In the first tangible response to the infamous preachers on the Green (aside from statements and town halls), the University of North Florida launched a website last week outlining expression on campus. Not on the UNF homepage, it can be accessed beneath the “About Us” tab and “Additional Information” section on the UNF Dean of.
RIT students collaborate to create games with students around the globe, from Japan to Senegal RIT game design and development students participated in a virtual cultural exchange this semester. Teams collaborated with students from Japan and other countries to create game prototypes, including SkyHigh, a management game where players aim to amplify the voices of minorities in a floating city.
International travel may be limited, but it hasn’t stopped RIT game developers from collaborating with students across the world to create new game prototypes.
As part of a gameplay and prototyping class at RIT this spring, 25 game design and development students got to participate in a virtual cultural exchange with 30 students at the Japanese college Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG). The student teams learned about each other’s cultures and overcame language barriers and time zone differences to create projects for a global game jam.