Are you fascinated by games? Is it the story? Or the vibrant graphics? Do you get into deep discussions about how to make a game more fair, or more fun? UConn Digital Media & Design's bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A) degree program in Game Design provides the skills required to create interactive experiences for entertainment, education, and science. Drawing from a multitude of disciplines that range from fine art to psychology to computer programming, you will gain the skills to create unique gamified experiences. Through hands-on projects we emphasize collaboration and communication skills, which are critical when working with the diverse range of professionals needed to make blockbuster titles. We are proud that our Game Design program ranks in the Top 25 best public game design schools in the U.S. via Animation Career Review! *Note: the Game Design major is only available on the Storrs campus.

Learn More: dmd.uconn.edu/experience/concentrations/game-design/

Here at the University of Connecticut’s Digital Media and Design program, we take a hands-on approach. Aspiring developers at any experience level with the desire to create games are welcome to join us as we develop a game from scratch using an optimized off-the-shelf 2D game development and visual programming tool called Construct3, as well as other free and industry standard tools such as Photoshop and Audacity. No experience necessary.

Check out UConn's Pre-College Summer video about the Digital Media: Game Design course. Visit precollege-summer.uconn.edu/academic-areas/game-design to learn more. What are you doing this summer?

On Friday, 21 May 2021 at 6:00p EDT, University of Connecticut Digital Media & Design faculty Stephen Slota, Kenneth Thompson, and James Coltrain led a presentation and Q&A session to answer "all the questions you've had about game design but were afraid to ask!" The trio described their respective backgrounds as game designers, educators, and researchers, then explored considerations for whether and how to pursue a degree in game design; the psychological, technical, and historical principles underlying game functionality and engagement; strategies for indie development; and exemplar projects from past and present University of Connecticut game design students (Digital Media & Design | Educational Technology).

For more information about the UConn games program: dmd.uconn.edu/major/concentrations/game-design/

For more information about the UConn educational technology program: edtech.education.uconn.edu/

Keywords: Education, College, Game Design, Games Degree, Games Major, BFA, MFA, Instructional Design, Board Games, Card Games, Digital Games, University of Connecticut, Serious Games, Game Production, Game Design Management, Careers in Game Design/Development, University Programs

A supercut of some of our Game Design student class projects. Join us and develop some great projects here at the University of Connecticut!

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A video compilation of student work at the one week game design summer camp.

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Corgi is a 2D and 3D sidescrolling plugin for Unity and can help springboard your development into a professional non-physics based system with lots of opportunities to hook into other systems like Rewired and Dialogue System.

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Where to go next? Try

Game Design 101 - Corgi Platforms, Hazards, and Checkpoints youtu.be/4m7xFkZJiJI

Programming 101 - OnCollision Enter - youtu.be/O2d0Bwa7Jls

Have a question? Post it here, email me at [email protected]
or on Twitter @GameDevProf

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Plugin List
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Corgi 2D - assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/corgi-engine-2d-2-5d-platformer-26617
Dialogue System - assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/ai/dialogue-system-for-unity-11672
Rewired - assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/rewired-21676
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gamedevprofessor.com/ - My website with helpful development links

precollege-summer.uconn.edu/ - Are you a high school student looking to take a summer course in game development? I teach a summer course here at UConn. Financial aid is available.

dmd.uconn.edu/ - Want to take my class? I teach at the University of Connecticut

UConn Digital Media and Design Game Design From 2015. Imagine your work here.

Visit dmd.uconn.edu to learn more.

Today we talked about the club overall, our goals for this semester, and what we've got in store!

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Where to go from here? Check out
Check out the Game Development 101 Playlist - youtube.com/watch?v=qxxnJq3d9lU&list=PLZDKCTCV6RvTzauMPtPg6Hao3K3K5cP_z
Have a question? Post it here, email me at [email protected]

or on Twitter @GameDevProf

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gamedevprofessor.com/ - My Website with helpful development links

precollege-summer.uconn.edu/ - Are you a high school student looking to take a summer course in game development? I teach a summer course here at UConn. Financial aid is available.

dmd.uconn.edu/ - Want to take my class? I teach at the University of Connecticut

Sidescrolling stealth creates it's own set of pitfalls and considerations.

