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MAGIC Spell Studios is excited to announce our latest big game project, That Damn Goat! " "Goat" is a party game where chaos reigns, frustrations mount and everything you think you know about your situation is instantly thrown out of whack by a head-butting goat with magical powers. Play as the soccer mom, viking warrior, shaman or the masked nomad. “Goat” is a faculty-led and student-developed project that aspires to emulate standard industry production practices and methodologies to provide a best-in-class student experience. Coming soon!
Research highlight: we are blurring the lines between film and games with virtual production
Virtual production is the current revolution in film and media production, representing the deployment of extensive computer-generated graphics, 3D art, motion capture, in-camera visual effects, and real-time rendering via game engines. With partners and alumni from Epic Games to The Third Floor and most of the major Hollywood studios pioneering these technologies, RIT is building a full research and learning ecosystem around these emerging workflows.
Sound Stage
World-class facilities, including: 7,000-square-foot sound stage and post-production sound mixing and color correction facility suites for both educational and commercial productions
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The Sky’s the Limit
Aaron GordonFilm and AnimationGordon started Optic Sky, an animation company, after graduating from RIT with a degree in film. He helps develop new talent by inviting RIT students to work on his production crews.
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The Physics of Animation
Mari Jaye BlanchardAssistant ProfessorSchool of Film & AnimationTo create movement, Blanchard’s classes are full of motion, with students jumping, crawling, and walking to better understand the physics they are trying to draw.
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MetroGnome
Barrington CampbellGame Design and DevelopmentTinkering, testing, designing, coding – it's what he does. Through RIT's game design program, Campbell and his team created a game that garnered attention from 20th Century Fox, leading him to an internship with the company.
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A Creative Pipeline
Andrew SevignyMotion Picture ScienceSevigny is conducting research to help filmmakers translate what they create on their computers to a full cinematic experience.
Virtual Tour
Step inside our 52,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility devoted to digital media research and production.
Latest News
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March 10, 2023
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RIT to host Jam for Hope as wish for student living with cancer
Zach Sheikh, a fourth-year game design and development student, is battling a rare cancer for the third time in his young life. As a result of being all too familiar with illness and grief, Sheikh has wished for help creating a game jam to raise awareness for children experiencing loss and serious illnesses, and RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios is partnering with the Dear Jack Foundation to make this wish come true.
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February 14, 2023
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RIT named among top 5 game design schools in the country
RIT has again been ranked as one of the top game design universities in the nation. RIT was named No. 5 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 1, 2023
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Multidisciplinary center spurs creativity
The crown jewel of RIT’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction & Creativity, MAGIC Spell Studios brings together the university’s academic strengths in game design and development, film and animation, and digital media, with a commercialization focus that provides Hollywood-scale virtual production experiences for students and clients.
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January 31, 2023
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Learning the 'Unspoken Rules'
The Chronicle of Higher Education features RIT’s Career Ready Bootcamp, led by RIT's Spectrum Support Program. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
