I would like to get advise on making a career in gaming.

THEn you should go for animation and gaming courses nowdays they are also offering degree like B.SC in that particular dicipline . Some of the institutes which provide these courses are MAYA ACADEMY , ANIMAX etc .........

To become a Game Designer, you must get a good knowledge of 3D software as well as preproduction. Usually in Games the environment is created in 3DSMax and Character animations in Maya, Only the models are made with less polygons and more textures. . So choose a program that teaches you these softwa