Category: MAGIC News & Press Announcements

Lost & Found by Owen Gottlieb, Game launch

RIT professor launches table-top games to enhance people’s understanding of religion, ‘Lost and Found’ games aim to change the legal discourse about religious legal systems, increase collaboration and cooperation The games, available at lostandfoundthegame.com, are distributed through RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios. Lost & Found is geared toward high school and college-aged students due to its […]

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MAGIC Hosts; Webelows from Cub Scout Pack 65 Boy Scouts of America

We had a great time hosting the Webelows from Cub Scout Pack 65 Boy Scouts of America, Seneca Waterways Council last night! We facilitated a workshop to help them achieve an elective badge in game design. We had a blast and were super impressed with these future Rochester Institute of Technology students!

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Celebrating 5 years of making MAGIC at RIT!

In honor of our 5th Birthday, the RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction & Creativity is hosting an “open house” with cake, punch and giveaways from Noon-2:00PM on Thursday, February 15 in our current Student Innovation Hall location. Talk with our staff, some of our students and see what we have made together over […]

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The ESA Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2018-19 Computer and Video Game Arts Scholarship program.

The ESA Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2018-19 Computer and Video Game Arts Scholarship program. The program provides financial assistance to women and minority students pursuing computer science or video game arts-related degrees at accredited four-year colleges and universities across the United States.

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RIT to host statewide Game Dev Challenge kickoff January 19th Contest is open to college students and indie game developers; $25,000 in prize money up for grabs

The NYS Game Dev Challenge is a statewide competition for both students and indie developers with the goal of bringing your game ideas to production. Entrants can register as either a student or indie developer (solo or team), with the latter category being open to any interested developer in NYS. The challenge will run from […]

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Released on Steam: A Small Robot Story by Rob Mostyn

A Small Robot Story is an adventure-platformer where you play as Rae, a small robot who activates and has no idea why. So you need to set out and find out what’s up! With a heavy emphasis on story, A Small Robot Story will take you through forests, factories, caves, laboratories, and more as you […]

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RIT professor launches table-top games to enhance people’s understanding of religion

‘Lost and Found’ games aim to change the legal discourse about religious legal systems, increase collaboration and cooperation A team of interdisciplinary researchers, designers and developers led by Owen Gottlieb, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at Rochester Institute of Technology, has produced two first-of-their-kind table-top games that aim to promote and enhance […]

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