University of Central Florida, studying Computer Science.
I plan to delve as far as I can, into intricate code. The most challenging code I have encountered is in Video Game Programming.
Game programming covers most of the main topics of CS, including AI, Data structures, etc.....
Not to mention that for real-time rendering of 3-d space(especially in commercial games), has got to be as small as possible, and as FAST as possible. No other coding paradigm incorporates so much knowledge. Everything I have been forced to learn in my CS degree can be applied to game programming. Physics, calculus, everything.....
I have a newfound respect for the truly established game programmers (Carmack, Sweeney, Molyneux, etc).
These are people that truly push the limits of what a common desktop computer can do. Unbelievable. I appreciate video games so much more, after learning what has to go into their production these days.
Unreal Tournament 2004 still makes my jaw hit the floor. How the hell did they do that? So fast, so tight, it leaves me speechless.
Philosophically, computer code is a written example of human thought. I see how intelligent these people are, when I see a truly spectacular game.
As much as I talk about game programming, I am not sure that is where my destiny lies. Ok I am rambling now
