2019 DMAE News

BREW began in 2011 as a celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Since then, it has taken many forms, been managed by many people, all while continuing to grow. Now, in 2019, BREW is more focused than ever on providing a week full of programming specifically for entrepreneurs in the Capital…

We have two exciting video game classes being offered for Spring 2020. These classes will be recognized as courses that apply towards the DMART and DMAET minors. ART 4240 Unity for Video Games is an introductory class to the Unity Game Engine. ART 4240 Video Game Prototyping is a class on…

TurboSquid has a couple of Work-From-Anywhere part-time 3D model curator opportunities for the right people. Here's a description of the work: Who we are: TurboSquid is the world’s largest online marketplace for 3D models and has been around since 2000. The models sold here are used by game…

Tec Next 2019 is coming up on October 3rd and 4th. Industry technology leaders from multiple manufacturing companies based in Louisiana are hosting this dynamic two-day event to gather experts from industry and technology for a high value, “TED” conference-like gathering. Local, national, global…

Thomas, is a recent graduate from LSU's Digital Media Arts & Engineering program last December. He has been working at EA Baton Rouge throughout part of his schooling and full-time afterwards. Thomas has recently accepted a role at Microsoft working on the API for XBOX Live in Seattle. Ken, had a…

LSU Ethics Institute offers $1000 research awards to undergraduate and graduate students on a yearly basis. The number is open, depending on the quality of the submissions and Institute resources. The nominations for these will be due in the spring, but the hard work begins long before that. Inspi…

Over the week of July 15th we held the school's first Global Game Jam Next with 29 middle and high school participants. This is part of The Center of Computation and Technology's summer camp series that features computation themed camps for a younger audience. We spent the first two days of the…

How often do you get a chance to learn from the very best professionals who have worked on giant franchises such as Star Wars and Star Trek? Join LSU's very own Ken Wesley for two summer camps in Art, Animation and Gamd Development. CGI Modeling & Animation for Beginners

LSU Welcomes Donald Altamirano Donald was born and raised in East Los Angeles. He attended the University of California Los Angeles and graduated with a bachelors in English with a minor in Film. He moved to Vancouver to study visual effects at the Vancouver Film School in 2011. He has been working…

LSU Welcomes Evan McKnight Evan is a Vehicle artist, currently working at Electronic Arts Vancouver. He began his career in 2010 and has worked for companies such as Radical Entertainment, BioWare and The Coalition. His credits include Prototype 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition and Gears of War 4. Evan…

LSU Welcomes Rick Iacobo Rick Iacobo is the Senior Technical Animator at Cubic Global Defense in Orlando, a studio branch that works exclusively on Game Based Learning and simulations. He graduated Valedictorian from Full Sail in November 2005 with his associate’s degree in Computer Animation. Sin…

Activate - a conference for all things interactive Activate is an event that aims to enrich our local tech community by establishing and furthering the careers of individuals in the web & technology field. The goal of Activate is to bring awareness of this field to the young community and build…

Chaos Isle Looking for Interns Interested in working remotely from Baton Rouge on an Indie Game that is under production. Megan, dropped by our booth at GDC and is looking for upaid volunteers to work on her independant game. You can check out their website to find out more about their game Embark…

LSU Welcomes Kurtis Dawe Kurtis has been working in the industry for 8 years and is currently a Character Modeller/Artist at Electronic Arts in Vancouver. Prior to that he worked at MPC in London creating photo-real hero creatures for Lion King 2019, Dumbo and Godzilla King of Monsters. Before MPC…

LSU Welcomes Arthur Rodriguez Arthur will be joining us for the 2019 Redstick Pro-AM Digital Jam and we are happy to welcome him to LSU! Please join us for the event and work side by side with industry pros. " I am addicted to art in every way you can think of. Not only digital, I also love to…

LSU Welcomes Jeff Mair Jeff G. Mair is the Audio Director at Smoking Gun Interactive and a new media visual artist based in Vancouver, BC Canada. He has been making game audio for 20+ years for various developers including EA and THQ. As well, he has a visual art practice that involves both…

LSU Welcomes Brian Held Jr. Brian will be joining us for the 2019 Redstick Pro-AM Digital Jam and we are happy to welcome him to LSU! Please join us for the event and work side by side with industry pros. Radio Talk Show Host, Cosplayer, gamer, Dragonslayer, and geek extraordinaire! He has been…

LSU Welcomes Robert Goldney Robert will be joining us for the 2019 Redstick Pro-AM Digital Jam and we are happy to welcome him to LSU! Please join us for the event and work side by side with industry pros. ![Screenshot of game box container by artist Robert Goldney](../../../img/news/2019/oil tank1…

Call for Submissions On March 29, 2019, the LSU Center for Computation & Technology will host the Red Stick FutureFest event featuring professional and student work in digital art, video games, digital audio and animation. All Project submissions are now being accepted! So please consider…

If you are of hispanic descent and you are interested in the DMAE program this is a scholarship that might apply to you. The GMiS merit-based scholarships range from $500 - $10,000. Applicants must demonstrate merit through academic achievements, leadership and campus/community activities. Scholars…

NOLA Gaming Fest is coming June 14th - 16th. Pre-Registration will begin on April 1st. The following list of main games will be featured this year for NOLA Gaming Fest tournament and/or casual play. Tournaments will be held by demand and cash prizes up to 10,000 will be announced! Shooters Apex…

The Rookies is a platform to help digital artists get discovered without having to compete with professionals for attention. Started in 2010, this is their biggest annual contest. It's open to young creatives in visual effects, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3d visualisation.…

This summer we have two video game camps that are being held at the Digital Media Center at LSU. Both summer camps are week long and cost $130. This includes lunch, a snack and all the computer hardware and software needed to make a video game prototype. Join Marc Aubanel in making a video game in…

This is a reel of our most recent student and faculty work that was produced during 2018. It features work from both graduate and undergraduates in teams and solo productions. Projects are developed in Photoshop, Z-Brush, Houdini, Maya, Substance Painter, Unity and GameMaker. This video was shown…

Over the weekend of January 25th, we had 49 very dedicated participants take part in the LSU's fifth Global Game Jam. All the teams finished their games and there were many happy faces on Sunday afternoon. The event started off with Todd Moulder from inXile giving the teams tips and encouraging them…