Thanks @LongplaysLandChannel for the great Assassins Creed II playthrough and @vizzed for playing all the way through a game I made! :)

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Where to go from here? Check out
Check out the Game Development 101 Playlist - youtube.com/watch?v=qxxnJq3d9lU&list=PLZDKCTCV6RvTzauMPtPg6Hao3K3K5cP_z
Have a question? Post it here, email me at [email protected]

or on Twitter @GameDevProf

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gamedevprofessor.com/ - My Website with helpful development links

precollege-summer.uconn.edu/ - Are you a high school student looking to take a summer course in game development? I teach a summer course here at UConn. Financial aid is available.

dmd.uconn.edu/ - Want to take my class? I teach at the University of Connecticut

On Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 9:30a EDT, University of Connecticut educational technology expert Stephen Slota shared a presentation about a soon-to-be-published game for teacher education and assessment, EOS-503, at the UConn Conference on Teaching and Learning with iPads, Chromebooks, and Cloud-Based Computing (2022). Among topics discussed:

1) UConn research centered on game-, play-, and story-based education;
2) Overarching instructional game design principles and processes;
3) The form and function of a free, publicly available, browser-based game for teaching visionary leadership and problem solving (EOS-503);
4) Relationships between ISTE Standards, best practices for technology integration, learning theory, and philosophies of education;
5) How EOS-503 players enact thought and action in line with in-service technology coaches/administrators;
6) The gameplay loop embedded throughout EOS-503;
7) How EOS-503 can be used to assess learning over time and support teacher professional development;
8) 1:1 alignment of learning and game/play objectives as grounded in a situated understanding of thinking and learning;
9) Affordances of EOS-503 for practicing rhetoric, persuasion, and mediation skills; and
10) Visionary leadership as taught through a simulated practicum experience.

To play EOS-503:
eos503.com

For more information about the UConn educational technology program: edtech.education.uconn.edu/

Keywords: Education, HigherEd, Game Design, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Digital Games, University of Connecticut, Serious Games, Learning Theory, Technology Integration, ISTE Standards, Game Production, University Programs, Game-Based Assessment, Two Summers Program

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Follow Bridget through a day in her life as a Senior BFA in Digital Media & Design student at the University of Connecticut, Storrs!

For more information about UConn DMD, head over to dmd.uconn.edu/

On 23 September 2020, the University of Connecticut's Digital Media & Design DMD3998/5998: Serious Games course (led by Dr. Stephen Slota, UConn Assistant Professor-in Residence of Educational Technology) engaged in a synchronous online discussion about Social Implications of Design; including:

1) violence, gender/sexism, racism, ableism, and other challenges in digital environments (e.g., online games, movies, television, writing), and

2) how we can build prosocial, collaborative communities of practice that lead to positive and just social outcomes.

The conversation featured two special guests — Drew John Ladd (Connecticut civil rights activist, author, public speaker, UConn alumnus, and unabashed gamer) and Andrea Kelley (UConn alumnus and current Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor Lecturer of Sociology whose research focuses on health, identity, and gender/sexualities) — who shared their experiences with and thoughts on the intersection of race, gender/sexuality, and more in the context of face-to-face/online/hybrid environments.

Keywords: Games, Game Design, Game-Based Learning, Serious Games, Instructional Design, Race, Gender, Sex, Sexuality, Ableism, Neurodivergence, Social Constructs, Social Learning Theory, Social Constructivism, Learning Science

Advanced Game Design projects, gameplay videos.

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More Highlights Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSqUVgur606EtY53OHZzadvrqpmv6hwqT

Interview Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSqUVgur606H8vxtIkbz8sscqd4Gp9CKV

Fun Times With Paige Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSqUVgur606Fn7ra63hjNkuwPw6kRoTpF

UConn Digital Media & Design's Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree program in Web / Interactive Media Design engages students in critical thinking and creative exploration of Internet-based and emerging interactive technologies. This interdisciplinary concentration draws from art and design, computer science, and the social sciences. The program encourages experimentation using interrelated practices of new media including web design and development, UI/UX design, Internet art, creative coding for interactive animation and narrative, and physical computing. Students in this concentration learn the theoretical and historical foundations of interactive and non-linear media and their applications in a studio-based environment.

Learn more at: dmd.uconn.edu/experience/concentrations/web-interactive-media-design/

Join us on this virtual tour of Bishop Center on the UConn Storrs campus, home of the Digital Media & Design Department. Meet some faculty and students, see our awesome facilities, and get a sample of life in the DMD family! Welcome, #DMDClassOf2024, #DMDClassOf2025, and #UConnDMD2026 !

*NOTE: This production was shot on Thursday, March 12, 2020, just before spring break when we thought it was pretty unlikely that we would be back in time for UConn Bound Day!

Milestones Video: youtu.be/SdwxQ7m4fGk
Networking in New England: youtu.be/tr-tckZROBY

Have a question? Post it here, email me at [email protected]

or on Twitter @GameDevProf

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gamedevprofessor.com/ - My Website with helpful development links

precollege-summer.uconn.edu/ - Are you a high school student looking to take a summer course in game development? I teach a summer course here at UConn. Financial aid is available.

dmd.uconn.edu/ - Want to take my class? I teach at the University of Connecticut