Are you looking for a good way to get ahead in your games career? Join Adam Hunter, EAE’s Industry & Alumni Manager, as he discusses why working on personal projects over the summer is one of the absolute BEST things you can do to improve your skills and your portfolio. From the types of projects […]
Read MoreEmpowerment Through Play: Transdisciplinary practice in applied games research Laura Levy April 7th @10am MT PTAB RM 109 Description: Empowerment of players and games users can take many forms with the applications of games potentially carrying profound impacts on players health, education, and realization of identity. This talk will cover Dr. Levy’s program of research […]
Read MoreCome celebrate our student’s games with us! Wednesday April 26th | 2-7pm Graduate student thesis games Undergraduate capstone projects First semester graduate student prototypes The Gapp Lab Traditional Game Dev, Alternative Game Dev and Intro to Game Design classes Machinima And More! Click here to see some of the games that will be showcased!
Read MoreMarch 30, 2023 at 4pm MT PTAB 109 This talk gives an overview of the history and future of strongly-authored (no language models) automated interactive story generation and presentation, through the lens of the speaker’s past, ongoing, and upcoming research projects. These projects are in the areas of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, narrative, video games, […]
Read MoreThe Entertainment Arts and Engineering Program at the University of Utah has been ranked #2 among public universities for both graduate and undergraduate game programs in the 2023 Princeton Review. Overall, Princeton Review ranks the program at #7 among all graduate programs and #6 among all undergraduate programs world-wide. This recognition confirms the U’s position […]
Read MoreMarch 27, 2023 at 4pm MT PTAB 109 Description: Music exists in the structuring of time. Music accompanying linear media like film can synchronize with the media, and research shows that this enhances audience’s emotional perception. Having access to film-like musical synchronicity could be a powerful tool for game composers, but the mismatch between the […]
Read MoreHosted by EAE Wednesday 29 March 2023 5PM – 8PM MST Downstairs Space in Bldg 72 Join us for Gaymer Night to celebrate Pride Week at the University of Utah Wednesday, March 29th 2023. Let’s celebrate together with board games and snacks! Everyone is welcome to attend
Read MoreMonday 3/27 @ 11am Having an amazing resume is one of the best first steps you can take on your video game career journey. Join Gina Cruz as she does a deep dive into the hows, whys, and whats of making the best resume you can. There will also be time for Q&A afterwards, so […]
Read MoreFri March 17 at 10am in the PTAB RM 10 Abstract: With 10 million copies sold and $500 million dollars of revenue, the 11th installment of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (2018), showed how a videogame based on ancient Greek history and archaeology can make a splash in popular culture and that the […]
Read MoreTime: March 13th, 2023 @ 4pm MT Location: PTAB 109 Summary: Creativity is well-known to be difficult. Issues such as writer’s block, the terror of the blank page, and dissatisfaction with the quality of one’s creative output can be enough to frustrate novice and expert creators alike. Research in both human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence […]
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