{"id":3789,"date":"2017-03-03T09:03:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/the-deanbeat-intel-university-discovers-the-best-college-game-projects\/"},"modified":"2017-03-03T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:03:57","slug":"the-deanbeat-intel-university-discovers-the-best-college-game-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/the-deanbeat-intel-university-discovers-the-best-college-game-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"The DeanBeat: Intel University discovers the best college game projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Wisconsin Stout won the top honors in the annual Intel University contest for best student game at the Game Developers Conference. The contest is a good place to spot the talent for the next generation of games.<\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon won the prize for best gameplay in a national bake-off that pitted students from 12 college teams with student game projects. The Carnegie Mellon team created a zany title called Beat Step Cowboys, a turn-based game where two cowboys duel on a pseudo chess board.<\/p>\n

In gameplay, second place went to Mouse House by SMU Guild Hall. Third place went to Kyon by the Savannah College of Art & Design.<\/p>\n

The University of Wisconsin Stout won for best visuals with Everend, a 3D puzzle platformer. In visuals, second place went to Beat Step Cowboys by Carnegie Mellon. Third place went to Channeler by the University of Central Florida\/FIEA.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Above: The University of Wisconsin Stout wins for best visuals at Intel University contest.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Dean Takahashi<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The most innovative title went to The Channeler.<\/p>\n

The participating schools included Carnegie Mellon University, DigiPen, Drexel University, New York University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, Savannah College of Art & Design, Southern Methodist University Guildhall, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Southern California, Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, University of Utah, and the University of Wisconsin Stout.<\/p>\n

The judges included Li Shen, vice general manager of Tencent Games R&D; Gary Rowe, executive vice president of publishing at Green Man Gaming;\u00a0Alexander Paschall, Unreal Engine community manager at Epic Games;\u00a0Mike Geig, trainer and support at Unity Technologies;\u00a0Jon-Paul Dyson, director, International Center for the History of Electronic Games;\u00a0Kate Edwards, executive director of the International Game Developers Association; and Susan Gold, Global Game Jam cofounder.<\/p>\n

Here are the descriptions of the projects. I\u2019ve also put my comments after each game description.<\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon University<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Beatstep<\/p>\n

Above: Beatstep Cowboys<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Beatstep Cowboys<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0You are in the duel of your life. You have four beats to decide what moves to make. Your opponent is\u00a0making their move. What do you do?\u00a0This is the life of the Beatstep Cowboys. In this quirky wild west duel, players quickly plan moves that are\u00a0then carried out simultaneously to the beat of the music. Read your foes\u2019 mind, make quick decisions,\u00a0and shoot them before they shoot you.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Amy Stewart, Minoong \u201cJ.D.\u201d\u00a0Ji, Xuelai \u201cKing Kong\u201d Zhang.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This title was a hilarious blend of a gunslinger duel and a chess game. The music was paced to increase the tension of the duel.<\/p>\n

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Rochester Institute of Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Magnolia\"<\/p>\n

Above: Magnolia<\/p>\n

Image Credit: DigiPen<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Magnolia<\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Magnolia is an interactive story dedicated to the memory of a three-year-old girl where you play as her\u00a0experiencing things she loved in her real life. This experience comes to life with dialogue narrated by\u00a0Magnolia\u2019s father and her sister.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Mark Moukarzel, Aji Suprana, Deepak Chennakkadan, Manas Kulkarni, Kim yoon young, Hsi-Hung Shih, and\u00a0Justin Jacox.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This game was made in the memory of a girl who died. The team said it was an emotional rollercoaster to make the game over eight months. It had a touching song as its soundtrack. It reminded me of That Dragon, Cancer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Drexel University<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sole\"<\/p>\n

Above: Sole<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Gossamer Games<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Sole<\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Sole is an abstract, aesthetic-driven adventure game where you play as the only source of light in a\u00a0world shrouded in darkness. Wander through desolate environments, painting the land with light as you\u00a0discover its mysterious past. Explore the remnants of great cities and uncover the history of an ancient\u00a0civilization on your journey to restore life to an abandoned world.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Nabeel Ansari, Nina DeLucia, Vincent De Tommaso, and Thomas Sharpe.<\/p>\n

