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School of Interactive Games and Media
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June 4, 2024
RIT and AT&T offer video game development camp for underrepresented students
RIT and AT&T are teaming up to host a digital game development program that addresses equality issues in technology education and helps local students impacted by the digital divide.
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May 28, 2024
RIT student video game wins big at GameFest 2024
A team of students won the Grand Prize at GameFest 2024 for developing Mushroom Kid’s Big Grass Sword. The platformer game follows Mica, a little mushroom on a journey to claim a powerful weapon and rescue its village after the residents are captured by a gigantic bird.
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May 21, 2024
WXXI Business Report: RIT video game now available for the Nintendo Switch
WXXI discusses the Nintendo Switch release of RIT's student-faculty developed video game That Damn Goat.
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May 20, 2024
RIT’s ‘That Damn Goat’ comes to Nintendo Switch
WROC-TV talks to game design and development master's student Mike Santos about the launch. -
May 15, 2024
RIT student-faculty developed video game ‘That Damn Goat’ now available for purchase on Nintendo Switch console
A video game created by RIT students and faculty has reached a long-awaited milestone. That Damn Goat, developed and published through RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios, is now available for purchase on the popular Nintendo Switch gaming console.
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May 3, 2024
Resilient students make up class of 2024
Students who started classes in 2020 didn't have the traditional transition from high school to college but learned to thrive during pandemic challenges.
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March 27, 2024
RIT Esports unites students with a competitive spirit and a passion for gaming
RIT’s Esports Counter-Strike 2 team won the Varsity Premier division of the National Association of Collegiate Esports last semester, and its Hearthstone team has had players enter the top eight, two semesters in a row.
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March 21, 2024
Innovation unleashed: students forge transdisciplinary projects at RIT's a2ru summit
Students leveraged the variety of makerspaces in RIT's brand-new SHED facility to create arts-integrative work responding to a theme of "Play."
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March 21, 2024
RIT game design and development programs ranked among top 10
RIT is one of the top 10 universities for students looking to land their dream job as a game designer, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review.
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March 13, 2024
RIT ranked among top game design schools in the United States
RIT has been recognized as one of the top game design universities in the nation. RIT was named No. 6 on the Animation Career Review list of Top 50 Game Design Schools and Colleges in the U.S. and No. 2 in New York state.
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February 15, 2024
Inside the making of 'That Damn Goat,' RIT's latest video game
Chaos is the only constant in "That Damn Goat," a party, "anti-Covid" video game made by around 60 RIT faculty, students and staff. The project was led by School of Film and Animation faculty Brian Larson (creative director) and Jesse O'Brien (art director).
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January 26, 2024
Esports teams help students embrace their passions
RIT has one of the largest and best collegiate esports programs in the nation. With around 250 players and more than 2,300 community members, RIT Esports is bigger than many college athletics programs.