{"id":2347,"date":"2024-05-13T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=2347"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:13:45","slug":"pablo-acosta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/may-2024\/senior-spotlights\/pablo-acosta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pablo Acosta \u201924"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024_Pablo_Acosta_May-15.jpg\" alt=\"pablo acosta\" class=\"wp-image-2458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024_Pablo_Acosta_May-15.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024_Pablo_Acosta_May-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024_Pablo_Acosta_May-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/01\/2024_Pablo_Acosta_May-15-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/interactive-media-ba\/\">Interactive Media<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clark Days:<\/strong> One of nearly 200 Becker College students who transferred to Clark in 2021 after the college closed due to financial problems, by the time he graduates, Pablo will have contributed to building 10 games. Through the Becker School of Design &amp; Technology at Clark, he participated in Game Studio \u2014 a weekly, semester-long course where a team of student artists, writers, and designers work to develop a game \u2014 and contributed to five original games over three years. His design skills were so in demand that he was invited to work on a sixth game, Gothic Nights. He also participated in game jams \u2014 timed competitions \u2014 at Clark to add three more games to his portfolio. And as part of an internship at MassDigi (Massachusetts Digital Game Institute) this spring, he worked on his 10th game, World of Rampage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post-Commencement Plans:<\/strong> Pablo will return to Clark this fall to pursue his master of fine arts degree in the Becker School of Design &amp; Technology. There, he will run a Game Studio, leading a team to develop a shooter game using an industry-standard game engine, Unreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reflection: <\/strong>\u201cGames provide me with everything I love about a movie or a series, but with a game, I can sit down and interact with it and, in a way, make it my own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2024\/05\/13\/it-transports-you-into-another-world\/\">full story on clarknow<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major: Interactive Media Clark Days: One of nearly 200 Becker College students who transferred to Clark in 2021 after the college closed due to financial problems, by the time he graduates, Pablo will have contributed to building 10 games. 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