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Ranked the top game design program in Oklahoma by Animation Career Review, TU’s CSG program stands out for its collaborative, studio-style approach to game development. Students across animation, music, programming, and design work together on a multi-semester capstone game, gaining real production experience long before graduation.
Students in CSG 3023 created polished physics-based puzzle games in Unity, focusing on clean code and clever mechanics. You can play all their prototypes now on itch.io.
The Computer Simulation and Gaming program at TU partnered with Riverfield Country Day School to introduce middle schoolers to game design through the theme The Hero’s Journey. Riverfield students visited campus to attend a lecture, playtest TU senior projects, and will return to pitch their own games next month.
Students in the Game Design Concepts course showcased their creativity in the annual Card Game Design Challenge, playtesting original two-player games to explore how rules and goals shape play.
Freshmen kicked off their TU journey by transforming simple shapes into imaginative 3D creations during Unbox Your Imagination in 3D. Guided by Professor Burris, students got hands-on experience with the same tools used in gaming and animation — and walked away with something they built themselves.
This summer marked the fourth consecutive year that the Urban Coders Guild (UCG) summer camp was held at the University of Tulsa (TU), thanks the our continued collaboration with our Computer Simulation and Gaming (CSG) program.
Professor Akram Taghavi-Burris receives the 2025 Kermit E. Brown Teaching Excellence Award, one of the highest distinctions for faculty at The University of Tulsa. This award recognizes her exceptional dedication to student learning, mentorship, and innovation in the classroom.
Three students from the Computer Simulation & Gaming (CSG) program received awards at the 57th Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition, the premier showcase for student art at The University of Tulsa.
The Computer Simulation & Gaming (CSG) program at The University of Tulsa is proud to welcome Chris Burris as an Instructional Assistant Professor of Simulation and Gaming for the 2025 academic year.