College or Institute for Game Art and Design after 12th?

[Anorion]

yeah the basic content pipeline is compatible across a wide range of software, so you can create stuff in z-brush, 3dsmax, maya or even bryce and export it as fbx to unity or UDK... these are the softwares covered by the "art /design" approach... you'll get a tremendous advantage if you do BTech or BE which are the prerequisites for gaming courses (ICAT in Chennai offers these I blv) that dont restrict you to existing technology and teach you to design games from the ground up - as in making a racing game in C++ as against making a racing game using 3DSMax+Unity which is much much easier

so after 12th its anytime better to do BTECH/BE as against a game art/design course

seriously, the art/design approach is very flimsy atm, one basic example is that most animation content in ad films/ movies use 4 sided polygons - quads for modelling, but every game engine will use only triangles - 3 sided polygons for modelling, this basic distinction is not made in the modules covering modelling, so you will be taught to model 4 sided polygons only - so although the courses may be called "game design" they are actually "3d animation" courses adapted to game design

 

[Extreme Gamer]

BE or BTech after 12th
maybe they will be using new engines and new tools in 3 years, you can specialize in game design if you have BE or BTech later on

Not Btech. BSc. You want to major in Computer Science primarily, not engineering (unless you want to make consoles and hardware).

You dont even need BSc. An art major with CS minor will get you into design. For development you need the former.

 

[Sujeet]

yeah.No Btech necessary..Bfa will do.

 

[Anorion]

in that case BA in Game Design itself is available

 

[Extreme Gamer]

in that case BA in Game Design itself is available

Look at it this way:

BTech/BSc: Programmers.
BA with CS: Artists.

You need both kinds of people to make great games. Thing is, you need to be clear about which route you want to take.

Note: While making that decision what you should know is that the programmers can carry out the artistic process much more easily than the artist can execute the programming process. But if programming is in your head but physics is not, you want to focus on improving art skills. Physics is as important as programming for the programmer.