2020 DMAE News

The Down Syndrome Awareness Group of Baton Rouge (DSAGBR) is looking to breathe new life into their organization and need to revamp their logos, website, social media presence and printed materials. Future projects may include everything from informational brochures and sponsorship packets to event…

For those who didn't participate in the Microsoft Game Jam or are itching for another one — Epic is holding their 6 Epic MegaJam next month. Sign Up for MegaJam2020 and earn a chance at gear from Intel, a HoloLens 2, a feature on Unreal BLog & Livestream and many game related subscription services…

Seth Perlstein graduated from LSU in Spring 2019 with a masters in Digital Media Arts & Engineering. He joined High Voltage Software in New Orleans upon graduation and is working as a 3D artist. Seth joined us in DMAE with little prior experience in 3-D and was initially considering a career in UX…

Global Game Jam and Core Games are featuring a three week GGJ + Core Game Jam are holdiong a three week long game jam. They will unveil the theme on September 16th and creators from aroudn the world will make games using the power of Core! WHAT IS CORE? Core is an endless universe of games to play…

Nicholas from Split Hare Games is working on a game called Polter Pals which a demo is available on Steam. Split Hare has partnered with Epic Games to create their game in Unreal. They are looking for help for both creatures and environments. If you would like to help out send your resume and…

If you missed or didn't want to participate in the Microsoft GameCamp there is another game jam opportunity on the horizon and this one is competitive. Game Jam+ is a 4 stage tournament where cities, continents and the globe competes to reveal the eventual winner. You can join with an existing team…

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Kids' Orchestra would like to invite graphic designers to submit a proposal in response to our RFP for graphic design work. They need an artist to: Update/adapt our current logo to a new iteration that will commemorate our 10th anniversary and that can be used on web and print materials from 2020…

LSU is ranked as 13 out of 192 colleges for game design. This ranking is done by Animation Career Review and highlights the broad range of programs, large student body, DMAE minor and master degrees and finally a large computer science department with many relevant classes. This is the first time…

A reminder to everyone about the upcoming Microsoft Game Camp that is taking place online and open to the entire state. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in game development. If you have already signed up or are looking for a taste of what it is like, you can take a free…

The Microsoft Gamecamp is back and is now online. This is a five-month journey from conception to completion. The kick-off is on September, 28th 2020 and all teams will be assigned an industry mentor for guidance. Video conferencing and all game development tools will be provided to participants.…

The fall semester is still planned to start on-campus, in person on Monday, August 24. The fall holiday on October 8 and 9 is cancelled and classes will be held during this time. Classes after Thanksgiving on November 25 to 27 will take place online.

You all have an opportunity to enter for The Lumen Prize, the world's pre-eminent prize for art and technology in multiple categories.  If you create art digitally, You should consider entering the Lumen Prize's main competition with a prize fund of $11,500 and global opportunities to show your work…

The Rookie Awards is the world’s biggest contest for aspiring creatives in games, animation, visual effects, immersive media, motion graphics and product visualisation. This is the 10th annual contest so its one you don’t want to miss. Take a chance and share your work to industry heavyweights and…

If you have some time while you are stuck at home, there is a new public Beta release of Unity 2020.1 publicly available. It includes support for ray tracing in the Skinned Mesh Renderer component, Alembic caches and Camera Stacking to name a few. Check it out and have fun!

The organizers of the Microsoft Game Camp would like to thank our staff, contributors, speakers, mentors and partners in and outside of New Orleans for their hard work and support of Xbox Game Camp New Orleans powered by Unity. The Game Camp partners strive to ensure you aspiring game developers can…

LSU, CCT & DMAE are hosting the 2020 edition of Redstick FutureFest. We are having our annual Digital Media Showcase featuring projects from faculty, students, industry professionals, DIY-ers and more. It takes place at the Digital Media Center at LSU on Friday, April 17th from 10am to 2pm. If you…

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and LSU;s restrictions on large meetings we have made the hard decision to delay RedStick for Spring 2020. As soon as we have more information about when we can reschedule the event we will let everyone know. In the meantime continue working on your digital media…

The DMAE 7115 Production & Project Management class is working with the department of Kinesiology and LSU Football for a VR athletic training simulation. The team is using Unity to recreate a photo realistic Tiger Stadium with a quarterback throwing to a human controlled receiver. This is a serious…

Louisiana is fortunate to have an opportunity to work with professional game developers on XBox 360 Game Development kits. This is an event open to all adults throughout the region. This includes students and working professionals. Dev kits will be made available in New Orleans but teams can…

Congratulations to all participants to LSU's 6th Global Game Jam. This event is global in scale and there were over 48,700 jammers participating in 934 jam sites across the world in 118 countries, all coming together to make the event the biggest jam ever!! All of last year's records and become the…