hacking

Kiwi FM's Wammo and I had a great chat this morning about the world of games modding. It's something we've both dabbled in, and it was where I learned to apply all the broadcast graphics skills I had learned (texture painting and 3d modelling)  in a game environment. As well as being supremely satisfying, it is an excellent route into the games industry. It gives you the opportunity to learn and demonstrate a lot of key skills, mostly creative, though there are still plenty of programming tweaks you can do if you want. You can learn a lot about good level design, character creation and animation, lighting, texturing, sound & music, and all of this can be done with free tools.