Posted by A dreamer on February 19, 2004, 4:47 pm
ok, i want to be a game designer really bad when I get older. I've had it set in my mind that when I get out of highschool I'm going to Full Sail college (has some serious computer degrees and all that goodness). BUT my dad and mom have been putting me down about it. I don't think they mean to do it but they say things that make me feel like i could never be a character designer or make my own video game. Or at least be an animator.
i talk about working for Square-Enix or Naughty Dog, some company like that and the first things out of my 'rents mouths is "that's a very competitive feild, dear' and it bothers me. My rents have always been good parents--granted they grate my nerves sometimes-and i've been a good kid too. i keep good grades (As & Bs, tho my dad asks for straight As) and i work hard and i've wanted to be an animator since I was like..seven. So I really have the amibtion to do this and i try to talk with my counselor at school but it's hard, cuz our school is so huge I have to book an appointment on mondays or I'll never get in that week...heck, half the time i can't get in on mondays even.
I dunno, it bothers me how everyone seems to be against me being a game designer. My dad wants me to be a lawyer and my mom just says 'it's very competitive'. Which I interperate as 'you could never get into the school, you could never get that job' by the way she says it.
None of my friends are with me either. they think I'm weird for thinking such things, 'a game designer? riiiiiiggghhtttt.' Some of the more gamer/ottaku friends of mine are for me with it but when a lot of people don't think it's right or that you'll get in, it can be a bit intimidating. I'm worried I'm losing my dreams and heading towards something else. I don't know what but something that my parents want. Probably a lawyer... I've also noticed a slip in my grades and my ambition to work at them.
What should I do?
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