The ETC student team Emotionshop, has been selected to showcase their package of games, Emotionshop Museum, during the Different Games Conference in Brooklyn, NY April 8-9, 2016. The opportunity will allow the team to make further conversations with the gaming industry about their goal to provide game designers with additional tools when designing emotions by... Read more »
Full ArticleDanielle Holstine (’11) , Engineer, Research and Development for Universal Creative (a part of Universal Parks & Resorts) talks about her path to her current position with the help of the TEA NextGen Initiative. Her success story is featured on the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)’s Connect blog. Goutham Dindukurthi (’10) and his company Holy Cow... Read more »
Full ArticleETC student pitch project Emotionshop has one of their blogs featured in Gamasutra. Below is an email from one of the team members: ‘Emotionshop is doing a blogpost series on Gamasutra about the lessons we learned designing games for seven different emotions. This is in line with our goal of providing game designers with additional... Read more »
Full ArticleWe love to hear updates from the ETC alumni, we recently received an email from Freddie Sulit. Hello. My name is Freddie Sulit (ETC ’11). During my last semester of the ETC I was lucky enough to be accepted into the Production Internship Program at Pixar Animation Studios. I was cast as the Technical Production... Read more »
Full ArticleLast week ETC students formally presented to ETC faculty, students, and guests the status of their projects at the mid-point of the semester. In 15 minute presentations, the project teams gave updates on what they are making for their clients and what they have accomplished so far. The teams also included information on their target... Read more »
Full ArticleETC Press is excited to announce the release of the third issue of the fourth volume of Well Played, a special issue on diversity in games, edited by Jane Pinckard and Clara Fernández-Vara. Submissions in this journal include: From Pixel Babes to Active Agents – 13 How to Fix the Lack of Diversity in Female... Read more »
Full ArticleKara Miller interviews ETC Director, Drew Davidson, on storytelling and videogames for the Innovation Hub broadcast at WGBH. You can listen to the interview on Innovation Hub’s Sound Cloud.
Full ArticleWe received email from Jim producer of Schell Game’s venture @The Nullpoint “Hey everyone! My name is Jim Vollberg (ETC ’14). I am a producer at Schell Games, and am working with Patrick Jalbert (ETC ’12) and Sam Polglase (ETC ’08) on a project called The Nullpoint. The Nullpoint is a blend of RTS gameplay... Read more »
Full ArticleMany workshops are offered during the semester to enhance student’s learning and skills while at the ETC. A few semesters ago ETC faculty member Shirley Yee started offering a Life drawing workshop to students interested in learning more about Concept Art, 2D Art, Technical Art, UX design, or just like to draw. A live model... Read more »
Full ArticleFrom ETC alumnus Shaun Budram, class of 2006 recently told us of the game he and his wife hope to launch in December. While the idea for the game didn’t stem from his time at the as a student, a lot of the skills he used in making this game started learning while going to... Read more »
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