A video game created by Rochester Institute of Technology students and faculty has reached a long-awaited milestone. that damn goatis developed and published through RIT's MAGIC Spell Studios and is now available for purchase on the popular Nintendo Switch gaming console.
More than 60 RIT students and faculty from the university's nine colleges spent three years developing the game.
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“That Damn Goat,” a video game developed by RIT students and faculty, is now available on the Nintendo Switch game console.
Aaron Nieboer, a production staff member at RIT's MAGIC Spell Studios, explained: “This game was intended to give students the opportunity to work on something that was going to be released into the market. So the fact that the game is now available on the Nintendo Switch platform gives all of us It’s exciting and validates the work we’ve done.”
Mike Santos, a second-year student in RIT's Game Design and Development master's degree program, is a console port engineer for games and is excited to have a published game on his resume.
“Being able to publish games on Nintendo Switch allows me to show that my skills can be applied in different ways, which I think is great for companies in the gaming industry,” said Santos, a native of Rome, New York. , which will ultimately be helpful.” His high profile allowed him to achieve his dream of becoming a senior development leader for a AAA game. ”
that damn goat The name comes from a non-playable goat character. This goat is an insidious animal with the power to randomly change the scenario by switching between environments and player-selected characters, as well as teleporting itself and the player to other locations in the game.
The game development team also celebrated the release that damn goat It will be released on the Steam platform in December 2023.
“Through my time at RIT, I not only learned how to code, but also developed the problem-solving skills necessary to deal with difficult situations and develop games for multiple platforms,” Santos said. added. “I was able to explore the path of optimization and learn the various techniques needed to master it. This has expanded my career options and I really enjoy working in optimization and game porting. I found out that it is.”
