4th January 2024, 7:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 4th January 2024, 8:18 PM by Delphinoid_. Edited 1 time in total.)
(4th January 2024, 11:54 AM)Different Wrote: Hell yeah, dude. You're really smart when it comes to stuff like this. You've already proven to me that you've got the capabilities to draw 2D/3D art animation, and you've already worked on starting a game engine from scratch. What are you getting your PhD in?
Pure maths, which is by definition "mathematics that is not motivated by real-world applications". My main research interests are broadly in group theory and (exotic) category theory, where the latter is jokingly referred to as "abstract nonsense". As you can tell there are practically 0 career prospects for this subject LOL, but I really love the creative aspect of it. My goal is academia, but the supply of pure mathematicians (which isn't so great in the first place) way outstrips the demand, since this "demand" is practically nonexistent even within academia. My plan is that if / when academia doesn't work out I can probably fall back on theoretical physics though (in particular I did some work in the area of theoretical quantum computing as an undergrad, and my boss said he'd be happy to take me on in the future if maths doesn't work out, which is super nice). If that doesn't work, the next best thing would be some job that maximizes the time I have to work on creative projects (for instance, in principle I honestly have no problem with working part-time at a convenience store forever if I can - the amount of free time I'd have to work on the variety of things I care about would be really nice, and money doesn't matter at all to me as long as I can survive off it).
(4th January 2024, 11:54 AM)Different Wrote: No, sir. I know absolutely nothing about game engines, C++ programming, writing codes, creating games from scratch, or even the physics behind it. I'm more of a creative. If this were audio engineering, then I could help because I've gotten my Bachelor's degree in Audio Production over a year ago. So, I'm more of a creative, and consider myself a sound designer.
You can always learn though, and the learning curve is quite gentle for game development these days. Most game developers aren't even professional programmers, especially on the indie side, they're just people who are passionate about games and wanted to make something! Plus of course being a creative and a "techie" aren't mutually exclusive - even audio production probably demonstrates this, since it seems like it's a really cool mix of creative and technical work (I know nothing about it though).
