Students & Alumni

Students present projects at Cohort 19 Venture Showcase | December 4, 2023

Today, individual students and teams in the Cohort 19 Digital Venture Practicum showcased an array of innovative projects ranging from VR experiences to old-school video games and numerous tools, packs and plug-ins to be offered on a variety of online stores. The projects were provided from 5-10 minutes to provide an overview of the product…

Game Changer Files: Ingrid Aguero ’07 ’08MS, Environment Director at EA | October 23, 2023

Ingrid Aguero, FIEA alumna from Cohort 4, smiles in the lobby of the EA Orlando location in Creative Village, just a block away from Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy. We’re asking FIEA alumni five questions about their experiences before, during and after graduating from UCF’s top-ranking game development program. 1. Status: Where are you currently working…

Game Changer Files: Brian DeSanti ’08 ’09MS, Senior Director of Product Management at Blizzard | September 15, 2023

FIEA alumnus Brian DeSanti (Cohort 5). We’re asking FIEA alumni five questions about their experiences before, during and after graduating from UCF’s top-ranking game development program. 1. Status: Where are you currently working and what projects are you currently working on (if you can share)? BDS: I am currently working at Blizzard Entertainment as the…

FIEA Cohort 20 Kicks Off Exciting Year | August 21, 2023

ORLANDO, FL – Today, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) M.S. Interactive Entertainment program welcomes 78 new students to the UCF Downtown campus in Orlando’s Creative Village. This is our largest class to date and brings our total FIEA student enrollment for the Fall 2023 term to 146 graduate students in the specific development areas…

Cohort 19 Teams Present Capstone Games | July 25, 2023

Support our four capstone teams as our grad students present games they designed and developed to earn their Interactive Entertainment M.S. The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), the top-ranked graduate game design program, is proud to present the capstone games developed by four teams of Cohort 19. Students have been working (tirelessly) in teams of…

Game Changer Files: Blake Battle ’12MS | July 12, 2023

A glimpse into the mind of a Bungie producer who is pioneering the future of gaming as a service, and our first Game Changer Files Q&A session in a new series featuring FIEA alum. Blake Battle, FIEA alumnus from Cohort 8, casually leaning on a pole at Luminary Green Earlier this summer, we had the…

FIEA Cohort 18 Graduation Showcase | December 14, 2022

Orlando, FL – The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), the #1 rated graduate video game development program, will showcase the Cohort 18 student projects developed in 2022. The games Hermea, K3LVN, Soul Shard and Drain Runner will be recognized on December 15 at 6pm in The Bridge at UCF Downtown. Game plaques will be presented…

Cohort 18 Venture Showcase | December 3, 2022

The Cohort 18 Venture Showcase is an array of innovative projects ranging from VR experiences to old-school video games and numerous tools and plug-ins to be offered on a variety of online stores. The thirteen projects will each be provided 5-10 min to provide an overview of the product market and demonstration of the game,…

Welcome, Cohort 19 | August 23, 2022

Orlando, FL – The UCF Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) graduate game development program welcomes its 19th Cohort with 69 students to UCF Downtown at the Creative Village. The students are specializing in production management, level design, technical design, programming, 3D art, technical art and animation. The masters students come to FIEA from over 30…

FIEA Cohort 18 Presents 4 New Capstone Games | August 5, 2022

The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), the #1 ranked graduate game design program is proud to present the Capstone games developed by four teams of Cohort 18. The presentation was livestreamed on FIEA’s Youtube channel Aug 5th, Part 1 & Part 2 The Master of Science development teams of artists, programmers and producers ranged in…