Presentation

Hi,

Here is a presentation about all the projects, each project gets one slide.
Please add in no particular order:

a representative image of your project (Use all the space! Make it look good!)
30 word description: consists usually of 2 sentences: what the game is about and why it is original.
Your URL
Team members

Feel free to play with layout, structure etc. Make the visual stick out, not the words.

Sydney

I am assuming most people are already aware of "X|Media|Lab on Serious
Games" which will be in Sydney on June 12th.

More details at http://www.xmedialab.com/?q=node%2F273
Registration is $99.

The speakers are:

* Noah Falstein - President, The Inspiracy (San Francisco)
* Ondi Timoner - Director of Multiple Internationally Award
Winning Documentaries DIG! and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC Director/Producer,
Interloper Films (Los Angeles)
* Ian Bogost - Founding Partner, Persuasive Games; Associate
Professor at Georgia Tech (Atlanta)
* Lee Sheldon - Video Game Writer & Designer; Professor at Indiana
University (Indianapolis)
* Michel Mol - Director of Innovation and New Media, Netherlands
Public Broadcasting (Amsterdam)
* Joshua Harris - Internet Pioneer, Artist (Los Angeles, Sidamo)


IGDA Sydney is also organizing an event on Wednesday June 10th (Beer
and Pixels
) which Ian Bogost and Noah Falstein will try to attend if they are
not too jetlagged! It is free (except for the beer you drink) and a
good way to connect to the Sydney game developer community.

Team J

http://www.irnmedia.net/virtuallimit/

Team H

Daniel Angelone 3236600
Leigh Jackson 3238700
Jacob Paris 3238163
Rhiannon Baragwanath 3235028
Dylan Sterland 3236586

http://wiiroll.uuuq.com

Team F

http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/head/sensorsuit/index.html

Team G

Andrew Daniel Lewis S3238104
Vicky (Tamnhu Dao) Nguyen S3135111
PekLoke Tay S3214125
Samantha To S3197261

Our page is hosted at:
http://weareteamg.blogspot.com/

Team B

http://ambocc.blogspot.com/

Class 7: design principles

Well done on the second set of project presentations!
You have also learned about different types of parallel and non-parallel play and the implications and opportunities for you as designers.

Homework:

Please post your project URLs as separate blog entries and allow for comments.
Read the papers for next week.
Comment on today's lecture here.
Grade each project you have seen in its respective blog entry's comments. Use F, C, P, ...
Provide an explanation if you feel comfortable and think it is helpful.

Game teaching you how you make decisions

http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=117
he also has some great mac vs pc videos on the page....

Presence

Some of you mentioned presence, here is a nicely illustrated overview of presence research that came out. Can you see the difference to a bodily-centric view?

http://issuu.com/keho/docs/presenceforeveryone/39

iAwards Wednesday

Apparently there was also an entertainment entry...and it's free for students!
http://www.aiia.com.au/event_details.aspx?ID=6f948f57-7d39-de11-be6e-001b78cbf152

More Arduino

Jonathan Oxer from Melbourne (who has implanted an RFID chip in his arm) is writing a book on Arduino with lots of examples on his blogs.

Team D

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=99607801418&ref=ts

Birds and brains and mind and body.

A few films about the topics we've been talking about recently.

1. The intelligence of crows.



2. Catalyst, the ABC's science show, on how the mind-body loop can be easily broken.


3. On why games might be a good idea for animals:

A 137 pound orang-utan with a history of mischief short-circuited an electric barrier, then built a makeshift ladder to escape from her enclosure, forcing Adelaide Zoo to be evacuated on one of its busiest days of the year.

Karta, a 27-year-old female, jammed a stick into wires connected to the barrier, then piled up shrubs, roots and debris to create a platform. Using it as a stepladder, she climbed up onto the concrete and glass wall surrounding her enclosure, where she was spotted by a member of the public who raised the alarm.

Rest here.
Zoos spend millions of dollars on keeping animals entertained, and bored animals may become depressed, aggressive or sick. Animals with active minds and bodies are happier and healthier. Zoos already use puzzle games as a substitute for predators' hunting instinct, such as this otter with his fish-flavoured ice-cream:

or use toys to keep them active, like these cats and their pumpkins:


TIGERS LEOPARDS Vs Pumpkins! - The best video clips are right here

So games for animals may actually save zoos money and help conservation efforts.

4. Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs.

Barrel Roll's Presentation.

Push! Dodge! Balance!

Hell yeah, pushing.
epicgame.diaryland.com

We are Team E, consisting of:
Rachel Shi,
Jesse Holtham,
Rory Sampson,
John Gregg
and Anh-Tu Tran

Thank you for your time and mercy.