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Game Design and Development BS
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September 25, 2024
Gamers invited to RIT’s eighth annual ROC Game Fest
WROC-TV reports that gamers are invited to RIT’s eighth annual ROC Game Fest from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28.
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September 24, 2024
RIT climbs to No. 91 nationally in ‘U.S. News’ best colleges ranking
The new listing of the nation’s prestigious research universities is the highest to date for RIT, a jump of seven spots from last year.
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September 24, 2024
RIT to host 8th annual ‘ROC Game Fest’ celebrating all things video games this Saturday
WHEC-TV reports that RIT will host the eighth annual ROC Game Fest Sept. 28 to celebrate all things video games.
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July 30, 2024
Travel-enhanced game design and development course takes students to Japan
The two-week trip was the culmination of the Japanese Game Industry course, where students learned about the world’s third largest video game market. RIT students immersed themselves in the culture, participated in a game jam with Japanese students, and visited a major Japanese game studio.
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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 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.