Games Education (with Rachel Peterson)




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Summary: <p>In this interview episode, we talk with Lord President of the Game Design Club at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Rachel Peterson, to talk about how to go about getting an education in games. Your nice hosts also recount their own gamedev educational origin stories, and the episode closes out with a quick run though of <em>all the advice</em>!</p> <a href="/interview-topic/games-education"> Games Education </a> Category <a href="/topics/art" hreflang="en">Art</a> <a href="/topics/irl" hreflang="en">IRL</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extra Credits </a> - Watch Extra Credists- Because Learning Matters, You Tube <a href="http://mcad.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minneapolis Colledge of Art and Design</a> <a href="http://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/learning/step_by_step/simple_2d_game.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pong Clone Tutorial </a> <p>Rachel's quick-draw art</p> <a href="https://twitter.com/Mark_LaCroix/status/821076541941673984" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quick-draw portrait of Mark</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/leonyx03/status/820808281182584832" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quick-draw portrait of Stephen</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IsNotShort/status/817893885842178050" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">White-board self-portrait</a> <p>Educational Links</p> <a href="http://www.onegameamonth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Game a Month</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmdGZk-fF98" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Game Schools - How to Find a Good School</a> - YouTube <a href="https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Game Center - NYU</a> <a href="https://www.uwstout.edu/programs/bs-computer-science" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Wisconsin -Stout</a> <a href="https://www.gamedesignworkshop.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Game Design Workshop</a> - book <a href="https://www.gdcvault.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GDC Vault</a> <a href="https://unite.unity.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unite Conference</a> - Unity <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Game Maker's Toolkit</a> - YouTube <a href="/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Guest</a> <p>Rachel Peterson is President of the Game Design Club at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.</p> External link <a href="https://twitter.com/IsNotShort">https://twitter.com/IsNotShort</a>