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Final Game Demonstrations
Foundations of Interactive Game DesignProf. Jim Whitehead
March 14, 2007
Course Evaluations
• Please complete your course evaluations in class today during slack times in the demonstrations‣ I personally read each evaluation
• Course evaluation, as well as TA evaluations• TAs for the course‣ Ken Hullett‣ David Olsen
‣ Jacob Telleen
• Nate, Nic, Jeff, and Tim are technically “reader/tutors”‣ No evaluations for them.
‣ (I know they did great)
Final Exam
• Details given while the judges are deliberating, towards the end of class
• Final Exam‣ Monday, March 19, 12 noon‣ In Media Theater
Judges
• Matt Hamre‣ Visual Concepts Entertainment (2K Sports)
www.2ksports.com
• David Luebke‣ nVidia
www.nvidia.com
• Josiah Pisciotta‣ Chronic Logic
www.chroniclogic.com
• Shannon Posniewski‣ Cryptic Studios
www.crypticstudios.com
Selection Process
• The Professor and TAs selected the top 2-6 best games from each demonstration group‣ This is the candidate pool
• Professors and TAs met Monday afternoon, and had a demonstration of every game in the candidate pool‣ Each game in candidate pool was discussed
• Each person at the Monday meeting was given 8 votes to spend on the games in the candidate pool‣ Maximum of one vote per game per person‣ Top vote getters made it to the final 8
‣ Pretty clear distribution of games❖ Games in final 8 received 5 or more votes❖ Highest count in the rest of the pool was 3 votes
Honorable Mention
• The following are games of distinction that were created in class this quarter.‣ These are games from the candidate pool that did not make the final 8
‣ Shades of Black :: Nick Brenes, Jacky So‣ Crab Hunter Turbo :: John Bowidowicz, Matt Puppo‣ Bum Dreams :: Matt Folsom‣ Ying-Yang :: Robert DeArmond, Marc Wolterbeek‣ Wizard Ahern :: Logan Murdock, Trevor Prater‣ Ninja-Ninja :: Eric Mathieu‣ Neverquest :: Marialuz Garcia, Tuan Vo‣ Manaloc vs Monsada :: Nurudeen Asuni, Michael Mojica‣ Mackie Becca Bex :: Rohah Sheth, Raul Diaz‣ Color of Hope :: Kathryn Rieser, Tom Bowles‣ Discharge :: Asa Shively, Dustin Escoffery‣ Mutation :: Vinit Agarwal, Luke Quattrocchi‣ Super Cereal Carnage :: Ariel Klevecz, Tim Froehlig
The Final 8• Wastepaper‣ Collin Sanders, Paul Alani
• The Industry‣ Sam Zublin-Meyer
• Village of Shadow‣ Jimmy Fishel, Hunter Francis
• Zinn’s Psychotic Adventure‣ Jeffrey Lyon, Alexander Ray
• Bird Jumper‣ Greg Chesavage
• Malloc‣ Matvei Stefarov, Geon Lee
• Antivirus‣ David Chattin-McNichols
• Isle of Bandits‣ Christian Boe, Roby Behrens
The Prizes
• In keeping with my everlasting love of Shmups:
• Grand Prize‣ Radiant Silvergun (Saturn)‣ Subscription to “Alien Blaster” magazine
• First Prize‣ Gradius V (PS 2)‣ “Vic Viper” T-shirt
• Second Prize‣ Gradius (NES)
• Not giving away the XBox 360‣ No Shmups available for it, so you wouldn’t want it anyway...
The Real Prizes
• Grand Prize‣ Choice of XBox 360 or nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX‣ 2 XBox 360 games‣ City of Heroes (Cryptic Studios)‣ Game from Chronic Logic
• First Prize‣ Remainder of XBox 360 or nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX‣ XBox 360 game‣ City of Heroes (Cryptic Studios)‣ Game from Chronic Logic
• Second Prize‣ XBox 360 game‣ City of Villains (Cryptic Studios)
• Third Prize‣ XBox 360 game‣ City of Villains (Cryptic Studios)
Fourth-Eighth:Cryptic Studios T-Shirt
Final Exam
• Combined take-home and in-class final• Before final:‣ Create an original non-computer game
❖ Board game, card game, dice game, RPG, etc.❖ Must be playable in about 30 minutes❖ Must be playable by two people❖ No drinking games
• During final:‣ Play game with another person in the class
❖ About 70 minutes. They play your game, you play their game.❖ Switch off with another person if you finish early
‣ Write brief 2-4 page essay on key design elements, and how the game fared during actual game play
• Assessment:‣ 25%: Game completed 75%: Quality of essay
Final Exam
• Monday, March 19, 12 noon‣ In Media Theater‣ Open book, open notes‣ May bring food‣ Psionic link to twin-brother separated at birth: no
• More details available on web by end of day Thursday
Course Evaluations
• Department Specific Issues
1. Pace of course: 1 (too fast) to 5 (too slow)2. Hours spent on course per week outside of class:
• 1 (0-5) 2 (6-9) 3 (10-13) 4 (14-17) 5 (18+)
3. Your major is:• 1. CE or CS 2. BINF 3. EE 4. ISTM 5. Other or undeclared
• TAs for the course:‣ Ken Hullett‣ David Olsen‣ Jacob Telleen
• Turn in to student volunteers near doors on way out
The Winners Are....
• Grand Prize: Malloc
• First Prize: Village of Shadow
• Second Prize: Bird Jumper
• Third Prize: Wastepaper
• Congratulations to the winners!
Games on the Web
• All CS 80K games can be found on the web at:http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/classes/cmps080k/Winter07/games/games.html