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The Mind Unleashed!
Thesis Year - Blog Post 5 Creativity – an innate and uniquely human mechanism that is responsible for the creation of art. I’ve been...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Sep 26, 2021


Full Time
Thesis Year - Blog Post 4 I’m beginning to realize again how… “full-time” producer work is. Going into this semester I had expected to be...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Sep 19, 2021


Moving Forward, Looking Backward
Thesis Year - Blog Post 3 It’s been a sorta half-in-half week, for lack of better terms. On the project side things continue to go well....

Alejandro L. Ruata
Sep 12, 2021


First Steps...
Thesis Year - Blog Post 2 ‘Among all interactive media, video games are recognized as tools, helpful in fostering community and relieving...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Sep 5, 2021


The Beginning of the Beginning...
Thesis Year - Blog Post 1 And so it begins, thesis year has kicked off and the project my team and I will be working on, is the COVID...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Aug 29, 2021


The Big One (Thesis Proposal Form)
Thesis Proposal - Their Questions, My Answers 1. What is your area of focus for your thesis research? I wish to research the role of...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Aug 18, 2021


Final Thoughts
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (13/Final) Another semester come and gone… overall (to reiterate)… I think I did well this...

Alejandro L. Ruata
May 3, 2021


The Wrap Up Part II
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (12) Vaccination Hall project has been successfully implemented into Unity. The textures and...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Apr 25, 2021


The Wrap Up Part I
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (11) Textures have been exported from substance, final scene has been created (within Maya,...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Apr 18, 2021


Details, Details Part II
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (10) Texturing work has been completed. I now move into the final phase of the project,...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Apr 11, 2021


Details, Details Part I
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (9) Began texturing all pieces made this semester. Thus far, it has proven a smooth process...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Apr 4, 2021


A Reflective Interlude
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (8) This week I wrote my paper on Art Games and their place in the larger games industry. A...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Mar 28, 2021


Honoring Medicine – Part II
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (7) All modeling/UV unwrapping for the project is now complete. Project will use a...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Mar 21, 2021


Honoring Medicine – Part I
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (6) With the Vaccination space modeled, I have turned my attention to the pieces on display...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Mar 14, 2021


The Big Room - Part II
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (5) The Vaccination Wing Space is now completed. Check out the images below for specific...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Mar 7, 2021


The Big Room - Part I
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (4) Contrary to what I thought prior regarding “finishing the Vaccination Wing space in one...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Feb 28, 2021


Art Games & Their Place in the Industry
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (3) This week I took a step back from the project and decided to focus instead on this...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Feb 21, 2021


Breathing Room
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (2) Diving right into the work this week, I have gone ahead and sketched out the Museum’s...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Feb 13, 2021


…And We’re Back!
Semester 2 Project & Research Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (1) After a longer than usual break as a result of the...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Feb 6, 2021


Final Thoughts
Weekly Blog Entry Research & Project Updates (14/Final) The project, in its entirety, is now complete (link here & here)… and I feel...

Alejandro L. Ruata
Nov 30, 2020
“They offered you the city, and you refused it. And what did you do instead? What I’ve come to expect from you; you saved them. You gave them the one thing that was stolen from them. A chance. A chance to learn. To find love. To live. And in the end what was your reward? You never said. But I think I know… a family.”

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