Escape to the Surface

Sol

Map Master

BSG LARP

Escape to the Surface

     This game was developed as a part of my Harvey Mudd CS121 -Software Development course. On a team of four students, we recieved a set of learning objectives from a local middle school and developed an iPad game that would teaach towards those objectives.  Our game had a ball of magma sojurnin from the center of the inner core to the crust in oreder to become a volcanic eruption. The player needed to avoid obstacles and gather collectibles as they made their way through the layers of the earth, using the iPad's gyroscope to control their ball of magma. Each level was visually distinct and had some gameplay mechanic unique to that level, all of which were used to reinforce the educational goals.

Sol

     Sol is a puzzle platformer where in which a dragon awakens on a deserted space station to find that the universe has gone dark. By flying to different planets and unsing the power of light and heat, the player must solve puzzles to defeat Darkman and return the Sun's eergy.

 

     Created as part of the Games Network 2012 Research team for Professor Z Sweedyk. Created for a middle school in California, the game was built using the Unity 3D engine.

 

     The game was left incomplete due to a lack of art, but the demo level displaying some of the core mechanics is pictured below. Some of the gameplay not pictured is melting blocks of ice, evaporating water, using ice to create rain in hot, humid environments, growing climable plants with light and water, activating solat panels, and heating metal to activate swithces.

Map Master

Your father, an ace cartographer, has mysteriously vanished and it is up to you to use your trusty map and the friends you meet along the way to find him. Map Master was created to help missle school students learn about cartography and improve their map reading skills. The game reinforced ideas such as longitude, latitude, cardinal directions, and political boundaries. Each charatcer the player meets on their quest grants another way to view the map, allowing for more skills to be reinforced. This game was made as part  of the Games Network 2012 Research team for Professor Z Sweedyk. Created for a middle school in California, the game was built using the Construct 2 engine.

 

Click Below to play Map Master                                                                         

Battlestar Gallactica winter LARP

     While not a video game, a friend and I made a live action role playing experience based on the TV show Battlestar Gallactica. The game had a group of peopl taking the role of the Gallactica crew and another, smaller group were the Cylons. The crew had to complete misions and keep their resources at good levels to survive, all the while the Cylons would be trying to interfere. You can download the full rules here.