Teaser Trailers!

In less than 6 hours the Final Presentations will take place. Can't wait? Can't make it? Whet your appetite for Drifters and Sultans of Scratch with these shiny game trailers!

Final Game Presentation Event

With the Siggraph materials completed and shipped off to the bayou, the teams are focused back on their last bits of polish for the big event!

After months of reading about the incredible development of these two unique games, FIEA is proud to announce the first complete look at the Cohort 5 games. This is your chance to get a first-hand look at the stealth multiplayer game, Drifters, and the hip-hop dance crew and DJ game, Sultans of Scratch.

Space is limited, so to RSVP please send an e-mail to rsvp@fiea.ucf.edu or call 407-823-2121 for more information.

The presentations will take place from 4 - 6PM at the Center for Emerging Media at 500 W. Livingston Street in downtown Orlando. For directions, click here.

Of course, if you can't make it in person, we'll have a full report complete with video highlights right here on the blog!

Fluid Simulation for Video Games, part 1: Introduction to Fluid Dynamics

The first in a series of articles I wrote for Intel:

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/fluid-simulation-for-video-games-part-1/

...and some delicious videos:

Atomic vortex ring
Cannonball through smoke
Dragons, bunnies and magic

Make sure to watch them in HD!

FIEA's a hot spot for visitors this week!

The cohort is in a constant state of flux right now as the games are being polished and bugs are being fixed, but more importantly a slew of special guests have been making their way through the FIEA halls. Just this week representatives from 360ed, Bethesda Softworks, Monster Media, and EA Tiburon are coming through for interviews with 2K Boston also attending virtually through webcam for their interviews. Added to that is the normal facility tours that take place ever so often for new and prospective students, and also a very prestigious visit from the Florida Governor, Charlie Crist...FIEA is certainly the place to be this week!

While the companies attending the events this week are mainly interested in personal interviews with our students, they've also been touring around the cohort space and taking place in game demos of Drifters and Sultans of Scratch. This not only lets them see the games that their interviewees are touting on their resume, but also shows them what kind of amazing work our program churns out in just a few months!

During his visit to our area, Governor Crist visited the FIEA campus as well as EA Tiburon to see how game development is flourishing in the Central Florida area. Both teams had the opportunity to demonstrate their games for the Governor and he also toured the cohort space to see where the next generation of game developers were honing their skills. He believed both Sultans and Drifters were very creative and he was impressed with the talent that is coming out of Florida today.