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Want to know what DigiPen Europe-Bilbao students are capable of creating? Check out some of these outstanding student projects in games, art, and animation.

Student Games

Students in the BS in Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation program apply their knowledge each year to a series of increasingly complex game projects. These projects challenge students to build their own tools and technology from the ground up as they collaborate with their peers on a large, shared codebase. Students also have the opportunity to team up with students from the BFA in Digital Art and Animation program to create compelling interactive experiences, complete with visually-stunning characters, animations, and environments.

Wahkan

Puzzle

Become the shaman your people need in this 2D puzzle platformer set against a lovingly designed and painted environment.

2D cave scene with a large gray serpent hanging from the ceiling, jaws open and fangs bared at a small black figure.

Jera

Platformer

In this platformer, lead Jera through a fantasy kingdom as she gathers mobility-enhancing elemental powers.

The title screen for Jera, featuring two main characters with silhouettes of monsters behind them

Umbra Chronicles

Combat

Full of gothic, side-scrolling action, Umbra Chronicles puts you in the shoes of a swashbuckling hero with mystical powers.

A swordsman in red leaps above two zombies in a decrepit church.

Twisted

Platformer

A chameleon venturing through the cosmos gets lost on an alien planet, and in order to make it home, you’ll need to eat bugs and change colors.

A pink chameleon runs away from a swarm of blue and green bees.

Student Animations

Applying all of the skills and techniques they have learned in the classroom, students in the BFA in Digital Art and Animation program must tackle a series of short film projects as a part of their final-year coursework. In addition to showcasing their technical mastery of digital tools and artistic fundamentals, these films give students the chance to discover what it means to evoke emotion through visual storytelling and bring characters to life.

The backs of a man in a white shirt and a boy in a blue and red striped t-shirt as they sit at a brown wooden upright piano

Award Winning Animation
Arpeggio

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Student Art

To excel in the digital arts requires more than innate talent. It takes years of discipline, study, and a keen understanding of the visual language found within nature, architecture, and the world around us. With time and dedication, students in the BFA in Digital Art and Animation program gain the ability not only to imagine new worlds altogether, but also the skills and insights to bring those ideas to life through captivating imagery. These are just a few fine examples of what our students have created at DigiPen Europe-Bilbao.

3D Modeling

An antiquated computer monitor sits on a messy blue fold-out table with a wrench, toothbrush, and half-eaten sandwich.

Digital Painting

Digital painting of a giant beast with an orange mane and many horns and eyes, as it bounds down snowy, rocky mountain peaks.

Drawing

Black-and-white sketches of a minotaur wielding a rapier and a pistol, including its lair and description of its habits.

Painting

A canal with a stone dock and boat support facilities seen against white clouds above and a light aqua-colored water below.

News

Screenshot from award-winning-student-game Jera, featuring a village scene with various characters

Students

Team Tannhauser’s Jera Jumps to a First-Place Gamelab Award

With its elemental power-ups and fluid motion mechanics, the sophomore project came out on top in the Gamelab Conference’s “Best University Game” category.

Pixel art self-portrait of Xabier and Julen Urrutia Perez

Alumni

Dual Paths: Meet the Twin BFA Graduates Who Share the Same Talents, Passions, and Career

Brothers Xabier and Julen Urrutia Perez grew up drawing comics together, graduated from DigiPen’s BFA program together, and now, they work together too.

Screenshot from Metroid: Samus Returns

Alumni

From the Spaceships of Metroid to the Cockpits of VR Planes, Ander Alzola Soars

The DigiPen Europe-Bilbao graduate worked with Nintendo on one of its legacy franchises after completing his degree. Now, he’s building his own game.