Ahead of the Game | November 3, 2021

The story behind how UCF’s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy grew into an industry game changer. “The best lessons are learned through working with people and failing with people.”— Matt Laurence ’07MS Fall 2021 | By Jenna Marina Lee In 2006, Matt Laurence ’07MS was fresh out of college with a psychology degree pondering his next…

The FlEA Master’s Program welcomes Cohort 18 | August 23, 2021

The class includes 32% women and 8% of international students. The program is ranked as #1 in graduate game design programs in North America and Europe per The Princeton Review Orlando, FL – The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) welcomes 72 new graduate students today to UCF Downtown. The production, programming and art students come…

FIEA Graduate Students Present Capstone Game | August 6, 2021

The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) Cohort 17 at the University of Central Florida (UCF) introduces four new Capstone games via the FIEA YouTube channel. The games developed by the producers, artists and programming in the Masters of Science program are Peblito – Rock and Roll, Rings of Hell, Zenko – A Fox’s Tale and…

Electronic Arts funds Inclusion in Gaming Scholarships | July 1, 2021

Heads ups, Gamers! Two Inclusion in Gaming awards will be distributed annually to UCF students who demonstrate how they have overcome adversity or are striving for the inclusion of others. This new award increases access to premier gaming programs for underrepresented students and fosters. Learn more about the scholarship here. “Close industry partnerships like the…

UCF Graduate Video Game Design Named No. 1 — for Third Time | March 23, 2021

The university’s undergraduate video game design program also ranked No. 14 in the world, according to The Princeton Review and PC Gamer magazine. “Our goal is to not just prepare students to enter the industry when they graduate, but to position them to excel in it.”— President Alexander N. Cartwright. UCF’s graduate video game design…

FIEA student team Penguin Void Production capstone game Kore has reached 20k downloads on Steam | February 19, 2021

Student’s from UCF’s graduate video game development program FIEA, recently launched a game on Steam that just hit 20k downloads. A capstone game is the final project students have been working on for seven months as their master’s thesis. Kore Kore follows Persephone’s journey into the Underworld. She seeks to find Hades and escape her…

FIEA at Otronicon | February 9, 2021

Each year the FIEA program looks forward to our partnership with Otronicon . This year, our faculty and staff will be providing virtual sessions in Level Design, Virtual Reality, Character Generation, Motion Capture and a graduate program information session. This year’s hybrid event will allow community partners an opportunity to give back to the Central…

FIEA Cohort 16 Graduates this Weekend | December 18, 2020

Orlando, FL – The sixteenth cohort of the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) graduate on Saturday, December 19th with the UCF College of Sciences at 6:30pm. The students receive a Master of Science in Interactive Entertainment degree. The event can be viewed via YouTube and Facebook, more info here Virtual Commencement Celebrations on December 19…

FIEA student team Axolotl Productions releases their capstone game Izcalli of the Wind on itch.io | September 2, 2020

Student’s from UCF’s graduate video game development program FIEA, released their capstone game “Izcalli of the Wind” on itch.io. A capstone game is the final project students have been working on for seven months as their master’s thesis. Izcalli of the Wind “Izcalli of the Wind” is a game of momentum, elegant motion, and channelling…

FIEA Cohort 17 kicks off at UCF Downtown | August 31, 2020

The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), UCF’s #1 ranked graduate game development program, welcomed 59 new graduate students on August 24, 2020. FIEA’s Cohort 17 ‘Zoom Class The class consists of students from a record 11 Florida university undergraduate programs and includes 20 women graduate students. The 16-month Master of Science program teaches production, game…