UCF Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy

Tomorrow’s leading video game developers are being built today at UCF. 🎮 UCF’s graduate program, FIEA, is once again named the No. 2 program in the world and the undergraduate gaming program, GaIM, rose to No. 3 — its highest placement yet — for 2026. ucf.edu/news/ucfs-vide…

Game Changer Files 🎮 📁Christopher Jay Vance ’17MS, Senior Engineer at Undead Labs fiea.ucf.edu/news/game-chan…

Cohort 22 Capstone Game Vertical Slice 🍰 Stay tuned for more...

The pot was stirred 🥄🌶️🏆After a spicy competition today at FIEA’s 15th Annual Chili Cook-Off in Studio 500, the reigning champ was belted the winner for another year’s worth of bragging rights.

A new GameLab project with Interstruct Design + Build is in the works! Stay tuned for more later this semester. orlandolife.com/artcube-02-arr…

Huge congrats to the winners of the 2026 FIEA Collegiate Game Jam at Creative Village! 🎉 Read more: fiea.ucf.edu/news/snail-mat…

Cohort 21, Ready for Launch 🚀🎓 After 16 months of creativity, collaboration, and hard work, our 71 students in Cohort 21 are now graduating from UCF Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy.

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🚀 Big ideas. Bold prototypes. From psychological horror loops to Lovecraftian strategy, medieval action RPGs, 3D print studios, and more, Cohort 21 is unveiling their original games, tools, and digital ventures at the Venture Showcase on Dec. 1. fiea.ucf.edu/news/fieas-coh…

🎤💭🎮 It was all a dream… As we celebrate #20yearsofFIEA this week, we’re taking a beat to honor the OGs (original gamers) who have been here since the beginning. fiea.ucf.edu/news/20-years-…

As we celebrate 20 years of FIEA, we’re calling on our alumni, industry partners, and friends to help power the next era of interactive entertainment. But of course, we gamified it for alumni. It’s time to play—and give—like a team. Donate by Oct. 20. donate.ucf.edu/fiea-s-20th-an…

FIEA got a taste of what it’s like behind the scenes at Activision Central Tech when the gaming and entertainment giant visited FIEA on Wednesday. Three reps gave FIEA students a slice of industry insight on Call of Duty, careers, and cutting-edge graphics, with a side of pizza.

Happy #NationalVideoGamesDay! In honor of today, we're announcing our third annual FIEA Collegiate Game Jam at Creative Village! Jan. 16-18, 2026 at UCF Downtown. Details: fiea.ucf.edu/gamejam2026/

Welcome home to our two newest FIEA instructors—experts in programming and technical art, and proud UCF grads! The future of game dev just got even brighter. 🌟 Programming Instructor Joshua Newell ‘19MS and Technical Art Instructor Nitin Bakshi ‘21MS from Cohort 17.

New players in the game! FIEA’s largest class in history 👾 Cohort 22 just started, and they are already breaking records. With 94 students from around the world, they're bringing their A-game to @UCFDowntown. fiea.ucf.edu/news/fieas-wel…

Today's the day! Watch the Cohort 21 Capstone Game Presentations starting at 1 p.m. youtube.com/live/2pV8GuOgD…

One more day! It’s been a long and memorable journey for our Cohort 21 capstone teams. The students in MoonSpice Games have been working their tails off on Dillo’s Dilemma🌾🐀 Watch the livestream on YouTube tomorrow! youtu.be/1qW68l585Ss

Just a couple days into capstone week and we’re so ready to take the Bridge on Friday! A band of game devs who formed Engaging Software Products put together the mayhem that is Punk Rock Exorcist 🤘🎸 youtu.be/WWaGxj1En-Q

It's capstone week! 🌟 We're dropping game trailers daily from our four teams until the final presentations on Friday. This next game, Crimson Knight presented by Squinky Studios, is FIEA’s first ever souls-like game. Watch the livestream this Friday. youtu.be/RuBQoX2shuc

Here we go! 🤩 It's Cohort 21's capstone week! Check out the trailer from our first team: 🧑‍🚀 Husk Planet presented by 18 Large Rats. Watch the livestream of our final capstone game presentations on our YouTube channel this Friday at 1 p.m. youtu.be/LAC92b6ngIM