Hard Light Vector, an EAE masters student game from last year, took home a trophy last night for Artistic Achievement. The award was given at Final Burn, an end-of-year celebratory event run by the Salt Lake chapter of the International Game Developer Association (IGDA). Watch Hard Light Vector’s win! The Final Burn event is a […]
Read MoreSpeaker: Emma Kinema Date: November 19th, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio(Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Talk title: Boss Fight: Labor Organizing in the Game Industry Description: A history of life and labor organizing in the video game industry, and how students and their schools play a role in shaping the future of the industry. Presented from the […]
Read MoreCome and join our giant play testing party! In EAE’s annual mid-year open house, we will be showcasing and playtesting over 30 games currently being developed in both our undergraduate and graduate games programs. There will be refreshments and music and you can help our students improve their games with your feedback! Drop in and […]
Read MoreWe’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 MoreThe School of Computing is hosting a lecture with Pat Hanrahan, the Canon Professor of CS and Electrical Engineering at Stanford. The lecture is October 17th starting at 5:30pm in Room 3550 MEK and on October 18th starting at 3:30pm in the same room. To find out more, and get directions to the lecture: Learn […]
Read MoreSpeaker: Dan Cermak Date: October 22nd, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio(Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Talk title: Good, Bad, and Ugly Game Dev Stories: D&D to Saint’s Row Description: Dan Cermak entered the Video game industry in 1984 after teaching himself to program assembly language and creating a game that was published by Strategic Simulations Inc.(SSI) in […]
Read MoreOn October 12, 2019 Assistant Professor Ashley Brown ran an invited Game Design workshop at the Educator’s Summit at Indiecade. Indiecade (https://www.indiecade.com/) is a yearly festival in Santa Monica, California for independent game developers. The festival showcases small, independent games and the studios that make them. In addition to playing a load of new and […]
Read MoreSpeaker: Jonathan Pardew Date: October 15th, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio(Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Talk title: Paid to be Locked Up: Secrets of Escape Room Design Description: Escape rooms are location-based games in which players solve a puzzles and riddles using clues, strategy, and their own abilities in order to “escape” from the room they are […]
Read MoreVIDEO GAMING AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS In May, two UIT staff members helped their Special Olympics of Utah video-gaming partners prepare for the first-ever video-gaming tournament at the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. Read more here!
Read MoreSpeaker: Fred Wan Date: September 17th, 5-6pm, EAE Game Studio(Bldg 72, 2nd Floor) Talk title: Playing with Efficient Narratives Description: It’s trite to say that a game with a more engaging story is “better”, but games are developed with time and resource constraints. How can we tell deeper stories with the tools we have? How […]
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