Game Design Expo
Published December 18th, 2009
Category News, Press, Found
By Lizzie
Thanks to all who attended the Game Design Expo last night, particularly those game developers who participated in the challenge! The event was a success by all accounts! The judges were impressed with the developers’ ability to build a learning game for the Xbox 360 or Microsoft Zune platform using a specific design pattern. The grand prize went to Super Transformation, by Alec Jacobson, Murphy Stein and Yongming Hong, a platform style 2D game, in which the user drives a character through levels by laying down geometric transformation portals. The 2nd place winner was Prime Beef by Eric Rosenzweig. The object of this game is to defeat all alien cows on the screen by selecting a factor that divides the number or polynomial on the cow and shooting it. The 3rd place winner was EcoSim, by Melissa DiFranco, Kai Johnson, Younyil Kim, an ecosystem simulation game in which the player creates and maintains an ecosystem with dynamic interacting elements through a series of game missions. The 4th place winner was The Recipe Ruler by Rachit Parikh, Edgardo Molina, Keith Grigoletto. Recipe Ruler is an interactive game that teaches mathematical concepts, with an emphasis on proportions and conversions. By adjusting the original recipe, players build math skills and successfully meet demands for varying quantities of different goods such as cookies.
Congratulations to the winners! Thank you all for celebrating these initiatives in learning game development with us.
Video footage of the event will be available via vimeo in the near future. Stay tuned!
