We’re Hiring! Teaching faculty position open now! The University of Utah’s Entertainment Arts and Engineering (EAE) program is seeking to hire a teaching faculty member at the rank of assistant professor (lecturer), beginning either January 2021 or Fall 2021. This is a Career-Line Faculty position (research optional, non-tenure track) within the University’s established promotion structure […]
Read MoreCome and join our giant play testing party! We will be showcasing and playtesting over 30 games from both our undergraduate and graduate games programs. There will be food and music and you can help our students improve their games with your feedback! Drop in and check out any of the following and more: Graduate […]
Read MoreSpeaker: Clara Fernández-Vara Date: Sep 13, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio Talk title: Narrative Design Beyond Games Description: There is an increased need for narrative content in interactive media – from voice-recognition devices to augmented and virtual reality. Rather than making the same mistakes, we can look back at what games have done in decades past, […]
Read MoreInfo: Date: September 6, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio (Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Title: Invoke! Using external experiences in game design Speaker: Adam Stevens from Valve Bio: Adam Stevens is a UX/UI Designer at Valve Software in the Seattle area. Most of his time is spent working on Dota 2. Before joining Valve, Adam spent seven […]
Read MoreDate: September 27, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio (Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Title: Leave (some of) it to chance: Insights on Replay in Tomb Raider Speaker: Alisha Thayer Description: When thinking about replayable content in video games, what do we mean when we say we want something randomized? How random is too random? How can we […]
Read MoreThe EAE Game Lecture Series Presents: Title: Failure to Communicate Speaker: Eva & Franco Mattes Date: March 1, 5-6pm Location: EAE Game Studio (Bldg 72, 2nd FLoor) Open to the public Description: Eva and Franco Mattes (1976) are an artist duo originally from Italy, living in New York. They have continually made work that responds to and dissects the […]
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Read MoreJoin us for a day celebrating EAE’s Past, Present, & Future! In the 2017-2018 academic year, EAE turns ten years old! Since its founding in 2007, EAE has grown to be one of the world’s top rated programs preparing students for jobs in the games industry. On Monday, April 30, EAE will hold its 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, which […]
Read MoreEAE Students Qinglin “Cherlin” Mao and Yang Li were recently featured in the Blizzard Entertainment Student Art Contest. Both Students were featured in the Environment Art Contest. Yang Li was also featured in the Character Art Contest. “The Sporelight Marsh” by Qinglin “Cherlin” Mao “Garden of Deep” by Yang Li “Naga Royal Mage” by Yang […]
Read MoreThe EAE Game Lecture Series Presents: Title: Doing Games With Science: The Science of Designing and Developing Human Computation Games Speaker: Kristin Siu Date: Feb 6, 3:30-4:30pm Location: Building 72, RM 115 Open to the public Description: From tagging cat images to folding proteins, players have solved a variety of difficult crowdsourcing and scientific problems with games. Making these […]
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