Name
Elia Poncia
Pronouns
He/Him
RPI Email
poncie@rpi.edu
Hometown, State, and/or Country
Manlius, New York
Undergraduate Degree
Undergraduate Institution
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Undergraduate Major
B.S. Computer Science + B.S. Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (dual)
RPI Degree Program Information
Current Degree Program
Critical Game Design, M.S. (Co-Term)
Faculty Advisor
Kathleen Ruiz
Biography and Research
Area of Research/Interest:
Games Programming, Game Tools Programming, Game Testing.
Biography
Elia Poncia is a coterminal Masters student in Critical Game Design at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, previously studying Computer Science and Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences at the same school. He has a personal interest in game programming, game design, and game testing. His professional background involves software engineering and game design across many paradigms. This compliments his background as a player of many different kinds of games on many systems. His favorite genres of game are visual novels and role playing games. He frequently travels and gets inspired by what he sees while away.
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