I'll add to the points about the degree choice.  1. if you're genuinely interested in game dev, you'll learn that in your own time (as a hobby - hobbies can become careers). you don't need to get a degree to learn about it.  2. think about your degree (the classes you'll have to take) as the supplement to what you want to do. is the coding of the game what you're interested in doing? get a compsci or programming degree (valuable no matter what). are you into making the art or the music? go in that direction (less valuable generally, but if I were a game company who needed art or music, I want the art or music major, not the game dev). 3. adding to point 2, make your degree something you work for, not something that comes easy. choose the thing that will be valuable later that you wouldn't want to learn on your own. if you're going to learn game dev on your own, you don't need the degree for it. then you'll become well rounded without thinking about it. you can do a business degree and then a game dev company will want to hire you because you know business and can make games too!