Puzzle Game Project Class Gets Underway
In a recent Skype call on a large monitor at the front of the classroom, George Gagnon, Founder of Prairie Rainbow Company, met with students and faculty for an introductory session to clarify...
View Article5 Obscure Marvel Characters
Gamora – Drax the Destroyer – Rocket Raccoon – may not we well known Marvel Comic book characters from the Guardians of the Galaxy series but might make a blockbuster movie under the guidance of...
View ArticleCogswell College: A Microcosm of Silicon Valley
While many regions around the world have access to talented artists and engineers, groundbreaking marketers, infusions of capital and excellent universities – what is it that makes Silicon Valley so...
View ArticleMoonbot Animates Chipotle’s ‘The Scarecrow’ Project
Interactive marketing – what exactly is it? We’re hearing the term more and more but over the past few years consumers are beginning to see this concept in action. As reported in Animation Magazine,...
View ArticleDouble Fine Productions Hosting Fan Day
Double Fine Productions has announced that it is hosting a special “Day of the Devs” event on November 2. The event is open to the public and in addition to meeting the great Double Fine crew – which...
View ArticleMichael Mattesi Offering FORCE Drawing Workshop
Cogswell College will host artist, author and animation industry resource in one of his FORCE Drawing Workshops. The event is only open to Cogswell students and limited to 50 participants. Sign up in...
View ArticleBrenda Romero to Speak at Cogswell
Cogswell College is pleased to welcome award-winning game designer, artist, writer and creative director, Brenda Romero, to campus on Thursday, November 14. During this student only event she will be...
View ArticleSome Nutty Game Ideas that Should See the Light of Day
This wistful and witty article by Kirk Hamilton in Kotaku presents 10 Amazing Peter Molydeux (the mad twitter doppelgänger of famed game designer, Peter Molyneux) ideas that need to become games right...
View ArticleThe Making of Assassins Creed III: Origins
If you are a fan of the Assassins Creed series and want to learn more about how the developers decide how to keep each new installment fresh, then this cool behind-the-scenes video offers some...
View ArticleGiving Up Won’t Solve Your Problems or Why Art Can Be a Problem
Disney Character Artist, Chris Oatley, shares insights into learning from your failures, knowing when you’ve learned everything you can from the piece of art you are working on and knowing when to...
View ArticleWhat Does the Game Design Manager Say?
At Cogswell College we focus on learning by doing. While we don’t ignore the theory and principles behind a process, we don’t feel the learning is complete until you’ve actually undertaken a project...
View ArticleCogswell College is a 2014 Global Game Jam Host Site
Cogswell College is pleased to once again serve as a host site for the Global Game Jam. The College’s involvement with the annual event began with the first sponsored Game Jam in 2009. DATE: January...
View ArticleCogswell’s Game Studio – The Joy of Bringing a Game Concept to Life
Listen in as Cogswell students Sean Langhi, the Engineering & Design Lead and Bugi Kaigwa, Art Lead for the Prairie Rainbow project, share their excitement about the work they are doing in the...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes with Toy Story III Video Game
Join Sr. Producer, Jonathan Warner, for Toy Story III in this behind the scenes tour of Avalanche Studios – based in Salt Lake City – and the game design process for this video game. The studio...
View ArticleSo You Don’t Want to be Rich and Famous?
If you don’t want to be rich and famous, then we guess you should not follow in the footsteps of Dong Nguyen, developer of the popular mobile game, “Flappy Birds.” He pulled the game down on Sunday,...
View ArticleSuperGenius – One Company’s Journey into the World of Outsourcing
SuperGenius started out like many small game companies – with a dream. They wanted to outsource their talent and work with the best game developers in the world. They quickly discovered that someone...
View ArticleFree-to-Play Games on the Rise
Many experts in the game design industry predict that the rising trend in free-to-play games will continue during 2014 and the foreseeable future. Insiders and outsiders alike are of the opinion that...
View Article10 Most Influential Games of the 80s
It’s no secret that video games were a great deal different back in the 1980’s; from classics we still see today to the games that didn’t live to see the next decade. Remember the original versions of...
View ArticleCogswell Student’s Artwork Featured On Kotaku!
One of our students, Matt “Bardler” Bard, had his polycount rock formation featured on Kotaku as, “A rather magnificent-looking, somewhat dungeonesque wall from Bardler” Clicker here for the article!...
View ArticleCogswell Student to Present Mobile App Game at SIGGRAPH
SUNNYVALE, CA – A student from Cogswell College’s Game Studio will present a newly produced, school-developed mobile app game during the 2014 SIGGRAPH Conference’s “Appy Hour” showcase in Vancouver....
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