Blaine Black
Instructor
About Me
Blaine is a dedicated game developer, composer, and sound designer with a talent for genre-spanning electronic music and a love for telling stories and building worlds. He combines his passion for technology and the arts with memories of his own learning journey and his previous professional teaching experience to, in his own words, “return the favor” for students like himself, mentoring them in the challenging but rewarding art of game development.
In his spare time, Blaine enjoys writing music, DJing, and playing games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Oblivion, Valorant, Counter-Strike, and Elden Ring.
Achievements
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Earned a B.F.A. in Electronic Music Composition with a minor in Game Design from Carnegie Mellon University, complete with University Honors, Dean’s List, and the Lenfest Scholarship
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Former teaching assistant at Carnegie Mellon University
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Private music instructor and guest lecturer at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
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Won the Judge’s Choice Award at the Pittsburgh Global Game Jam 2024 for a chaotic golf-llama masterpiece
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Led research into immersive sonic environments in VR (virtual reality), collaborating with a cross-disciplinary team of artists, designers, and programmers