Congratulations to the 2021 interns and coaches for a successful internship. Over the course of 8 weeks the 25 interns learned game design and development, project management, and teamwork.
This year, we had added a unique element to the internship experience by partnering with video game maker Ubisoft. Their initiatives to support neurodiverse employees merged with our interests to ready the same individuals for work and we both saw it as an opportunity to learn from each other. Ubisoft provided our interns with individualized support in creating code and content as well as feedback from an industry perspective. We hope to continue this fruitful collaboration.
Again, due to the pandemic, the internship was largely held remotely; though we had an opportunity to bring a small number of interns into the lab safely (masked and social distanced) to experience an in-person work environment. We look forward to holding our internship program in person next, health and safety permitting.
Try their games on Itch: https://pongcenter.itch.io/
See their presentations on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1-fOjHPlk