3d computer graphicing

Well, I would suggest "Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition". Perhaps no mentor, but it will guide you for many years to come. If you were just wanting to make a game I would suggest one of the many books on DirectX or OpenGL, but if you are doing it as an acedemic pursuit then I think the above book would be better. As for mentoring the best place to find one is one of the instructors at your college. That would generally be a mathematics instructor rather than computer science although you really need a little of both.

Here the board itself is a mentor. What the mentor would do the board does. You run into a problem, post it and someone will most likely at least give you a bit of food for thought. I would be surprised if anyone makes a commitment to be your mentor, but I wouldn''t be surprised if you worked hard and showed potential that a few people would end up acting as a mentor. The first step of that working hard and showing potential is digging in and going as far as you can.

I am not in college yet, I am a high school student who is doing this project in hopes to find out more on the career I wish to have. I have always enjoyed computer and system games so this will help me in my learning expierence in the field of game design. I would like to know schools which would teach me this field after I graduate. So would someone tell me some of these schools? thank you.

The only source I know of for schools is on Gamasutra which is the online version of Game Developer Magazine. You have to sign up for Gamasutra, but it is free. Once you sign up then click on education, sign in and then in the drop down list box that says "View Companies by Category" select "Schools". That will take you to a list of schools. I don''t how many of them offer degrees or even courses in specific gaming issues, but they at least have a desire to attract people interested in the field and have done enough research to know where to advertise.

Many game companies list job openings on their web site. I would suggest looking through these listings to get a feel for the differant roles in game development. There is really a wide range of skills needed. Programming and design are closely related, but really distinct areas. Programming deals with technology and design deals with psychology.