Category Archives: Assignments

Jason Hitchings Gaming Profile

Hello, my name is Jason Hitchings, and I’m a senior at Penn State studying Design and Development. Over the years the genre of video game that I spend my most time in is RPGs. I tend to prefer the open … Continue reading

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Crazy CATA Achievements

Crazy K: Pick up a total of 1000 passengers. This is an interesting achievement because it encourages players to pick up as many passengers as possible to get the achievement as fast a possible. Picking up passengers makes the bus heavier, … Continue reading

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Game Over – VR and Player Death

Over the past two years, I’ve looked for every scrap of news regarding the VR landscape and how it’s poised to redefine how people interact with games, computing, and society.  It took decades of work, but it finally seems to have … Continue reading

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Emergent Technological Developments

I wanted to add to todays discussion of emergent game development by continuing with the music genre of games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band. In the past couple of years, the well known company Ubisoft has taken the … Continue reading

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Individual Project – pleXOr

So the game that I made for my individual project was a variation of Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe which some of you may already be familiar with. The way it works is you play in a 9×9 board where each 3×3 set … Continue reading

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Shane Eckenrode – Individual Prototype

For my individual prototype, I decided to put a spin on the old-style arcade version of frogger. My design went through some unexpected innovations simply due to the time constraints, so the final product is much different than my original … Continue reading

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Gaming Profile – Joshua (Tommy) Lee

Hello all! My name is Joshua Lee, but people call me Tommy. I’m a senior in Computer Science, on (hopefully) my last semester! I’ve been gaming since I was a tiny child, mashing away at NES controllers. My favorite games are … Continue reading

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Aakash Sham – Gaming Profile

Hello my name is Aakash. I am a senior in computer science at Penn State. I enjoy playing video games, and, indeed, play them regularly. I enjoy a variety of games, but I have a couple favorite types. The three … Continue reading

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Nic Freda – Gaming Profile

Hi, my name is Nic Freda. I’m currently a 4th-year student in the College of IST. My academic area of focus is primarily on how technology can be used to improve and enhance lives – whether that’s in the consumer, … Continue reading

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Millennium Hell

Millennium Hell is a platform fighter where players attempt to knock their opponent from the stage. Players must execute combo’s on their opponent to rack up damage an then send them flying. Each character has a unique stage changing ability … Continue reading

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