In previous years, the Level Upstate Summer Program has functioned as a six-week intensive incubator for game developers looking to commercialize their creative ideas. 

Beginning in Summer 2023, Level Upstate will be moving away from this existing model and restructured as a year-long game development mentorship program. Accepted participants will spend twelve months working in person and remotely with a rotating team of mentors comprised of faculty in the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Program at RPI and professional game developers and partners local to the Capital Region. In the process, participants will pitch, prototype, and playtest their primary projects while simultaneously working to refine their understanding of the market and specific business goals and strategies. 

Organized by RPI's Game Dev Club, RGS is an annual opportunity for all Rensselaer students to showcase their games to the local community. This year's event is the second following a pandemic-era hiatus between Fall 2019 and 2022, so we're looking forward to seeing you there -- especially if it's your first time around!

Project Ripcord was formerly a publishing portal for games and interactive stories created by Rensselaer students. Today, Ripcord is in the process of reemerging as a joint blog-and-podcast series for popular games-related discourse.

Over the coming months, we'll begin to post articles about some of the many students enrolled in the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and Critical Game Design (CGD) Programs at RPI, as well as written works by the students themselves.