Comment<\/strong>: This game was pretty, and it reminded me of titles from Thatgamecompany, like Flower or Journey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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New York University<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Consume<\/p>\n

Above: Consume me<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Jenny Jiao Hsia<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Consume Me<\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Dieting is awkward and strange. It\u2019s empowering sometimes, horrible sometimes, and we need a\u00a0conversation with nuance and honesty. Consume Me is a darkly humorous personal game about my\u00a0relationship with food and my body. These prototypes are part of a larger experience that draws on my\u00a0past with disordered eating. Fit, slap, and control are just some of the ways the player experiences this\u00a0dieting mindset expressed through mechanics.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Jenny Jiao Hsia.<\/p>\n

Comment<\/strong>: This game has a noble purpose of teaching people to learn how to eat on a good diet and accept their bodies.<\/p>\n

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Rochester Institute of Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Gibraltar\"<\/p>\n

Above: Gibraltar<\/p>\n

Image Credit: RIT<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Gibraltar<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Gibraltar: a lunch-time strategy game. Claim victory for your faction as you move adorable robots\u00a0around a board in an attempt to capture territory and vanquish your enemy. Our goal is to create light-hearted, yet competitive and intellectual experience that friends can play at home, during class, or over\u00a0lunch. In Gibraltar, two players move their pieces around the board in attempt to control territory. The\u00a0more territory you control, the more moves you can make per turn. This unique take on strategy games\u00a0and board games allows players more freedom in crafting their own strategies and experiences.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0John Miller, Danielle Carmi, Elena Mihajlov, and Angela Muscariello.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This title was an ode to old turn-based strategy games. It was funny that the creator, who had been working on it more than three years, no longer remembered why he called it Gibraltar.<\/p>\n

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Savannah College of Art and Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kyon\"<\/p>\n

Above: Kyon<\/p>\n

Image Credit: SCAD<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Kyon<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Kyon is a top-down, third-person action\/adventure game set in mythological Ancient Greece. The player\u00a0controls Kyon, a sheepdog who must gather lost sheep and herd them through the world with physical\u00a0maneuvering and bark commands. Dangerous environmental and A.I. threats must be dealt with as the\u00a0player guides the herd through seamlessly streamed levels.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Remi Gardaz, Jonathan Gilboa, Erika Flusin, Jack Lipoff, Neal Krupa, Christopher Miller, and Jason Thomas.<\/p>\n

Video link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This game pits a sheep dog against wolves in a top down battle to either slaughter or save some sheep. It looked very dynamic and fun.<\/p>\n

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SMU Guildhall<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Mouse<\/p>\n

Above: Mouse Playhouse<\/p>\n

Image Credit: SMU Guildhall<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Mouse Playhouse<\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Mouse Playhouse is a light-hearted VR puzzle game in which you manipulate objects to solve puzzles and\u00a0guide your pet mice towards the cheese. In Mouse Playhouse, you can also throw objects around, play\u00a0basketball, darts, and even play the xylophone. There are a total of 15 levels and each one presents a\u00a0unique challenge. Players must use the blue objects provided to guide the mice away from trouble and\u00a0towards the cheese.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Clay Howell, Taylor Bishop, Ben Gibson, Jeremy Hicks, Komal Kanukuntla, Michael Feffer, Alexandre\u00a0Foures, Steve Kocher, Jacob Lavender, James Lee, Sam Pate, Taylor McCart, Devanshu Bishnoi, Nina\u00a0Davis, Taylor Gallagher, Mace Mulleady, Mitchell Massey, and Mario Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This was the first VR title in the contest, where you had to guide mice around a puzzle to get them to find cheese. It looked good and it had a sense of humor.<\/p>\n

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UC\/Santa Cruz<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Project<\/p>\n

