Duly Noted took 2 nd place in the 2020 Thruway A Cappella competition. He had three games selected for the New York State Game Pavilion at the 2019-20 Game Developer’s Conference. “You’re at Rensselaer to get your degree, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t have fun along the way,” he said.įranco was a Finalist at E3’s College Game Competition and at Rensselaer GameFest 2019. Ultimately, Franco would advise incoming first-year students to find creative outlets they enjoy.
It all went away when I was at rehearsal.” “It was so nice to be able to go to rehearsal every few days, sing with my friends, and leave all the all the dark stuff behind. “The tight knit bonds were so incredible,” Franco said. In addition to his work in GSAS, Franco flourished as the music director for the Rensselaer a cappella group Duly Noted, where he said he met his best friends. “A lot of my work involves going through dark periods and coming out of it stronger,” Franco said.
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But thanks to the work ethic he learned from his parents, and the professional mental health treatment he sought, Franco found his way through. At times he felt overwhelmed by schoolwork, and he struggled with depression. I knew GSAS would be a place where I could combine creative storytelling and love of video games,” Franco said. Hopefully this means lectures are gonna be in person despite the large number of people taking the course this semester.
According to SIS and quacs, fall DS lectures seem to have been sneakily moved from being online to being in the West Hall auditorium. “Rensselaer has a fantastic reputation and would challenge me academically. Fall data structures lectures moved from online to west hall. When Franco had won his high school’s Rensselaer Medal Award, which is given to promising students who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science, it sealed the deal. “That power was so enticing to me, I just had to make a career out of it.”įranco learned about the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) program at Rensselaer through a friend. “Video games definitely have the power to bring people together in a way that other creative mediums don’t,” Franco said. However, he really developed his creative side while playing Playstation with his older brother. Growing up in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Franco attended a humanities-based magnet school where he was drawn to music and writing. “My path at Rensselaer has been written for me already and I’m just following it.” “Pieces were just starting to fall together in a way that felt like they were meant to be,” Franco said. Franco knew he was exactly where he belonged. His game design team was selected for the final showcase of Reveal, a summer game development incubator program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Eric Franco had his breakthrough moment in the spring of his sophomore year.
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