GAME STUDIES
Global Gam Jam 2022: Productivity through Duality
February 10, 2022 | by UAT Staff Writer

UAT Students and Alumni Engage in Global Gam Jam 2022


At the end of January, the
University of Advancing Technology (UAT) launched into another exciting Global Game Jam as an official site for this year’s game creation event. The free, 48-hour jam was fully virtual this year, boasting 33,000 total jammers at 680 sites in 100 countries around the world! Of those, UAT had a great showing, with 57 registered through UAT’s site, https://globalgamejam.org/2022/jam-sites/university-advancing-technology.  

Organized by Adam Moore, the jammers used Discord to communicate, form teams, and help each other out. The 2022 theme was Duality, with 16 games uploaded to UAT’s jam site at https://globalgamejam.org/2022/jam-sites/university-advancing-technology/games.

ExtraLife 2021
November 15, 2021 | by UAT Staff Writer

UAT Gamers Raised Funds and Spirits

On Saturday, November 6, 2021, UAT students and faculty participated in ExtraLife—a streaming fundraiser benefitting the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. The UAT team was hosted by Professor Derric Clark, team captain in his third year of participation in ExtraLife. Gamers were able to stream as long or as little as they chose starting at 8:00 a.m. the day of the event, and although they individually raised the funds, they all worked together as one UAT team.

It’s Like, Totally Retro
November 9, 2021 | by Derric Clark

Retro gaming can be seen in a couple of different ways. The core of retro gaming is playing older games or games from a previous generation (human or console). So, what is the allure of retro gaming?

UAT for Gamers: Create Your Own Gaming Universe
July 18, 2021 | by UAT Staff Writer

Why Get A Degree in Gaming?

If you often find yourself daydreaming about fantasy worlds, diving into the digital depths of mystical lands, or engineering complex landscapes in your favorite games, then game design may be the career for you.

Experience a True Player vs. Environment Game
April 8, 2021 | by UAT Staff Writer

Looters of the Arcane is a post-modern survival horror game where players travel to past eras to find mysterious objects. With the use of a Time Sphere, players can collect these objects for the antiquities company they currently work for in the distant future.

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