So.... my first post. I guess I should probably introduce myself and explain the reason why I have decided to start blogging, despite not being much of a blogger-type person.
So as it goes; my name's Stéphane, I was born in France and moved to England at the age of 9. I grew up as a normal teenager, had my friends, played some football, tig (or 'tag' to you Americans), hide and seek, played lots of video games (I basically grew up with the video games industry. As I went through my different phases of my early years, so have video games. I have seen them evolve from the simplicities of the early classics of the Mario Series to the complex and incredibly immersive games of today such as Mass Effect 2).
After the usual boring GCSE's that everybody does and forgets about, I decided to go to college in Nottingham to study Multimedia (e-media) at BTEC level. On this course I learned a whole variety of tools and techniques for various different disciplines, but the one that really stuck with me was working in 3D space and Photoshop. The whole idea behind being able to create something from nothing was just mesmerising. Still, after completing college and getting my certificate I had no intention to carry on with my studies, I just wanted to travel (another of my big passions).
Nonetheless, my mum finally managed to convince me to look into university as there might be something on offer which I would like; and as is often the case she was right, I stumbled upon the course Computer Games Design at The University of Wolverhampton. This course, as the title suggests, was pretty vague and so it consisted of modules covering all sorts of areas; from sound, coding (C++) and storytelling/storyboarding, to 3D character modelling (3DS Max) and level editing (Unreal Engine). So I managed to make it through the full 3 years, somehow coming out with a Ba 2:1(Hons).
Wonderful... not it's time to travel. aaaah finally!! so, 2months backpacking in southern Europe, then off to Malaysia for 6 months where I met up with one of my best friends who was studying out there. Then back to Europe, France more precisely, where I happily worked while trying to regain my French routes. Then back to the town where I grew up in England to earn myself some money. nice!
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