Recent news and success stories from the DigiPen (Singapore) community.
Alumni
DigiPen (Singapore) RTIS graduates Jason Ngai and David Seah took a slightly different career path, now working for Continental Automotive Singapore.
Announcements
DigiPen (Singapore) introduces its Research & Development team, composed of DigiPen (US) and DigiPen (Singapore) graduates from all four degree programs.
Students
The inaugural DigiPen Game Awards Singapore kicked off with the sophomore game team behind Meowchine Mayhem: Cat O’ War winning the grand prize.
Close to 160 alumni turned up at the first DigiPen (Singapore) alumni gathering at the new campus on 10 April 2015.
DigiPen (Singapore) announces its move into the SIT@SP building managed by its partner, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT).
Community
The Polytechnic Special Articulation program takes students from Singapore Polytechnic’s DMIT to have them earn college credit at DigiPen (Singapore).
Profile of several DigiPen (Singapore) students who have found success interning for many major technology companies in the region.
The DigiPen (Singapore) student game Lurking has been selected to appear at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
Some 70 prospective students attended a Workshop Information Session at DigiPen (Singapore) for information related to game design and development.
Faculty
DigiPen (Singapore) Senior Lecturer Sandara Tang tells Digital Life how she teaches students the principles of traditional art in today’s digital world.
DigiPen (Singapore) and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) announce the offering of a new joint degree program specializing in systems engineering.
This year, DigiPen (Singapore) student game Lurking appeared in a PewDiePie let’s play video and on an indie PC game magazine’s best of 2014 list.
DigiPen CTO Samir Abou Samra gave a series of talks to 560 students at several prestigious Singapore junior colleges and high schools.
ProjectFun workshop gives 14-year-old NUS High School of Mathematics and Science students the ability to try their hand at game development.
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) scholarships give DigiPen (Singapore) students a chance to pursue dreams in game development and art.
DigiPen (Singapore)’s Vivek Melwani talks about the video games that feature Singapore’s skyline and how game designers go about mapping a virtual city.
DigiPen (Singapore) student games Lurking and Iris picked up three awards between them at the Independent Games Festival China this month.
Industry
DigiPen (Singapore) welcomed Iñaki Rueda, Race Strategist for Lotus F1 Team to give a special presentation for students and guests.
Three student games from DigiPen (Singapore)—Iris, Lurking, and Meowchine Mayhem—were named finalists for the 2014 Independent Games Festival China.
Hwa Chong Institution, one of Singapore’s most prestigious junior colleges, offered a DigiPen elective class, Multiplatform Game Programming.