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AIE Student Games being showcased at Washington State Gaming Expo 2024!
From this Friday March 29 through to March 31 we will be at Washington State Gaming Expo showcasing three student games: Tenebrous, Fish Gun, and Kettle Grove! You can play as a ghost pirate turning fish into aquatic armaments, chase down Lume the agent of light or build up and explore the bustling village of…
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Battle your way to the top through this award-winning 3D deck-building game by AIE Students
Discarded is a 3D, deck-building game about toys that rip parts off of other toys for themselves. Set in an abandoned home long after humans have perished, you’ll fight off numerous foes, each more monstrous and lonelier than the last. The world is a harsh one, but only you have the power to fight to the top and confront the ruler of this land:…
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All Patched Up a side-scrolling adventure game by AIE Students
All Patched Up a major project by Team Fire. Second-year students of the Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development and Associates of Occupational Studies at AIE. The game was developed over the course of 16 weeks by a team of 6 using the Unreal Engine.
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Bring in the winter season with First Frost!
First Frost was developed on the campus of AIE Lafayette as the major project for a group of 2020 graduates in the second year of their Advanced Diploma in Professional Game Development. The game was developed over a 6-month period by a team of 10 using the Unreal Engine.
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AIE Student Lands Prestigious Internship with Gaming Industry Leader Riot Games
A continual passion for video games has led Second-Year student Catherine Levine to have an opportunity with gaming industry powerhouse Riot Games, known for game titles like League of Legends and Valorant. Her journey to the Riot Games internship started with learning about some of the cultural changes happening at the company. Riot Game’s emphasis on culture and people ultimately attracted Catherine…
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Lafayette Campus Game Jam – November 8th
What is a game jam? The goal of a game jam is to come together and make a game (be it a videogame, board game, card game…) Jammers quickly come up with new ideas, and make quick sketches of how they might work to prototype and playtest. Often jammers have a theme or central idea…
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AIE Minor Production Process
One of the most valuable parts of the course for our Game Development students is the opportunity to collaborate with their peers from other disciplines for their final project at the end of each school year. Internally, those projects are referred to as “Minor Production” and “Major Production” respectively for our first year and second…
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Art Institute Seattle Displacement Info Sessions
If you are a displaced Art Institute student, please take note that the Academy of Interactive Entertainment Seattle Campus offers learning track towards careers in the following: Game Art & Animation Game Programming Game Design & Production 3D Animation & VFX for Film We are aware that every person’s situation is different, and there are…
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