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DeveloperX
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 Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject: Game Development Classes @ CompUSA... |
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Hello Guys.
Guess what?
You can take a 2-hour Game Development Class for $39.97
"Learn to make a game in 2 hours that you can take home with your name on it!"
CompUSA
8855 Veterans Memorial Blvd
Metairie, Louisiana 70003
USA
Call (504) 471-2950 for more information and class enrollment.
Instructor Information:
Richard Marks
ID#163618
(504) 452-3363 mobile
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Bjorn
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:52 am Post subject: |
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That sounds mighty expensive... and does taking a game home mean I have to come over to the USA? :-)
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DeveloperX
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| Bjørn wrote: | | That sounds mighty expensive... and does taking a game home mean I have to come over to the USA? :-) |
Well, most games are $49.99 retail, so why do you think that spending that much for a game that you learn how to make is expensive? So far 78 people have signed up today (and this is the first day that it has been available!)
And well, if you're not in the USA, and not in Louisiana, then you're out of luck... cause I am the only instructor at the moment that is certified to teach the class.
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valderman
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:34 am Post subject: |
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What kind of game are you going to make in 2 hours? Cool idea though.
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Bjorn
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I wouldn't compare the price of a game created in 2 hours with a game created during a timespan of over a year with a team of 10 or more seasoned game developers. But for 2 hours of lecture, $40 just sounds rather expensive to me. I'm no pricing expert, but that sounds like a private session to me. In comparison, going to a university costs about $2 to $5 per lecture, I think (hoping I'm not completely off).
But of course, have fun with the teaching! If the class is a success, I can't say I'm not a little bit jealous. :-)
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bay
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Bjørn wrote: | | In comparison, going to a university costs about $2 to $5 per lecture, I think (hoping I'm not completely off). |
if this were true in the states, way more people would be educated. so bluntly, you're way off. :D
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Adam
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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$600 a course
12 weeks per course
3hrs a week
bout 16 bucks an hour in Australian dollars.
That must be about 30 cents US :P
Id be thinking it would have to be private lessons. It would be hard to bring a class from scratch to PONG in 2 hours.
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bay
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| adam wrote: | $600 a course
12 weeks per course
3hrs a week
bout 16 bucks an hour in Australian dollars. |
what level of university is that?
besides, we're talking america. everything is obnoxiously overpriced here and not even worth it in most cases.
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Adam
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I think i used the wrong word. Course = class.
Im doing Software enginerring and buisness. It goes for 5 years.
That is 10 semesters. And 4 classes a semester.
I don't know what exactly you mean by level but its undergraduate.
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