Game Design, Development, and Arts News

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Amy Adrion, assistant professor in the School of Film and Animation.

Jake Adams, lecturer of interactive games and media, is interviewed by 80 Level about the production process of his digital holographic comics. Adams is an interactive visual artist and founder of Valholo, a VR and digital holographic studio.

RIT’s MAGIC Center and MAGIC Spell Studios has formed a partnership with Foundry, a Rochester-based company whose mission is to empower institutional miners, staking customers, and blockchain entrepreneurs with the tools they need.

There was an extra two weeks of class for some RIT students who ended their semester with a trip to Japan. The trip was the culmination of a Japanese Game Industry course last spring, where students learned about the world’s third largest video game market.

AT&T is teaming up with RIT to host a video game development program aimed at addressing equality issues in technology education and helping local middle school students impacted by the digital divide.

Mikaya Bader '23 (illustration) created "Hope," an oil painting that represents the fourth consecutive year an RIT student has been accepted into the prestigious Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition.

Illustration students partnered with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for assignments that saw application in a live concert.

Andrew Lytle ’19 (3D digital design) was never a big baseball fan growing up. Before accepting his job at PlayStation’s San Diego Studio as an environment artist, his involvement with sports was limited to attending RIT hockey games. Now, after nearly four years of working on the iconic baseball video game franchise, MLB The Show, Lytle says he’s a proud fan.

RIT students created artworks to benefit Keeping Our Promise, a local nonprofit that provides resettlement assistance for Afghan, Iraqi and Kurdish interpreters and support personnel who served U.S. interests in conflicts and warzones. 

RIT Professor Brian Tomaszewski received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to conduct spatial data science research related to the forced displacement of Ukrainian refugees in and out of Poland.

As artificial intelligence becomes a hot technology trend, Kelly Hurlburt '17 (new media design) ensured the creation and deployment of Adobe Firefly was done responsibly.

Gia Caruso ’23 (new media design) spent the spring semester on co-op with Johnson & Johnson, and will transition to a full-time role with the company after graduating.