👾✨ Meet Game Instructors Monday! ✨👾
This week’s pull:
🎨 Brian Hess – Game Art & Design Director
💻 David “Rez” Graham – Game Programming Director

Summon a new spotlight every Monday!

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✨ Spotlight Saturday: Luis Parra Thread!✨

Luis launched Press Start while at AAU—his thesis game Drive Me Bananas hit 100K+ users and landed a deal with Chillingo (of Angry Birds fame). Backed by Bay Area investors, it kickstarted a 15+ year journey.

✨ Spotlight Saturday: Nick Zollinger! ✨

Celebrating Nick Zollinger, a game dev pushing AI, procedural generation, & engine development! 🎮🔥

Current Projects:

🚀 Nessie Engine – 3D engine with Vulkan.
🗺️ Final from PCG – Procedural islands.
⚽ Project Soccer – AI-driven gameplay.

#gamedev #indiedev

🎉 Spotlight Saturday: Shilo Gagnon 🚁🎮

Highlighting Shilo Gagnon, an ArtU alumni with a passion for game development and utility theory! While his project is on hold, he’s starting a new chapter as a Helicopter Mechanic!

Shilo’s Project below!
🔗: www.brokepixelsgaming.com/post/refacto...

🚀 Spotlight Saturdays at ArtU! 🚀

This week, we’re highlighting Devyn Brock, a passionate game design student making waves! 🎮✨

🔥 Standout project:
🎮 IdleIsland – Showcased at the Spring Show, highlighting his design skills.

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev

This week, we’re celebrating Aya White, a dedicated ArtU student passionate about 3D art & level design! 🎨 Aya is always refining her craft, embracing challenges, and exploring new creative opportunities.

Her goal? To become a versatile 3D artist and bring stylized game worlds to life! 🚀