Exploring Games as Reflections of Our Community
At its core, echoes' is about making community inspired games that are small, personal, and deeply human. The games we make aren't about scale or grandeur; they're about creating small moments of connection that ripple outward.
Structurally, echoes runs under the Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) program at RIT. Students earn course credit over multiple semesters, slowly building a community that grows together. It's not just a class project, it's a living, evolving studio under faculty guidance. Along the way, students explore:
We create through connection — to our subjects, our players, and each other.
We respect our differences and trust each other's strengths.
We learn, grow, and succeed together.
RIT students can contribute to echoes for course credit via the Vertically Integrated Project program at RIT. Please note that these courses are not available for open enrollment. In order to keep project overhead manageable, a limited number of games in production and roles are available each semester. Students are selected based on their interests & skills as well as the current needs of the project.
RIT students from all majors and at all year levels are welcome to apply. See the Syllabus and echoes RIT VIP pages for course info & application instructions.
We welcome everyone to follow our progress and lessons learned via the blog on this website and our LinkedIn page.
Life is not a straight line down a flat road. There are twists and hills and forks that derail us on our journeys. Our games are inspired by poets that pushed back against the well-trodden paths and pondered the marks people leave on our hearts.
CurrentLeaders in the greater Rochester community who support and advocate for those around them and teach us to do the same. With this set of games, we seek to convey to a broader audience how meeting and learning from these individuals impacted us.
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