Monday, November 3, 2008

Game Design at the Art Hop


Fletcher Free Library sent an envoy of young game testers to this year's Art Hop in early September.

Champlain College's Emergent Media Center and Burlington Telecom teamed up to create an exhibit showcasing the games students have been working on.



Champlain students were on hand to explain to the young gamers how the games were made and what they were supposed to teach.


The games focused on media literacy. In one, the player acted as a detective searching for clues in a 3-D science laboratory. In another, the player sailed to various islands and undertook different challenges to earn light and eventually build a lighthouse.
Champlain College also exhibited their work on America's Army and Google Maps.


The exhibit was hosted by SoundToys, which set up visualizations of sound mixing as part of the exhibit!

Great games to test, great gamers to test them: a great partnership!

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