Game Design, Development, and Arts News

If the old saying, “couples who play together stay together” is true, Jon Podeszek ’10, ’12 MS and Danielle Furman Podeszek ’11 have it made. The two are ultramarathoners who spend their free time training to run 50-plus-mile races.

Miguel Cardona's personal experience as an entrepreneur and innovator helps connect his students to industry. 

The two-week trip through the German cities of Paderborn and Frankfurt was the culmination of a spring semester course that introduced students to game design and development in Germany. For the study abroad program, students participated in an extended game jam with German students, sat in on a class about artificial intelligence in the games industry and toured three game studios.

Emmi Hintz '12 (new media design) has contributed to award-winning work as a designer for Anchor — a podcast creation app acquired by Spotify earlier this year. 

The Original Mobile Games are digital recreations of handheld dexterity-based games and puzzles from the last 149 years. The project was developed collaboratively by RIT, The Strong museum and Second Avenue Learning.

A therapeutic game called Space Adventure designed by an RIT class officially launched this month on the Rochester Society for the Protection and Care of Children (SPCC) website. The SPCC specializes in supporting families whose lives have been impacted by trauma.

Kirk Lansman '11 (3D Digital Design) has worked at DreamWorks Animation since graduating, first as a character technical director and now as a software engineer.

A feature-length screenplay written by an assistant professor in RIT's School of Film and Animation is receiving significant industry attention as she advances her moving coming-of-age story toward production.

Emily Haldeman and Tim Stringer were hired by Optic Sky shortly after showing the production studio their VR film that merges storytelling and interactivity.

Six moving-media projects by students in RIT's new media design and visual communication design programs were honored in the Motion Design Education Summit Fest competition. There were more than 300 submissions from around the world. 

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 15: Esports are surging in popularity, and RIT’s collegiate esports teams are making an impact in the growing field. With multiple championships and national rankings under their belt, the Esports program is looking to take things to the next level. Evan Hirsh, president of RIT Esports, talks with the team’s adviser, Chad Weeden, about the rise of competitive video gaming and the university’s teams.