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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.

The Pilgrim

Puzzle

An atmospheric puzzle game of matching shapes featuring a strange blue wanderer navigating a forested world of twilight.

A blue skinned boy with lopsided eyes, stands next to runic shapes in an abstract forest.

The Luminist

Survival

In 3D action horror game The Luminist, the player controls a man trapped in a forgotten subterranean mining town after an elevator crash.

A man wearing a blue coat looks at a decrepit elevator shaft.

Rocket Go Fast

Adventure

On a mission to blow up a neighboring planet, Rocket Go Fast puts players in control of a rocket traveling at high speeds through orbital loops.

A giant orange explosion erupts with a "+500" point counter.

Valo: Frozen Light

Platformer

In puzzle platformer Valo: Frozen Light, use your power to freeze objects and platforms of a single color to make it through complex rooms.

A glowing white orb with eyes traverses a stage of blue and pink platforms. The level is titles "Unboxing 6/7."

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

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

Etude

Ming holds two rocks together ceremoniously with her eyes closed before an altar.

Ming

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

computer-generated 3d models of an older man in a safari shirt with a small messenger bag slung across his chest

Digital Painting

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

Drawing

Black and white still-life drawing of a tree branch

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

Student game team Free Minds poses in front of the Redmond forests that inspired The Pilgrim.

Students

In Student Game The Pilgrim, the World Is the Puzzle

The senior game project, inspired by immersive puzzlers like Myst and The Witness, plops players in a strange, rune-filled world.

DigiPen BFA in Digital Art and Animation grad Fernanda Coelho relocated from Sao Paulo to Redmond to earn her degree.

Alumni

Not Throwing Away Her Shot: Fernanda Coelho On Surmounting the International Student Experience

DigiPen’s 2018 Student of the Year hopes her story can help others overcome the same challenges she faced.

Satomi Asakawa stands next to her former DigiPen professors Ray Yan and Melvin Gonsalvez.

Alumni

How Satomi Asakawa Brought Nintendo’s Beloved NPCs To Life (Part 2)

The second installment in our Q&A with DigiPen grad and 15-year Nintendo NPC designer and animator Satomi Asakawa.