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Computer Science vs Computer Engineering
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Try
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naonao
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Luddite
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On the other hand, there's lots of people who go into CS and want to make games, and probably there's still a need in the game industry for people who do CE and want to make games. So you might be more marketable that way. | ||
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Pengu1n
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Computer Engineering deals more with circuits, signals, assembley etc. I'm currently majoring in Computer Science myself  | ||
cgrinker
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Anyways, are you sure you want to make video games? Are you sure you just don't want to play video games? | ||
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EsX_Raptor
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Try
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On February 17 2009 04:03 cgrinker wrote: If you want to make video cards for video games then to computer engineering. You have to do some architecture for CS anyways. Anyways, are you sure you want to make video games? Are you sure you just don't want to play video games? well, i've learnt some basic C++ and how to use Blitz, and so far its been fun. I enjoy the "rough" crunch-time lifestyle. And I really don't have any interest in any other fields. | ||
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Phyre
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On February 17 2009 04:05 Try wrote: well, i've learnt some basic C++ and how to use Blitz, and so far its been fun. I enjoy the "rough" crunch-time lifestyle. And I really don't have any interest in any other fields. Haha, if you enjoy crunch you're going to fit right in at a game studio.  I'm sure Mora can back me up on this.On topic, Computer Science. I'm CS myself. | ||
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EsX_Raptor
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fusionsdf
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CS is definitely the way to go for what you're interested in | ||
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Archaic
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Cobalt
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That seems to contradict everyone else in this thread though. | ||
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Qatol
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kawaiideshou
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Computer Engineering isn't for you, though. I'm a Computer Engineering major and I had to take only the most basic programming courses. Most of what I do end up coding is Assembly-ish, which won't help you in the game programming world. What Qatol said is true, though. You have to be able to keep up with the evolving hardware technologies, which may have impacts on software programming. Computer Engineering, in that sense, may be more useful to you. | ||
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AcrossFiveJulys
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On February 17 2009 04:17 fusionsdf wrote: software engineering is more about lowlevel hardware/software interaction, like computer organization, logic gates and that kind of stuff You must be referring to CE, not software engineering, because that is so far from the truth it's ridiculous. For the guy asking about software engineering, it is more of a course on how to go about designing huge software systems efficiently, including programming practices, design patterns, and other related topics, whereas computer science is more general and will go deep into computation theory as well as touching on software engineering principles. | ||
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AcrossFiveJulys
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On February 17 2009 06:08 Cobalt wrote: A computer science teacher at the best school in my state told me this: computer science is about the theory behind computing, whereas computer engineering is about implementation of that theory. So programming etc. would fall under computer engineering, whereas making new programming languages, optimization, and innovation would fall under computer science. That seems to contradict everyone else in this thread though. what state do you live in? Is it... NOWHERE? | ||
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