Creative Industries: Game Design & Interactive Media

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Balanced between academics and experience, creativity and logic, individual expression and team process, the Creative Industries program prepares students to integrate creative content with technology in a wide variety of venues and projects. [Read more ...]

Upcoming Events

10th Philippine Youth Congress

September 10th to 15th, 2012
University of the Philipines

Associate Professor Terrence Masson is very excited to lecture at the 10th Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4iT 2012) on September 10 to 15, 2012 at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Prof. Masson to Speak @ MIT

August 10th, 2012
Lincoln Laboratory, MIT

Associate Prof. Terrence Masson will be speaking at MIT this summer as part of their long standing Distinguished Lecture series on innovation. Prof. Masson will give a talk about innovation in the entertainment sector, specifically special effects and movie magic. Other speakers in the series have included Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, and Dave McQueeney, who worked on Watson, the Jeopardy-playing computer. The event is open to all students.

China International Comic & Games Expo 2012

July 12th -16th, 2012
Shanghai, China

Interim Director Anthony De Ritis and Associate Prof. Terrence Masson will both be participating in the China International Comic & Games Expo this year, the one of the largest and most popular events for the Animation and CG industry. In partnership with the DeTao Masters Academy, they will both take part in the “DeTao ACG Master’s Forum” as well as the “DeTao Animation and Creativity Competition”. We wish them luck on their international journeys!

Recent News

Squid Wins Big

squid Creative Industries Capstone Project Squid won the RISE:2012 Entrepreneurial Award in award ceremonies chaired by Northeastern President Joseph Aoun on Thursday March 29.

RISE, the Research, Innovation & Scholarship Expo presented the award to the Squid team for entrepreneurial excellence.

Squid, an Exercise Effectiveness and Muscle Activation Tracking System consists of a sensitized,wearable compression shirt that integrates with a smart-phone and web database to monitor resistance weightlifting exercises.

Squid was created by an Northeastern University interdisciplinary team of enginee

ring, graphic design, and computer science students under the joint aegis of Creative Industries, and Northeastern’s Engineering Department.

Links
Project Squid
RISE:2012
Research, Innovation & Scholarship Expo
News Story on Squid

Faculty Advisors

Constantinos Mavroidis, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Mark Sivak, Ph.D Candidate, Assistant Academic Specialist

Terrence Masson, Associate Professor

Brian Sullivan, Visiting Artist

Interactive Media

Alexandra Aas, Graphic Design

Alexandra Moran, Graphic Design

Amy Schaffer, Computer Science

Engineering

Trevor Lorden, Mechanical Engineering

Adam Morgan, Mechanical Engineering

Joseph Sheehan, Mechanical Engineering

Thomas Wilbur, Mechanical Engineering

New Course for Fall 2012: PHYS 2101

Fall 2012

Physics Principles for Games
PHYS 2101

This course introduces topics in Newtonian Physics and explores how they are used to create realistic virtual worlds.

All the best games have one thing in common. PHYSICS!

Brought to you by the Northeastern University Physics Department and the Creative Industries Program.

Gamification Panel @ PAX East

Sunday, April 8, 11:30am – 12:30pm
PAX EAST

Love it or hate it, if you haven’t heard the word “gamification” this past year you must be dead. Or a zombie. Heck, it was short-listed to be added as Oxford dictionary’s “Word of the Year”! So what exactly does it mean for gamers and non-gamers that business people and educators are trying to make everything a game? This panel will explore what’s good and what’s bad about gamification and what it means to gamers, non-gamers, developers and people entering the game industry.

Panelists include: Tyler Vogel [Game Designer, Muzzy Lane Software], Chris Parsons [Product Manager, Muzzy Lane Software], David Martz [VP, Muzzy lane Software], Monty Sharma [Managing Director, Mass Digital Games Institute], Bill Sabram [Game Designer, MeYouHealth], Aaron Dignan [CEO, Undercurrents] and Mark Sivak [Academic Specialist, Creative Industries Program, Northeastern University]

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