Hello.

I decided recently I need to create amazing video games no matter how much time it takes, be it more than 10 years or the rest of my life. Me and time versus everything, so to speak.

Having background in computing, game design, or anything related to any "hard" techinical skill in any kind of way, it seems pretty obvious I need to take at some time to educate myself and get some proof that I've done so.

I live in Osaka and visited HAL College of Technology & Design last week.

[URL]http://www.hal.ac.jp/lang/english.html[/URL]

With this school, I could:

-study full time for 4 years and get a 4 year degree for about 6,000,000yen (around 70,000$US) plus living expenses of 4 years OR

-work full time and study at night school for a 2 year degree

Now, the second option seems more attractive to me since it gets me some cred faster and for cheaper thus more effeciently. I'm just wondering if a 2 year degree is even worth doing at all? Does it hold the credibility a game company would need to consider me as a candidate? Is it a realistic timeframe to learn skills I could use to begin building a portfolio? How much of a drawback is a 2 year degree versus a 4 year degree? Is is so much of one that a 2 year degree is "worthless" in the sense of "why bother half assing it?"

Thanks in advance for any advice. Peace!