Jake Adams

Lecturer, Interactive Games and Media

School of Interactive Games and Media

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

jeaigm@rit.edu

Office Hours

Monday- 2:05 to 3:05 PM
Wednesday- 2:05 PM to 4:35 PM

Office Location

MSS-3104

Jake Adams

Lecturer, Interactive Games and Media

School of Interactive Games and Media

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

Bio

Creator of the first digital holographic comic (holo-comic). Interactive visual artist and founder of Valholo a VR and digital holographic studio. Jake Adams holds an MS in Design and Digital Media from the University of Edinburgh and a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Emanating from a fine arts background, his visual skills coupled with programming and asset production have allowed him to become a versatile artist and educator. His studio creates holographic content for the Looking Glass Factory and 3D/2D assets for Sandbox (SAND) on the Polygon network. Jake Adams specializes in mixed media arts, Asset production, and interactive narrative with a focus on making the intangible more tangible.

Before Valholo, he was an artist assistant to Michael Zelehoski, and a gallery assistant to Ethan Cohen, and the Dia: Beacon Art Gallery. In 2019 he created and published the world's first holo-comic (digital holographic comic book). Other accomplishments include 2008 best in category: painting, Celeste Prize winner (Berlin Exhibition catalog), A 2019 CodeBase: creative informatics grant recipient issued by the Scottish Government, and the 2020 games & new media official selection at the Supernova: Denver Digerati Animation festival.

Jake Adams' work is defined by a sublime psychological narrative that interpolates the tangibility and intangibility of spatial-temporal decisions while utilizing social systems as a catalyst toward the fluctuation of emotional extra-diegetic space.

jeaigm@rit.edu

Personal Links

Personal Website

Instagram

Areas of Expertise

Holography

3D visual displays along with comics

interactive art

Select Scholarship

Adams, Jake. 2023. “Aphid Through the Looking Glass” Published August 2023 at Valholo, Rochester, NY. Visual Novel- holographic application. https://valholo.itch.io/aphid-through-the-looking-glass
Adams, Jake, 2019. "Immersion and Engagement within Digital Holographic Comics" Published June 2019 as a Masters Dissertation at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Visual Novel- holographic application and written research. https://valholo.com/blog-1/august-15-research

Currently Teaching

IGME-101

New Media Interactive Design and Algorithmic Problem Solving I

4 Credits

This course provides students with an introduction to problem solving, abstraction, and algorithmic thinking that is relevant across the field of new media. Students are introduced to object-oriented design methodologies through the creation of event-driven, media-intensive applications. Students will explore the development of software through the use of a range of algorithmic concepts related to the creation of applications by writing classes that employ the fundamental structures of computing, such as conditionals, loops, variables, data types, functions, and parameters. There is an early emphasis on object oriented concepts and design.

IGME-119

2D Animation and Asset Production

3 Credits

This course provides a theoretical framework covering the principles of animation and its use in game design to affect user experience. Emphasis will be placed upon principles that support character development and animations that show cause and effect. Students will apply these principles to create animations that reflect movement and character appropriate for different uses and environments.

IGME-219

3D Animation and Asset Production

3 Credits

This course provides an overview of 3D game asset production. Basic ideas learned within the first asset production course are also revisited within the 3D environs. Topics covered include modeling, texturing, skinning and animation. Emphasis is put on low polygon modeling techniques, best practices in game art production, and effective communication strategies between artists, programmers and designers.

IGME-602

Game Design

3 Credits

This course presents students with core theories of game design, informed by research results from media theory, narrative methods and models, theories of ideation, and the nature of games, play and fun. Specific emphasis is placed on the examination of historical successes and failures, along with presentation of ethical and cultural issues related to the design of interactive software. Students will engage in formal critique and analysis of media designs and their formal elements.

IGME-690

IGM Seminar

1-6 Credits

This is intended to allow for special one-time offerings of graduate topics. Specific course details (such as the course topics, format, resource needs, and credit hours) will be determined by the faculty member(s) who propose a given seminar offering. (Varies)

IGME-799

Independent Study

1-6 Credits

The student will work independently under the supervision of a faculty adviser on a topic not covered in other courses.