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Want to know what DigiPen students are capable of creating? Check out some of these outstanding student projects in games, art, animation, and engineering.

Student Games

DigiPen students apply their knowledge each year to a series of increasingly complex, multidisciplinary game projects. These projects challenge students to build their own tools and technology from the ground up as they collaborate with their peers on a large, shared codebase. By leveraging the power of solid teamwork, careful planning, and communication, they learn firsthand how to create compelling interactive experiences that strive for amazing art direction, sophisticated design, and technical excellence.

Descend Into Stone

Adventure

Solve the mystery of a cursed spear as you descend through the ruins of a long-dead civilization.

A man reaches for a glowing orb.

Project: Gemini

Multiplayer

Grab a friend and fight your way through a city taken over by cybernetic drones in this cooperative, side-scrolling combat adventure.

Neon cityscape at night; two characters stand on a platform surrounded by pulse-firing drones.

Adventure Slime

Platformer

Hop and bounce your way through a dangerous magical forest in this narrated platformer adventure.

A round slime character gets ready to bounce off of a mushroom over a shallow pool filled with deadly pink goop.

Vectrix

Combat

Blast and maneuver through waves of spawning enemies in this retro-styled arcade shoot ‘em up inspired by John Conway’s “Game of Life.”

A pixellated spaceship, surrounded by grid-based enemies, fires a stream of projectiles.

Student Animations

Applying all of the skills and techniques they have learned in the classroom, students in the BFA in Digital Art and Animation program tackle a series of short film projects as a part of their program coursework. In addition to showcasing their technical mastery of digital tools and artistic fundamentals, these films give students the chance to discover what it means to evoke emotion through visual storytelling and bring characters to life.

A girl facing a brick wall spray-painted with two figures, one pink, one green, holding hands around a bright sun

Award Winning Animation
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Award Winning

A young woman in glasses stands in the rain in front of a white brick wall with ivy growing on it.

Etude

A young girl working at a pizza parlor counter puts a pencil to her chin as she thinks of what to draw in her notebook.

Galaxy Girl

A girl flaps her hands in the back seat of a car.

Flap

Student Art

To excel in the digital arts requires more than innate talent. It takes years of discipline, study, and a keen understanding of the visual language found within nature, architecture, and the world around us. With time and dedication, students in the BFA in Digital Art and Animation program gain not only the ability to imagine new worlds altogether, but also the skills and insights to bring those ideas to life through captivating imagery. These are just a few fine examples of what our students have created at DigiPen.

3D Modeling

Close up of a man’s back

Digital Painting

digital painting of a happy purple alligator hiding playfully under a large leaf while a bird flies overhead

Drawing

A detailed drawing of a tree branch

Fabrication

A colorful, terrace-roofed tower

Painting

still-life traditional painting of a tea cup, a lemon, scissors, and a roll of blue painter's tape on a white draped sheet

Inspiring Stories

Thor, The Hulk, Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, and Iron Man stand side by side in a screenshot from Marvel’s Avengers

Alumni

Alumni Assemble! DigiPen Graduates Power Marvel’s Avengers at Crystal Dynamics

Dragons discuss their hand in crafting the game’s heroes, enemies, and high-tech shrink rays.

Ghost of Tsushima artwork: A samurai in a field holds a mask while leaves blow in the wind

Alumni

DigiPen Graduates Lend Their Talents to the Critically Acclaimed Ghost of Tsushima

Check out our Q&A with Rob Simpson and Sarah Hedges, two DigiPen BFA graduates at Sucker Punch Productions who helped bring Ghost of Tsushima to life.

DigiPen Digital Arts instructor Zahra Haghiri

Faculty

Digital Arts Instructor Zahra Haghiri’s Top 5 Digital Artists

The digital painting and character design teacher breaks down some of her personal favorites.