Thank you to everyone who came to 2009 GDAIC Showcase. We had a tremendous turn-out; at many times the room was standing room only. We had 18 original games this year, more than we have had in at Showcase in a long time. And everyone agreed that all of the games were of incredibly high quality.

The games were so popular that many people stayed to play games even after the Showcase was over. For those of you who want to play the games -- or were not able to come to the Showcase at all -- the games will be available for download from this site within the next month. Look to this space for an announcement when they are available.

Date/Time: May 9th from 3 - 6 pm
Venue: Upson 361
Description: The GDIAC Showcase returns! Our annual Spring showcase will display Cornell talent from CIS 3000, CIS 4002, as well as other independent student projects.

The showcase is open to the general public. It will be held in the Cornell Undergraduate Computing Lab, so that everyone can play and experience these student projects. Come and meet the game designers and engineers of tomorrow.

Click on the link above to see the list of games featured this showcase.

Starting in Fall 2009, Cornell is moving to a new schedule for its game design courses. CIS 3000 will continue to be held once again annually in the Spring. However, the follow-up course CIS 4002 is being permanently moved to the Fall semester. This decision was made to give students better opportunities to submit their advanced projects to the various game development competitions that are forming around the country.

Posted: Apr. 1, 2009

Walker White, the Director of the Game Design Initiative, as well as several other faculty at Cornell, have written an article for the Communications of the ACM about improving the technology behind game scripting. It appears in the March print edition of the CACM, as well as its online sister publication ACM Queue. Click the link above to check it out.

Posted: Mar. 2, 2009

Representatives from Electronic Art are coming to Cornell to talk about internships for students, as well as job opportunities for new graduates. An information session is planned for Tuesday, October 28th.

Electronic Arts Information Session
Date/Time: October 28th at 7 pm
Venue: Phillips 219
Description: Come hear the facts about game development and what it's like to work at Electronic Arts. Be sure to bring your resume!

Posted: Oct. 27, 2008