Game Design And Development Articles

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Students develop near-commercial puzzle game through game design course

Jesse Sanderson Silver Medal

Media and Information graduate student wins silver medal for accessibility-themed game

Photo of a student working on designing a video game with a game controller icon in the bottom left corner with the text 25 years on top of it

MSU celebrates 25 years of game development excellence

Website graphic for MSU's 2025 Collegiate Games Challenge

MSU game development students take top honors at inaugural Collegiate Games Challenge

Photo of Jacob Fisher with text reading "Google Cloud Research Innovators Program | Jacob Fisher"

Jacob Fisher's ADHD research gets a Google Cloud boost

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ComArtSci makes Princeton Review's 2025 list of top undergrad schools for game design

Photo of a VR headset being used with text that reads: "Health Care Meets Extended Reality"

MSU modernizes health care training with XR curriculum

Text reads: SPARTIE Lab x GEL Lab: Transforming Teaching and Collaboration Through XR

Beyond the screen: how MSU's XR labs are redefining education and collaboration

From classroom to Gameboard | Photo of students playing a board game

Teaching English in Tanzania through games

Say it loud and clear: persisting through Parkinson's with play

MSU Esports Championship Win

MSU esports dominates Big Ten Championships

2024 North American Conference on Video Game Music | Photo of someone playing the piano

MSU hosts North American conference on video game music

Michigan State University at NACE Starleague Grand Finals, Dec. 2, 2023

MSU varsity esports team to compete in 2023 NACE Starleague Grand Finals

Left side includes text: Michigan State University Esports. Right side has a collage of three photos: Chris Bilski on stage at the Back to Smash event; 5 esports players lined up to pose with a trophy; 5 players engaged in PC gaming

MSU varsity esports program joins BEC, announces first team roster

"Lyndsay Mohr | Shaping the Future of Game Audio" with photo of Mohr in lower right corner

Scholarship puts game audio designer on a sound path for the future

Turning Play Into Work | Student in the GEL Lab with a VR headset on

GEL Lab interns gain real-world skills in a virtual reality

Photo of Bree Holtz | NCAA Innovations Grant

Bree Holtz and team receive funding from NCAA to address the stigma surrounding mental health in student athletics

Stacked books with the cover reading: An Inside Look at Meditation

An intersection of meditation disciplines and designing experiences

Casey O'Donnell to left of graphic with text "CREATIVE DYING Card Game Nominated for IndieCade Award" to the right

Creative Dying Card Game Receives Nomination for IndieCade Best Tabletop Design Award

Text reads "Christopher Bilski New Esports Director". with photo of Bilski to the right

Christopher Bilski announced as new director of esports at MSU

Photo of Communication Ph.D. alum Joomi Lee with a white background that says "Joomi Lee Annie Lang Dissertation Award Winner"

Lee Wins Annie Lang Dissertation Award

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Brandt Fellowship Awarded to Two ComArtSci Faculty Members

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Award-winning ComArtSci Game Designer Inducted into Women in Games Hall of Fame

Screenshot of a game showing students entering a school

Promoting Meaningful Play: Empathic Games Showcased in Science Gallery Exhibit

New Programs graphic highlighting students in all 4 new programs

The New Essential Workers: ComArtSci Launches New Programs in Information Science, Interactive Games and Communication

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MSU Ranks 7th in Undergraduate Programs for Game Design in Princeton Review

Three alumni around a video game pipe with Sparty in 8-bit styling

MSU's Gaming Pipeline Leads Graduates to Competitive Careers

Luis Graciano Velazquez

Fulbright Scholar Ups the Game against Climate Change

Brenden Melody in one of the media summer camps

High School Students Level Up at MSU Media Summer Camps

Photo of Rellika Kisyula with a brick wall in the background

Kisyula Overcomes Adversity to Become the ComArtSci Banner Carrier

Ratan Plays Fortnite at His Desk

Professor Meets with Parents on Healthy Gameplay

Evan Edwards in front of High Moon sign

Evan Edwards Levels Up West Coast Field Experience into Game Development Career

Student filmmakers watch the debut of their film Crandie's.

In the Game and Behind the Scenes at Traverse City Film Festival

Students in the game program posing in their VR goggles.

Gaming Programs Ranked Top Ten by Princeton Review

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GEL Lab’s Plunder Panic Advances to SXSW Gaming Pitch Competition

Screen capture of the thunderbird in LaPensee's game.

Raising Awareness for Indigenous Issues

A screenshot from LaPensee's game, Thunderbird Strike, showing some animals, an oil rig and a thunderbird flying overhead.

Thunderbird Strike Wins Best Digital Media Work at imagineNATIVE and Stirs Controversy

Jeremy Gibson Bond with students holding award

The Creative Collaboration Behind Plunder Panic

Jeremy Bond's textbook cover

Game Designer Publishes Second Edition of Textbook

The MSU TCFF booklet reading, "WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF STORYTELLERS? SPARTANS WILL."

Traverse City Film Festival Recap

Active Learning land screen shot

Serious Games: Counterintuitively Delightful

Peter Burroughs drawing a design for a game being developed

MSU Game Design Ranks among Princeton Review’s Top 20 and #1 in Big Ten

Creating a Game and Skating With It

Screenshot of the RelaxU app

Meditate to Change Your State: MI Professor Publishes RelaxU App

Painting of four women dressed in purple.

Honour Water: A Singing Game for Healing the Waters

Two characters from the game Kerem B-Yavneh. The background is a desert scene by the ocean.

MSU GEL Lab Creates Educational Game that Transports Students of Jewish History to Ancient World

Screenshot of the GEL Lab game Saving Draggy featuring baby dragon Draggy and a wizard.

GEL Lab Collaborates with MSUFCU on New Game Saving Draggy

MSU Game Design Programs Secure Back-to-Back Top Rankings by Princeton Review