GDIAC's Partners at Cornell University
The GDIAC community comprises a variety of other organizations and
academic fields across Cornell, including the Department of Computer
Science, the Information Science Program, the Cornell Theory Center and
SciCentr.org, Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) and Academic Media
and Technology Services (ATMS), and the Engineering Communications
Program.
Partnerships across the university provide GDIAC with a wealth of
opportunities and a diversity of perspectives that contribute to its role
on campus as a leader in innovative education and industry partnership.
- Computing and Information Science (CIS)
CIS is a college-level faculty unity that supports and administers
GDIAC. In addition to leading scientific research in computing and
information science, CIS explores the use and meaning of computing and
information technologies in fields across the humanities and the
natural and social sciences.
- Department of Computer Science
Many of GDIAC's collaborators reside in the Department of Computer
Science. Game development is a computer-science driven practice and
game industry professionals are adamant about the central role CS must
play in all future game design curricula.
- Program of Information Science
The field of Information Science and its specialization in
human-computer interaction (HCI) plays an integral role in the
theorization of the theory of game design and the newly emerging field
of game studies.
- Digital Gaming Alliance (DGA)
The DGA is a coalition of student organizations at Cornell interested
in promoting a community of gamers and game developers. DGA has its
own elected officers and a full calendar of events.
- Cornell Library Cooperative Learning Computer Lab (CL3)
The CL3 is the interdisciplinary computer lab designed in cooperation
with the GDIAC team that serves as the classroom for GDIAC's game
design courses.
- Engineering Communications Program
Students in the College of Engineering at Cornell University must
satisfy a technical writing requirement. CIS 300, the core GDIAC
course, was designed in concert with Engineering Communications and
satisfies the College of Engineering technical writing requirement.
Cornell Game Organizations and Clubs
- Ithaca Pinball Club
Ithaca Pinball is the club for pinball gamers in Ithaca to gather and play pinball!
- Cornell Digital Gaming Alliance (DGA)
The Digital Gaming Alliance (DGA) is a student run outgrowth of the Game Development Initiative at Cornell (GDIAC) designed to organize and build upon the burgeoning field of digital gaming at Cornell University.
Game Development
There are a lot of websites to look to for help with game
development. Here are a few of places we thought were very helpful:
Game Studies
Game Studies is a newly emerging field that explores gaming from
social science and humanist perspectives. It asks questions about games
within the contexts of culture, art, narrative, education and the media
using approaches that span the disciplines. If you're interested in that
kind of thing...
- Grand Text Auto is a group blog about machine narrative, games, poetry and art out of Georgia Tech.
- TerraNova is a "collaborative weblog experiment" by academics and computer journalists deconstructing the notion and experience of virtual worlds.
- Social Impact Games provides a catalogic list and links to Serious Games.
- Ludology.org is a blog on VideoGame Theory.
- Game Research is a site on "the art, science and business of computer games" including short articles on history, genres, aesthetics, etc.
- Water Cooler Games is "a forum for the uses of videogames in advertising, politics, education, and other everyday activities, outside the sphere of entertainment." It advocates for new genres of games, such as advergaming, newsgaming, political games, simulations and edutainment.
- The Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory has a Games and Professional Practice Simulations (GAPPS) Initiative that seeks to improve US education using digital gaming technologies.
Academic and Industry Organizations
- DiGRA: Digital Games Research Association
DiGRA is the association for academics and professionals who research
digital games and associated phenomena. It encourages high-quality
research on games, and promotes collaboration and dissemination of
work by its members.
- IGDA: International Game Developers Association
IGDA is a non-profit professional society that is committed to
advancing the careers and enhancing the lives of game developers by
connecting members with their peers, promoting professional
development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer
community.
- IAGER: International Association for Game Education and Research
IAGER is nonprofit member association dedicated to promoting and
improving games education through curriculum development, educational
research, and shared resources.
