Resources/Links for Budding Game Programmers

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I'd also recommend Tom Slopers site at:

http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html

for general advice on getting into the games industry etc. (although a lot of the stuff is fairly old now its still pretty relevant in most cases).

 

I enjoyed reading threw most of those, My favorites were the ones from blizzard and the very first one on the list. ^^

 

Gamecareerguide.com - Get your game on!

A new website powered by Gamasutra.com, bringing you everything you need to know to get started in the game industry:

--New Forums!
--Salary Survey from Game Developer Magazine
--News and features for students and educators
--Comprehensive listing of schools
--"Getting Started" section - an invaluable how-to guide
--Faculty and student research

http://www.gamecareerguide.com/

 

How many people from the industry are giving advice in those forums?

 

How to Become an AI Developer (a lot of this applies to game engineering in general, too):

http://www.ai-blog.net/archives/000150.html

 

I have a pretty large list of links here:
http://www.homebrew-illuminati.co.uk/index.php?topic=147.0

And a book list:
http://www.homebrew-illuminati.co.uk/index.php?topic=150.0