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FIEA Digital Entrepreneurs To Pitch Games To Community And Investors on Dec. 12

December 18, 2018

FIEA Startup Showcase Will Feature Students Pitching the Latest Games and Apps to a local tech investment group
Male student standing at podium giving presentation
FIEA student giving a presentation pitch

A haunted virtual reality escape room, a great emu war, cops and robbers party game and a vr chemistry game are some of the digital prototypes that will get the “Shark Tank” experience at UCF’s Center For Emerging Media on December 12 at 6 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Nine projects from the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, UCF’s graduate game development program, will be presented for the first time. The projects are part of FIEA’s Venture Class, which teaches the entrepreneurial side of games.

The students will have their games on display for the Florida Funders Investment Group. This group funds early stage technology companies in Central Florida.

Students and staff will be available for interviews.

For more information on the Startup Showcase, go to

https://fiea.ucf.edu/startupshowcase