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AURA shows at Intel University Games Showcase
Student game AURA, a musical shooter made by GPM alumni Patrick Trinh and Lun Cao, was featured as part of the Intel University Games Showcase during the 2016 Game Developers Conference. The event celebrated the innovation and achievements of games developed by...
Erin Swink Chosen as Creative Director for Master’s Program
The Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz has hired acclaimed independent game developer Erin Robinson Swink to be the creative director of the master’s degree program in games and playable media offered at UCSC’s Silicon Valley Center. The Baskin School of...
GPM MS Alumni’s Game Nominated for Indiecade Award
Recent GPM graduate Akira Thompson is an award finalist at this year's Indiecade Festival for his game &maybethewontkillyou. The annual event showcases and recognizes independent developers for their innovations in interactive artistry. Akira's game, which was...
Games and Playable Media Open House 8/28/2015
The Games and Playable Media MS will be hosting an open house for incoming and prospective students on August 28th, from 1pm-5pm. Attendees will get the opportunity to meet students and faculty and ask questions about the program. If you would like to attend the...
UC Santa Cruz to Host Natives in Game Dev Gathering
Natives in Game Dev Gathering Friday, May 22, 9:00am-5:00pmUniversity of California Santa Cruz Extension2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 RSVP on Eventbrite With the recent overwhelming reception of Never Alone developed by the Cook Inlet Tribal Council with...
UC Santa Cruz ranked among top schools for game design
The game design programs at UC Santa Cruz were named among the top programs in the country by the Princeton Review, an education services company. The undergraduate and graduate programs at UCSC both made the company's new "top 25" lists for 2014 of the best...
Brenda Romero Named One of Top 10 Game Designers of 2013
Brenda Romero, UCSC's Game Designer in Residence, has been named on of the top 10 game designers this year by Gamasutra! There are a few high-profile individuals in game development we may point to as public speakers and advocates for the medium. Of...
Program Director Brenda Romero’s work PreConception (pregame notgame) has been chosen by IndieCade curators as an Official Selection of IndieCade 2013
PreConception (pregame notgame) is a game without rules. It represents the neutral state game designer’s mind as he or she considers the possibility space of a new game. It makes visible the radically shifting possibility space within the context of all possible...
CBS: UC Santa Cruz Offers Master’s Degree In Video Gaming
Joe Vazquez from CBS San Francisco reported on the launch of our new degree: SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) – The business of video games is so lucrative and in need of creative minds that the University of California at Santa Cruz is now offering a master’s degree in...
Sentinel/Mercury: UC Santa Cruz offers a professional degree in games and playable media
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and San Jose Mercury covered the announcement of our new degree: SANTA CRUZ — UC Santa Cruz has established a new master’s degree program in games and playable media offered from the UCSC Silicon Valley site in Santa Clara.The...