to live, very affordable and it's close to Germany too.

If you wanna learn more you are always welcome to come to our Open days BUT should you have a reason not to come, please feel free to contact me via Twitter @willem567 or via here at IntoSaxion.

Meantime enjoy school!