DigiPen student games released

15 Comments by John Bardinelli Apr 27th 2007 9:10AM
Filed under: Culture, PC, Casual

DigiPen Institute of Technology has unveiled most of the student games created for the 2007 academic year. Nearly two dozen projects will available by the end of the month covering a wide range of styles -- from space shooters, to puzzlers and the popular "riding a motorcycle in medieval times" genre.

Unfortunately the most interesting games are still unavailable, but with just a few days left in the month, the wait will be short:

Bossinabox - a fast-paced arcade-style shooter based on the idea that boss fights are awesome. Your goal is to annihilate the boss as he splits into an army of minibosses.
Empyreal Nocturne - a third-person aerial action game in which you combat enormous flying monsters by commanding a legion of birds.
Gigoon - a 3D, third-person action game in which the player takes control of a giant monster rampaging through the tropical city of Rio De Janeiro
PHLOP - a 3D physics-based puzzle game that asks the player to manipulate simple objects to create complex device in order to complete the puzzle.
RydenStryke - a third person action game set in medieval times where the player gets to control a character from the future on a motorcycle.

A well-respected school with game developers, DigiPen's student projects have turned more than a few heads over the years. The team behind Narbacular Drop was snatched up by Valve, and the group behind the block-tossing Toblo have gained a lot of attention for their project.

Tags: casual, digipen, experimental, independent, indie, student

Source

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Steve: Apr 27th 2007; 9:29AM

Doesn't Nintendo sponsor one of these video game schools? I think it could be a good idea to post some of the good projects to the VC.

Joe: Apr 27th 2007; 10:11AM

Yeah, I believe they sponsor DigiPen. (I'm supposed to visit this summer ^_^ Hopefully I'll be going sometime between then and next year..)

Fatass of Kickassness: Apr 27th 2007; 10:43AM

I really like the idea of Bossinabox.

Alex: Apr 27th 2007; 11:06AM

I wanted to go to that school, but of all places to build a videogame school, why Washington?

hvnlysoldr: Apr 27th 2007; 12:01PM

Redmond, Washington is home to Microsoft and Nintendo of America. There maybe some other developers nearby too. That's why there's a school there.

Booxatron: Apr 27th 2007; 12:59PM

Bungie is based up here too, in Kirkland, and I think the Penny Arcade guys live in Seattle.

Western Washington FTW!!

Jason: Apr 27th 2007; 1:00PM

@4 - Because Washington has a ton of game developers. If I remember correctly in the latest Game Developer magazine washington was second only to California for game developers. Correct me if I'm wrong, because I very well may be.

I went to DigiPen, took one year of programming and then switched to art. It was extremely hard and an insane ammount of work, but the pay off is great since now I've been in the game insdustry for 3 years and actaully make the games I love to play. However now I got that student loan :/

Actiss: Apr 27th 2007; 1:04PM

1) Cut a hole in the box.

2) Put your boss in the box.

3) Have her open the box.

Tilly: Apr 27th 2007; 2:35PM

going to the graduation on sunday! my friend is graduating this year with a programming degree! GO CASSIDY!

jed: Apr 27th 2007; 4:25PM

we dont recieve any sort of sponsorship or subsidy from nintendo, we are related to nintendo through link of the school's president who was also on nintendo's board of directors until quite recently and was one of the founders of NST, nintendo's US game dev division.

and yeah, we're in washington because there are a number of game companies here, the founder of the school originally started in canada and has ties with nintendo, who happens to also be our next door neightbor. :)

Jeff: Apr 29th 2007; 2:30PM

pies rules

David: May 3rd 2007; 1:30AM

@8 That's awesome. :D

David: May 3rd 2007; 1:34AM

If you don't feel like waiting for Bossinabox to be posted you can grab it from my website http://www.davidsiems.com/games.html

We worked hard on it, hope you like it! :)

GasPain: May 16th 2007; 4:59PM

Pie rules

n2j3: May 29th 2007; 12:32PM

DigiPen has enabled downloads ! (dunno since when but I'm downloading Bossinabox and Claustrosphere right now :D )

TGS 08 hands-on: Spelunker (PSN) The mystery of Sony's 'unannounced' TGS games TGS 08: Full Square Enix Closed Theater impressions	Planning for the Hallow's End title The Art of War(craft): PvP in BlizzCon 2008 All the World's a Stage: So you want to be Forsaken
Deals: Gift card with Dead Space, B2G1 at Toys R Us and more Soulja Boy calls out Xbox Live gamers Activision calls in the budget Secret Service	Reminder: Wario Land is up for grabs Wii Warm Up: Worn around the edges High Voltage announces new WiiWare racer
Reminder: Millionheir is up for grabs DS Daily: Camera games DS Daily: Saving up for a Flowery, Sunny, and Rainy day	PSP worldwide releases for the week of October 12 TGS 08: Full Square Enix Closed Theater impressions TGS 08: LocoRoco 2 and the curiously embargoed trailer
The Best of Big Download: October 6-12 Yep, more BlizzCon Blizzard looking to "monetize" Battle.net in the future	LL Cool J Says He Doesn't Use Steroids: 'We Don't Want the Prunes to Turn Into Raisins' High School Cheerleaders Under Fire for Staging Mock Executions at Pep Rally The Top 10 Franchises That Are Most Likely to Move

Breaking News »