Splat! er, shmup? A postmortem on a capstone production experience

Decker, Adrienne; Egert, Christopher A.; Phelps, Andew

doi:10.1109/fie.2016.7757399

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“…The focus of these discussions was to determine a viable scope for the project, and the overall strategy with respect to platform and distribution. The MAGIC Center had shipped one commercial game prior to HSB entitled Splattershmup: A Game of Art & Motion (Decker et al, 2016;MAGIC Spell Studios, n.d.), in early 2015. Splattershmup was specifically created to challenge the university's understanding of what a game was and what it was for-it is a game about gestural abstract art, and utilizes web based technologies.…”

Section: Pre-production and Planning (Summer Session 1)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Hack, Slash & Backstab: A Post-Mortem of University Game Development at Scale

Phelps

Egert

Consalvo³

2021

IJDL

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This article describes the educational, operational, and practical implementation of an upper-division undergraduate studio-style course centered on the subject of game production. Specifically, the article addresses the course organization and processes, the institutional context for the course (i.e., its situated role in the larger curriculum), the overall structure of the course both from a pedagogical and operational point of view, and concludes with substantial reflection and analysis by the authors on what worked effectively and where improvements could be made. The article also provides substantial depth regarding the student experience, the structure of creating muti-disciplinary software development teams within the course, orienting the course around the successful production of a professional-grade XBOX One video game product, and various methods, structures and tools for course organization, communication, software development practice, documentation, etc. This in turn is framed in the larger context of the course as it was offered not only through an academic department, but in parallel with a campus-based games studio and research center. Numerous detailed elements are provided in such fashion as to provide other educators and mentors a relevant, structured, and detailed post-mortem of a large scale, multi-disciplinary effort that engaged students in complex multimedia software production in a professional context. In addition, several elements atypical from more traditional software project courses as they intersect game development including entertainment design, playtesting, marketing, press, public demonstration and performance, audience reception and analytics, commercial platform, etc., and discussed and analyzed.

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Hack, Slash & Backstab: A Post-Mortem of University Game Development at Scale

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2021

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“…Dalam permain ada yang menang dan ada yang kalah.Dalam kamus besar bahasa Indonesia online permainan adalah sesuatu yang digunakan untuk bermain; barang atau sesuatu yang dipermainkan. Dari pengertian di atas dapat disimpulkan bahwa game adalah sesuatu yang digunakan untuk bermain yang dibuat dengan teknik dan metode tertentu yang dapat memberi kesenangan atau kepuasan batin [9].…”

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Penerapan Algoritma A* Untuk Penentuan Jalur Pendakian Terbaik Pada Game Petualangan 3D

2018

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Climbing mountain is the most challenging activity. However, not all people could climb the mountains. It is due to the bustle of daily activity with the full schedule or the fright of the difficult terrain to be climbed. In this research, the researchers create the adventure game to traces the Mahameru Peak depicting the process to reach the top with the correct route and describe the challenges available when the climbers heading to Mahameru Peak. The algorithm utilised is the A* Algorithm which is implemented on the route of each level to determine which route is the best route to survive until reach the Mahameru Peak. This game comprises three levels. The first level consists of the path through Ranu Pani to Ranu Kumbolo. The second level includes the path from Oro-oro Ombo to Kalimati.Ultimately, the third level passes through Arcopo to Mahameru peak. By passing through these three levels, the player can clean the garbage to attain the grade of the point. In the final level, the player will get the trophy if the point is more than 8. Further, the player can use the threedimension form in the game which can illustrate the real condition of terrain headed of or the circumstances in that place.

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Balancing Entertainment and Educational Objectives in Academic Game Creation

Egert

Phelps

2022

Research Anthology on Game Design, Development, Usage, and Social Impact

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Production experiences are important to the educational progression of game design and development students. Coursework that leads to a quality deliverable is highly desirable by students, faculty, and industry for both pedagogical and portfolio purposes, including a focus on multi-disciplinary teamwork, and professional practice at scale. Despite the impetus to provide meaningful production experiences, successful execution within an academic context can be difficult. The situation is further exasperated when the result of the production experience is more than just an entertainment product – i.e. a game that embodies and facilitates a learning outcome. This chapter presents the successes, challenges, and lessons learned from two cases in which the authors created a production-oriented classroom experience utilizing a game studio model. The authors also address the balance between entertainment goals and learning outcomes in educational game production, including how such balance influences faculty and learner comprehension of design and process techniques.

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Splat! er, shmup? A postmortem on a capstone production experience

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

Hack, Slash & Backstab: A Post-Mortem of University Game Development at Scale

Hack, Slash & Backstab: A Post-Mortem of University Game Development at Scale

Penerapan Algoritma A* Untuk Penentuan Jalur Pendakian Terbaik Pada Game Petualangan 3D

Balancing Entertainment and Educational Objectives in Academic Game Creation

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