“Ludoliteracy” featured in the International Game Developers Association newsletter

The International Game Developers Association’s latest newsletter, a special extended issue on game education, features a review of Professor Zagal’s book “Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education”. Read more…

August 24, 2010 | Author: Jose | Filed under: News

DePaul Game featured in IGDA’s Global Game Jam Quarterly Newsletter

The Malicious Masque, a game developed during the 2010 Global Game Jam is featured in the IGDA Global Game Jam Quarterly Newsletter. The 4-player game was developed by Jason Pecho, Ryan Wiemeyer, Ben Perez, Eric Huang, Kevin Giesler, Nate Anaman and Kevin Baxtrom.

May 19, 2010 | Author: Jose | Filed under: News

Indie City Meet-up : Saturday, May 22

Visit the Indie City Meet-up Facebook page!

Come hang out with a bunch of aspiring game developers in beautiful downtown Chicago!  We’re looking to bring together everyone who’s interested in making games, but doesn’t know where to start. Everyone is welcome!

You could be:

• An illustrator/comic artist/3D modeler
• A programmer
• A designer
• A musician/sound tech
• A student
• Or just an average gamer who wants to learn more!

We’ll be running a couple panels throughout the day, showcasing some indie and student games, and generally lazing about and eating snacks. It’s a drop in/drop out sort of environment, so stop by whenever!
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May 17, 2010 | Author: Scott | Filed under: Events, News

We Want to Help YOU Win the IGF!

Attention Animators, Modelers, Programmers, Designers, Producers, Screenwriters and Sound Designers:

In 2009, Devil’s Tuning Fork was one of ten winners of the Independent Games Festival Student Showcase, and 15 DePaul students traveled to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to show off their game to industry honchos. The game was downloaded over 40,000 times, and the gameplay video has over 120,000 views. Today the DTF team continues to work on the game, with hopes of a commercial release on Steam.

THIS COULD BE YOU!

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May 15, 2010 | Author: Scott | Filed under: News

Visit DePaul Game Dev at GDC 2010

Booth 3014 – March 9-13, 2010 in San Francisco

The DePaul Game Development program will be back again at the Game Developers Conference, the largest game industry and education event of the year, with a larger booth and more of just about everything. If you’d like to find out about our program you’ll be able to meet with faculty, industry advisor board members, students and alumni, and admissions staff. You can also play games created by DePaul students and meet the creators.

Come back for updates on more DePaul Game Dev GDC events as it approaches.

February 19, 2010 | Author: Scott | Filed under: Events, News

Devil’s Tuning Fork 1 of 10 IGF Student Showcase Winners!

Congratulations to the DePaul Game Elites team! In March theyll be at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to show off Devil’s Tuning Fork, and hopefully bring home the Best Student Game award. Read all about it on the Independent Games Festival site. It’s sort of like the NCAA finals, but for games!

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February 15, 2010 | Author: Scott | Filed under: News

Visiting Speaker: Jesper Juul and the Revolution of the Casual Video Game

Mark your calendars!

• When: Friday, February 26, 6:00pm
• Where: DePaul Digital Cinema Theatre, 14 East Jackson, Lower Level
• Free! (limited seating available, first come first serve)

Visiting Lecture Speaker Jesper Juul  will be at DePaul on Friday, Feb 26 to talk about the revolution of the casual video game. Juul is one of the most influential video game scholars on the planet. His book on video game theory, “Half-Real” was named by designer Ernest Adams as one of the 50 Books for Everyone in the Game Industry. It was also a finalist for book of the year in the 2006 Game Developer Magazine’s Frontline awards. He has spoken regularly at the Game Developers Conference and is on the jury for the Independent Games Festival.

February 8, 2010 | Author: Jose | Filed under: News

“Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education”

Jose Zagal, an Assistant Professor in DePaul’s Game Dev program, has recently published a book titled “Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education”. It is a book about the challenges of learning about videogames and how we can use online environments to overcome them.

The book is available for free download or paper purchase.
For further information : http://ludoliteracy.com/

January 24, 2010 | Author: Scott | Filed under: News

DePaul student poster used to advertise Global Game Jam 2010 sites

DePaul student Sebastian Gosztyla’s poster for DePaul’s Game Jam event is being adopted by other venues that are part of the Global Game Jam 2010. Gosztyla’s charming design, created under the guidance and feedback of Professor Alexander Stewart, highlights the playful, hands-on approach of the event it advertises. When other site organizers saw the design being used at DePaul, they quickly asked if they could borrow it. Gosztyla not only agreed, but helped create alternate versions for their particular needs!

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December 22, 2009 | Author: Jose | Filed under: News

Devil’s Tuning Fork featured on MSNBC.com

MSNBC.com Videogames for December
You can download the game from the Devil’s Tuning Fork site.

November 24, 2009 | Author: Scott | Filed under: Video

DePaul Game Dev Headlines

• “Ludoliteracy” featured in the International Game Developers Association newsletter
• DePaul Game featured in IGDA’s Global Game Jam Quarterly Newsletter
• Indie City Meet-up : Saturday, May 22
• We Want to Help YOU Win the IGF!
• Visit DePaul Game Dev at GDC 2010
• Devil’s Tuning Fork 1 of 10 IGF Student Showcase Winners!
• Visiting Speaker: Jesper Juul and the Revolution of the Casual Video Game
• “Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education”
• DePaul student poster used to advertise Global Game Jam 2010 sites
• Devil’s Tuning Fork featured on MSNBC.com
• Devil’s Tuning Fork visual design interview
• Devil’s Tuning Fork
• Game Composer Nobuo Uematsu to visit DePaul
• DePaul Student’s Virtual Boy Research Accepted for ACE 2009
• DePaul Game Dev student wins Randy Pausch Scholarship
• ‘Uncovering Successful Co-op Game Design Patterns’
• Well Played 1.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning
• Toon Doom Postmortem featured on Game Career Guide
• Alex Seropian wants YOU on his team
• DePaul welcomes Alex Seropian, Ed Keenan and Bill Muehl to our faculty