Recent news and success stories from the DigiPen (Singapore) community.
Alumni
Using 3D simulation software, the DigiPen (Singapore) alumni helped create the virtual environments that were projected into the CAVE system.
DigiPen (Singapore) graduate Chua Wan Yi enjoys the challenge of working at Vouse, a startup that creates architectural projections.
Five DigiPen (Singapore) alumni are software developers working on different sections of the flagship point-of-sale system.
Students
Five horror-themed games by DigiPen (Singapore) students to celebrate Halloween: Lurking, Past Twelve, Umbra, Bear-ly Alive, and The Thirst.
A team of DigiPen’s game design graduates had the chance to intern together at ST Electronics. Today, they are full-time employees.
Faculty
In June 2017, Dr. Xin Li migrated from the United States to Singapore to take on a new appointment as Dean of Faculty at DigiPen’s Singaporean campus.
DigiPen (Singapore) graduate Sim Wei Jin secured a contract position as a VR developer at the renowned technology studio Garena.
DigiPen BFA in Digital Art and Animation graduate, Lauri Gui, invited to be lead 3D artist on Tyler Project’s newest title, Chrono Clash.
An interview with the founders of the DigiPen (Singapore) Alumni Committee including why they decided to create the committee in the first place.
DigiPen (Singapore) officially announced the formation of the Alumni Committee, which addressed over 80 alumni and soon-to-be graduates.
2016 DigiPen (Singapore) Real-time Interactive Simulation (RTIS) valedictorian, Chin Jia Hao, is now a junior gameplay programmer at Ubisoft Singapore.
Community
Students from NUS High School of Math and Science (NUSH) take on college-level modules in collaboration with DigiPen (Singapore).
Industry
Eight indie studios announced plans to publish a new suite of games for the Nintendo Switch console at an industry gathering at DigiPen Game Studios.
Three DigiPen (Singapore) graduates talk about their jobs at next-gen app development team at AP Origin.
Memory Leak wins the 2017 Grand Prize at DigiPen (Singapore)’s annual DigiPen Game Awards which saw 35 student entries from the current year.
SIT-DigiPen (Singapore) graduates Alan Miller and Woon Kok Leong thrive on multicultural software development team at Acronis.
Announcements
For the eighth year running, The Princeton Review has ranked DigiPen Institute of Technology as one of the top 5 schools to study game design.
Graduate Jovi Kartolo talks to BrightSparks about his education, learning how to design games, and what students can expect at DigiPen (Singapore).
DigiPen (Singapore) graduate Rudy Ng talks about his work designing and developing a new card game for Bushiroad called Ascendants of Aetheros.
More than 300 attendees gathered this month for the second DigiPen Game Conference, a developer-friendly gathering hosted at DigiPen (Singapore).
