HE course research

I have had to research three courses in Higher Education which I would consider going in, these are:

BA (Hons) Design for Games (3 year)

This course offers designing games, making games and game art, this course sounds perfect to me if I was staying on the course, this course focuses on games specificly which is a hue help for me, it is what I need to advance my career even further in the game world. Pretty much I need to pass this course to get in.

BA (Hons) Graphic Design (Year 3)
This course focuses around image manipulation, typography and images. This does seem like a sub course which I may consider as it is hue on the whole concept on characters too. Minimum 5 GCSEs, grade C or above, from a general range of educational GCSE subjects, preferably including at least one from Art, Design, Textiles or Media.


And to be honest I cannot find any other courses that will benefit me or help in my career.

Action Plan

Okay this is what I have planned. I am going to do my best this year and hopefully earn a Distinction throughout all my courses. I am going to get a part time job sometime soon and at the end of this course, I am going to be looking in to becoming a game designer. I am hoping to work for Nintendo, I also have connections as my uncle works for Nintendo but I want to attempt to get in without someone else fighting for me to get in, I want to earn it, I want to be welcomed for who I am, not for being someone's nephew.

What I will need to get in is finish this course, have good grades with the social skills with this course, examples of what I can do like making a few games and presenting them to Nintendo and also a good portfolio. This will all take alot of work but I will do my best to accomplish all this.

Choices

I have looked through many choices in what I can do after I finish this course. I have several options.

Option 1: I can go straight into employment for game designing, which is possible and I will try my best to get in, what I need to require is to pass this course, love computer games and put together a CV with examples of what I can do.

Option 2: I could do self employment by making games for the internet and keep expanding as I go until I can afford to run a company myself, this step is a huge risk but will go far if done correctly.

Option 3: I could get an apprenticeship but this would require more years of training and never guaranteed the job at the end which could prove to be not a very useful path.

Option 4: Go to university or HE courses but then again this means more training plus I will have roughly around a £40,000 debt until I pay it all off.

To be honest I am going to stick with Option 1 as this is what I want to do, this is why I am here, I want to be a game designer.

My strengths

I have to find out what my strengths are. I know I am getting good with action script three on flash, also my photoshop skills are improving. I am also getting better at wording stuff, I used to struggle all the time before. I can also hand draw and upload the images which can be helpful for filling in with colour on the computer. That is all I can think of for now.