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Game Expo 2008: Donkey Kong (video by student Kyle E.)
Game Expo 2006 – Legend of Zelda
Video of award winning Game "Hydro Hijinks"
Game Expo 2005 - PacMC
Press Releases
Inside MC Online 5/5/08
Game Day 2008 - Donkey Kong Game Press Release
Game Day 2008 - Donkey Kong Game Media Advisory
From Inside MC Online 4/1/2008:
Computer Gaming & Simulation Program Wins Multiple $4,000 Awards
Students in MC's Gaming and Simulation Program (www.studygaming.com), under the guidance of Professor Deborah Solomon, will receive $4,000 a semester over two years through a special contract award to develop an educational game for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The team is creating a game that will educate students in Grades 6-8 about the importance of estuary (water) environments.
The game features characters and an in-depth storyline about Valerie, a young girl, and her friends from the estuary (an otter, a clam, and a giant turtle). Players will learn about trash disposal and recycling, clearing water blockages, and improving water quality.
(Note: The project has received additional funding from NOAA and the MC Foundation)
Game Day 2005 - Pac MC press release
Articles & TV coverage
Recent Press Stories:
Gazette 6/4/08
WTOP 5/2/08
Fox 5 News 4/30/08
Channel 9 News, 4/30/08
Washington Post 6/17/07 (mention)
Gazette (p10) 5/28/07
DC Examiner 4/25/07
Washington Post Magazine 8/6/06
Voice of America TV 8/10/06 (with video)
Channel 9 TV News 7/6/06
Baltimore Sun 5/5/06
MC students win Second Place in International Gaming Competition
View a video about the game (created by student machinima artist, Jen Tonon)
Additional Press about the contest:
Wash. Business Journal 1/14/05
Gazette
newspaper (3/04, Montgomery College Today insert)
Congratulations!! Gaming Students Win Awards
MC Alum Wins First Place in Serious Games Competition!
Angel Inokon Levels Up From Pac-Man to Playfirst & Releases First Game
Many of you may remember Angel Inokon from our first Game Expo Day as the project manager of our live action game Pac-MC). After CA190, she went on to graduate school at Stanford, and won first place in an international "Serious Games" competition.
Her winning game design, Outbreak, is "a pc-based simulation that immerses adults ages 18-35 in a bird flu pandemic. Players control every turn of the game using unique toy-based simulators to explore management, scientific and personal strategies."
Read more at
outbreak.wetpaint.com
Angel is now an Associate Producer at Playfirst Games in California. She recently shipped her first game title, Wedding Dash, an online game in the spirit of Diner Dash.
Read more about Angel in this feature article.
Alex Tran featured in MTV Game Contest for Best Student Games
Alex Tran, a student in the new Montgomery College gaming degree program, was recently honored by MTV in a contest for "the best student produced online games". Alex was one of only nine students nationwide whose games were selected to be featured on MTV's website at: www.mtvu.com/games Three of the nine were students from Maryland institutions!
Alex's winning game allowed students to learn simple math skills... while shooting alien robots. Alex is currently working as an intern for the gaming program and is helping to create a game, designed by Prof. Deborah Solomon, which focuses on teaching students how to complete bibliographic citations correctly. Alex has also been working as a game tester for leading local game development company, Bethesda Softworks, since the beginning of the summer.
Macklin Business Institute First Place Award for Best New Business Idea
Montgomery College Gaming student, Richard Engram, won the 1st Place Award in the Macklin Business Institute's "Quick Pitch" Competition for having presented the best new business idea. The Competition was held on the Rockville campus on November 2, 2006. A panel of three Judges, two from the business community & one University of Maryland representative, heard presentations from the contestants.
In addition to the $250 first-place prize awarded to Richard, post-competition business advice will be given to help contestants further develop their proposed business projects. Richard's winning proposal was for a serious game called, "The Art of War: Global Business Team Management" -- the game proposal focuses on how military style strategy & ancient warrior principles can effectively be applied to modern day business team management.
CA195 Students Win International Gaming Award!
Gaming Students Win Second Place
in USC Public
Diplomacy and Virtual Worlds Contest
Jen, Mark & Steve accept the award in Los Angeles
(on behalf of the class team)
Students in CA195 -- the first section ever offered by Montgomery College
-- have been awarded the second place prize in an international gaming contest sponsored
by the University of Southern California's Public Diplomacy center.
CA195 is a course about level design and building game worlds. The
class of students designed their game in Second Life. Three of the students were flown to the awards ceremony in Los Angeles, where they were also given free passes to the E3 gaming conference and a $2500 prize.
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more
MC Holds Second Annual Game Expo Day
Thanks for making our Game Expo Day a huge success! A large crowd
turned out and packed the room -- there was standing room only.
Students enjoyed the informative and lively presentations by Lucien
Parsons from Breakaway, Tim Lamb from Bethesda Softworks and Kathleen
Harmeyer from the University of Baltimore, as well as the superb
student demos of class work in Flash, Unreal, Second Life, 3D Studio
Max and Maya.
Bethesda gave away copies of their hit game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to two lucky students (the Zelda project managers).
The life-size Zelda
game by CA190 students also drew a large and
enthusiastic crowd, and the makeup and prosthetics donated by Roger
Riggle helped bring the characters to life -- thanks Roger!
view video here
MC Students to Test Games for Bethesda Softworks
Montgomery College and the University of Baltimore have been working with
Bethesda Softworks (makers of hit game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion) to help
gaming students gain experience in the industry. Bethesda hired
almost twenty MC students to test games full-time this summer.
Health Video Games:
MC Adds New "Exergaming" Class for Fall
2006
View
a video about health games
This new class will cover the cutting-edge topic of health and
fitness games, from movement games like Dance Dance Revolution
and Kinetic that can counter childhood obesity, to games that reduce
pain for cancer patients, help kids manage diabetes, treat autism
and ADHD, train doctors and nurses, and educate patients about
topics like drug addiction, AIDS prevention, immunology and nutrition.
You'll not only experience many of these games, but you'll also
develop and document your own creative ideas about entrepreneurial
new games to address health needs.
This will be a learning community where you can get credit
for both CA190 and HE109, fulfilling both the CA190 and the health
credit requirements for the Game Degree. The class will be part
online and part on campus. The on campus portion is currently scheduled
for Monday afternoons.
You need to have basic computer and internet skills in order to
take this class. The prerequisite for CA190 (CA106 or CA172) can
be waived for students who can demonstrate those skills.
Email Prof. Solomon for more details:
deborah.solomon@montgomerycollege.edu
New Class Added: CA195 Level Design
CA195 focuses on level design and modding using existing game
engines. (The prerequisite is CA190). Learn more about CA190 and CA195.
MC and UB Sign New Transfer Agreement
'2+2' Path Leads to Bachelor’s in Gaming
Montgomery College
and the University of Baltimore (UB) to sign new transfer agreement
on March 3, 2006.
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more
MC Approves New Gaming Degree
The new gaming degree was approved by the Montgomery College Board
of Trustees on June 20, 2005. This is an A.A.
degree with three
tracks: game programming, game production and game graphic
design.
MC Holds First Annual Game Expo
A
life-size Pac-Man game was played by CA190 students
during our First Annual Game Expo on May 2, 2005. Visit www.pac-mc.com for
more info.
and view video here
