/news-archive/tag/game-development/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/09/11/game-development-workshop/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:27:42 +0000 /news/?p=75078 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Association for Computing Machinery to offer game development workshop]]> The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Association for Computing Machinery student chapter will host a game development workshop for teachers, high school juniors and seniors, and adults from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 21, at the College of Engineering and Information Technology building room 217. The workshop will introduce learners to the fundamentals of game development using the game engine Unreal Engine 4 and and its visual scripting system. No prior experience is necessary. The cost is $75 for teachers and adults and $40 for students. Teachers will earn six professional development credits. Participants will need to bring their own laptops. 鈥淲hile the workshop will be teaching programming, it may also be relevant to students interested in game design in general, since it will provide students with a starting point to work from for exploring other aspects of game design,鈥� said Sandra Leiterman, math education specialist with the STEM Education Center. 鈥淏y the end of the event, participants will have their own playable game.鈥� To register and for more information about the workshop, including laptop requirements, visit the web page.]]> /news-archive/2019/01/18/global-game-jam-2/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 20:59:02 +0000 /news/?p=73145 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host Global Game Jam Jan. 25-27]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a Jan. 25-27 for those who are interested in creating a game in 48 hours.聽 is the world鈥檚 largest game jam event taking place around the world at different locations. The event is similar to a hackathon but is focused on game development. 聽 Nearly 43,000 people participated in Global Game Jam 2018, resulting in 8,597 games developed at 803 sites in 108 countries. At 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, 10 people participated in the university鈥檚 first Global Game Jam last year, resulting in the creation of five games based on the theme of transmission. While design and coding skills are important in game development, the event鈥檚 organizers encourage anyone interested in games to participate. 鈥淭he great thing about games is how interdisciplinary they are,鈥� said Olivia Dunlap, a graduate student in computer science who is organizing the event with alumnus Robbie Hunt. 聽鈥淢ost games require programming and art skills, but writers, musicians, actors, and more can all contribute to a great game. For independent game production, marketing, social media management, team management, and other production-related skills are also necessary. But what that means for an event like the Global Game Jam is that you can enter with little-to-no art or programming experience and still make a game that is fun, or that tells a great story.鈥� Dunlap noted that there are several programs that the Global Game Jam organizers will demonstrate to participants that will easily help them break into the world of game development. 鈥淭here are really accessible tools such as or or that make it really easy to get started, and there will be people like me around who will be happy to mentor for those tools,鈥� she said. 鈥淔or example, we had an attendee at last year’s jam who had never touched the Unity game engine before, but by the end of the 48 hours, he and his team had made . If you’re a programmer, an artist, a writer, a designer, a mathematician, or are just plain bored and want to try and make something cool, you should definitely try out the Global Game Jam!鈥� Participants will gather at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock on Friday, Jan. 25, be divided into teams, watch a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and then a secret theme will be announced. Teams have 48 hours to design, develop, create, test, and make a new game based on the theme. The game jam will be held in the CRUX Lab in Stabler Hall Room 603 from 3 p.m. Jan. 25, until 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, when participants鈥� games will be revealed. Snacks, a sound booth, green screen, and a limited number of computers with game development tools will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own computers. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 event is hosted by the Department of Rhetoric and Writing and Little Rock Game Designers. Dr. Joe Williams, associate professor or rhetoric and writing, is the faculty advisor. Register for the event by signing up at the . For more information, email Dunlap at playlittlerockgames@gmail.com. In the upper right photo, these 10 gamers participated in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock’s first Global Game Jam in 2018, creating five games in 48 hours.聽Back row (L to R): Zack Bolt, Tanner Marshall, Geoffrey Townsley, Alex Barton, Joe Williams, and Kyle Hooks. Front row: Olivia Dunlap, Robbie Hunt, and Loren Snow.聽]]> /news-archive/2018/03/08/game-design-summer-course/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:35:09 +0000 /news/?p=69664 ... Learn how to design a game in two-week summer course at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock]]> Students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock can learn how to design a game during a two-week summer course.聽 鈥淭his crash course in game design is structured to give students the maximum exposure to key concepts in a short period of time,鈥� said Joe Williams, associate professor in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Rhetoric and Writing. The course, RHET 4346/5346, will run from 10-11:50 a.m. for class and 12:30-3 p.m. for lab Monday through Friday May 29 to June 8. During the two-week course, students will learn how game design impacts the brain and behavior and the seven basic game mechanics. Students will draft a game design brief using the MAST (Mechanics, Aesthetics, Story, and Technology) model, as well as complete a prototype through paper prototyping and using Unity game design software. The course is perfect for artists, programmers, writers, and web developers interested in creating well-designed games or game-like experiences, Williams said. No experience in game design or programming is required. Williams has been teaching at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock since 2004. He has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English and theater from Lehigh University, a master鈥檚 degree in English from West Chester University, and a doctorate in composition and cultural rhetoric from Syracuse University. Along with Brad Sims, an instructional technology specialist for the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Counseling, Adult and Rehabilitation Education, Williams is a co-founder of the group. The organization meets twice a month to discuss game design for tabletop and digital games. For more information about the course and requirements, email Dr. Williams at jjwilliams@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2018/01/23/global-game-jam/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:13:49 +0000 /news/?p=69083 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host Global Game Jam Jan. 26-28]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host aJan. 26-28 for adults who are interested in creating a game in 48 hours. is the world鈥檚 largest game jam event taking placing around the world at different locations. The event is similar to a hackathon but is focused on game development. In January 2017, more than 700 locations in 95 countries participated in Global Game Jam, which resulted in the creation of more than 7,000 games in a single weekend. Participants will gather at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock on Friday afternoon and be divided into teams, watch a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and then a secret theme will be announced. Teams will then have 48 hours to complete a game based on the theme. Pre-event check-in for Global Game Jam will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, in Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter B. The game jam will be held in the CRUX Lab in Stabler Hall Room 603 from 3 p.m. Jan. 26 until 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, when participants鈥� games will be revealed. A sound booth, green screen, and a limited number of computers with game development tools will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own computers. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 event is hosted by the Department of Rhetoric and Writing, Little Rock Game Designers, and Little Rock Games. Register for the event by signing up at the. For more information, email Olivia Dunlap at playlittlerockgames@gmail.com. ]]>