Above: Project Perfect Citizen<\/p>\n

Image Credit: UC Santa Cruz<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Project Perfect Citizen<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Project Perfect Citizen is an innovative interactive narrative experience that addresses government\u00a0surveillance in the modern digital age. In this alternate-day dystopia, the player takes on the role of a\u00a0no-name employee at the Department of Cyber Police and Security: a division of the government tasked\u00a0with monitoring all domestic communications within \u201cThe Nation.\u201d After obtaining a warrant from an\u00a0automated database extraction system, the player is granted access to their target\u2019s Desktop in order to\u00a0collect incriminating evidence to prove the target\u2019s guilt. But when the line between criminality and the\u00a0everyday struggle is blurred, the player must look to their own conscience to arrest or exonerate the\u00a0targets he or she is surveilling. In all, Perfect Citizen seeks to take the player on a thought provoking\u00a0journey through the personal lives of imperfect citizens in order to push the bounds of games as a\u00a0storytelling medium and create a tense yet intimate gameplay experience that directly engages with the\u00a0conversation of privacy and security.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Mark Biundo, Alex Vincent, Andy Baden, Brandon Gomez, Daniel Luna, Michael Lowe, Nader Sleem,\u00a0Jason Brisson, Austin Enoch, and Pilar Costabl.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This was a downright scary game, where you as the player become aware of the National Security Agency\u2019s monitoring of everyday citizens and what you can do about it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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University of Central Florida\/FIEA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Above: The Channeler<\/p>\n

Image Credit: FIEA<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0The Channeler<\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0The Channeler is an experimental game that uses eye tracking with the Tobii EyeX. Taking place in a\u00a0quirky world of ghosts and ghouls, you play an intermediary who uses their powers to solve mysteries\u00a0and crimes committed by spirits. Using their eyes as the controller, the player investigates and discovers\u00a0clues to solve the latest mystery in the city of spirits.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Summan Mirza, Nihav Jain, Derek Mattson, Alex Papanicolaou, Peter Napolitano, Raymond Ng, Claire\u00a0Rice, KC Brady, Matt Henson, Steven Ignetti, Yu-Hsiang Lu, and Kishor Deshmukh.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This title made innovative use of Tobii eye-tracking technology.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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University of Utah<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Wrecked:<\/p>\n

Above: Wrecked: Get your ship toegether<\/p>\n

Image Credit: University of Utah<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Wrecked \u2013 Get your Ship Together<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Wrecked: Get Your Ship Together is the living room party game for VR! One person is on the Vive while\u00a0everyone else in the room is on their phones. Together, they must cooperate to repair their ship in time.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Sydnie Ritchie, Michael Brown, Brock Richards, Yash Bangera, Shreyas Darshan, Jeff Jackman, Sam\u00a0Russell, Matt Barnes, and Samrat Nagarjuna.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This title could get as many as 15 people together in a party game where the goal is to repair a ship.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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University of Southern California<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Arkology\"<\/p>\n

Above: Arkology<\/p>\n

Image Credit: USC<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>: Arkology<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Arkology \u2013 A Virtual Reality Real-Time Strategy Game. Players can control the game using simple and\u00a0intuitive motion control. From the Operation Room in the heart of the Ark, players must strategize,\u00a0command, and lead your forces to preserve what may be the last of humanity. Arkology was developed\u00a0as part of VR research at the University of Southern California, focusing on novel VR interactions.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Powen Yao, Yen Kuo Kao, Shou Yi Hou, Shitong Shen, Siqi Guo, Qing Mao, Hanyuan Huang, Divanyanshu\u00a0Bhardwaj, Ting Gong, Yue Wang, and Guangxi Jin.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This was a very abstract version of a real-time strategy spaceship battle where you could pause and issue orders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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University of Wisconsin\/Stout<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Everend\"<\/p>\n

Above: Everend<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Sitrix Studio<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Project Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Everend<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Description<\/strong>:\u00a0Explore a vast, ancient cave and overcome its many obstacles as Kaia, an adolescent\u00a0owl.\u00a0Everend is a single-player, exploration driven 3D puzzle platformer. Solve various problems and\u00a0puzzles throughout the environment as you progress through various levels of the caves, trying to reach\u00a0the surface. Kaia collects various items through your journey, which allows for increasingly complex\u00a0problems and solutions.<\/p>\n

Team Members<\/strong>:\u00a0Will Brereton, Mitch Clayton, Megan Daniels, Emily Dillhunt, Alex Knutson, Daniel Craig, Gabe\u00a0Deyo, Hue Vang, Logan Larson, Phoenix Hendricks, Tyler Walvort, and Zachary Pasterski.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong>: This game has beautiful 3D art and environments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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