Utah Games College of Architecture and Planning

Rogelio Interview with Built In

Rogelio Cardona-Rivera, a faculty member at EAE, discussed the future of gaming and implications of VR and AR on the gaming community with Built In, an online tech magazine.

Featured Talk – Ben Samuel

Speaker: Ben Samuel Date: February 14th, 11am-12pm, EAE Game Studio(Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Talk title: Crafting Stories Through Play: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Player Creativity to Create Dynamic Worlds and Characters. Description: Game development is a powerful platform for both technological innovation and artistic expression. This talk will discuss the technology and design decisions behind […]

Doug Bowser Visit

EAE hosted a visit by Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser recently. Bowser a graduate of the University of Utah visited and had the opportunity to hear presentations on student games in production, cutting-edge games research and, of course, meet the University of Utah’s varsity esports team. Esports also took the opportunity to present President […]

Featured Talk – Matthew Henry

Speaker: Matthew Henry Date: February 7th, 10-11am, EAE Game Studio(Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Talk title: Programming as a Team in Unity: Encapsulation and Communication Description: Game Development is a team sport. Nearly all professional game projects are built as part of a team. In this talk, we will look at a number of techniques for […]

IGDA Salt Lake Networking Event

IGDA Salt Lake February Meeting, Talk and Networking Event When: Thursday, February 13th, 6:30-7:30pm, networking to follow Where: Building 72, the EAE Master Game Studio What: The local chapter of the International Game Developers Association will hold their monthly meeting at Entertainment Arts and Engineering Thursday, February 13th. Entertainment Arts and Engineering’s very own Gabe […]

EAE Global Game Jam 2020

For the fourth year in a row, the University of Utah’s Entertainment Arts and Engineering lab will take part in the Global Game Jam (GGJ). The GGJ is an annual event where universities, libraries, game development studios and labs lock the doors for a weekend of ‘jamming’ on some games. Just like rock bands that […]

Featured Talk – Laura Schumacher

Speaker: Laura Schumacher Date: January 21st, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio(Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Talk title: Amazing Animal Avatar Design Description: In her talk, Laura will present her work as a technical artist on Animal Jam, a wildly successful online virtual world for children with over 160 million registered players developed by WildWorks in collaboration with […]

ARCS Esports Program with AJ Dimick

Ready? Set. Haiya! at Alt.Ctrl.GDC

A Cohort 9 alt control game, Ready? Set. Haiya!, is one of the 21 alternate control games that have been chosen to show at the alt.ctrl.GDC event, a showcase of alternative control schemes and interactions in games showing at GDC this March. The Game Developers Conference(GDC) is the game industry’s premier professional event, championing game developers […]

EAE Play 2019 Highlights

EAE Play 2019 was our biggest playtest and open showcase to date! With over 30 student developed video games on site for the general public to see and provide feedback, the entire building was full of games and visitors! The continual growth of the size of this event from year to year is a testament […]