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Game Design & Game Science

Northeastern’s programs aim to transform students into critical makers with the ability to create high-quality, innovative, and inclusive across a broad array of media, communities, and contexts.

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Animation

Animation concentration provides a comprehensive exploration of the entire production pipeline for a variety of animated content including films, visual effects, broadcast, visualization, games, and spatial media.

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Extended Realities / XR

The Master of Science in Extended Realities seeks to open the new technologies, methods, practices, and skills of extended realities (XR) to students. XR includes augmented, virtual, and mixed reality.

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Media Arts

The Media Arts BFA is an intensive studio program where students can learn about the changing technology landscape while building their skills through theory, experimentation, and critique.

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Art History, Minor

An ideal complement to all Art + Design majors and combined majors, the Art History/Visual Studies minor provides the techniques of visual intelligence necessary to successfully navigate an increasingly image-driven world across all areas of art and design.

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Student Game Studio

The Games Studio at Northeastern is an environment that empowers collaboration and discovery. Students partake in the learning and community-building needed to succeed as academics and game developers.

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The Extended Reality Initiative at Northeastern

Igniting impact in an increasingly virtual world. Northeastern’s Extended Reality (XR) Initiative is a transdisciplinary hub that empowers our diverse XR community to collaborate, ideate, and develop solutions to the world’s challenges.

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Games at Northeastern

Northeastern University is a transformative, agile, and innovative thought leader in human-centered and data-driven game design. Learn how we’re reaching across our diverse network to empower the next generation of game designers, developers, and storytellers.

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Creative Media

Submersive

Art + Design

Grant Bickelhaupt - NEU student, Ryan Stewart - NEU Student, Weiqi Gu - NEU Student, Anish Dhesikan - NEU Student, Berklee College of Music students Class: GAME 4701 - Game Design Capstone 2 Instructor: Kellian A. Pletcher Adams

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Overcast

Art + Design

Connor Gerrits- Producer/Developer (NEU), Samuel Vogel- Developer (NEU), Jonathan Paetzold- Developer (NEU), Kevin Cannon- 3D Animation/Modeling (NEU), Glenna Greer- 2D Art (NEU), Isaac Schutz- Sound Design (NEU), Rabbit Gee - Visual Design (Mass Art) Class: GAME 4701 - Game Design Capstone 2 Instructor: Kellian A. Pletcher Adams

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Pax-Infinium

Art + Design

Matt Yudysky Completed Game Prototype Class: GAME 4701 - Game Design Capstone 2 Instructor: Kellian A. Pletcher Adams

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Beat It

Art + Design

Chris- UI programmer, Dorian- AI programmer, David Yue- designer/manager, Gefei - VR programmer, Orson- Artist, Cienna- Musician Class: GAME 4701 - Game Design Capstone 2 Instructor: Kellian A. Pletcher Adams

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UKLYMBEM

Art + Design

In this computer game, users must learn how to use their grappling hook to put the sun back into the sky. Created by Luke Quirion, Fen Cullen, Evie Baur, Anika Olivo and Claudia Jodlowski.

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Beat It

Art + Design

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UKLYMBEM

Art + Design

In this computer game, users must learn how to use their grappling hook to put the sun back into the sky. Created by Luke Quirion, Fen Cullen, Evie Baur, Anika Olivo and Claudia Jodlowski.

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