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Projects

Here are some of the projects that we have worked on


IBM Game Tomorrow

Spring 2008 semester

A student-team worked with IBM Fellow, John Cohn to create an interactive multimedia companion piece for an electronic game that IBM developed for Engineering Week 2008. The educational product is delivered in a multimedia way that kids relate to, and it illuminates what makes up an electronic game and what courses of study and careers are available in game-related fields.

  • Partners: IBM - John Cohn, PhD, chief scientist of design automation and IBM Fellow
  • Students: Iain Bissett, Mike Fowler, Bryan Hare, Lauren Nishikawa, Keith Tatarczuk, Tony Libera, Alison Seffels, O. Rafael Diaz, Chris Rolfs, Kate Baxter, Nick Malutama, Ryan Davis

Launch the IBM Game Tomorrow in Flash

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Emergent Media Center at Champlain College

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Meeting Professionals International Conference

February 2-5, 2008, Houston, Texas

A team of Champlain students were invited to set up a Game Design Lab onsite at the Meeting and Professionals International (MPI) Conference in Houston, Texas.  During this conference, which gathers over 2,500 industry professionals, the students were given the challenge of creating two web-based learning games focused on key meetings and events industry concepts.

  • Partners: Meeting and Professionals International Foundation
  • Students: Emily Benton, Vanessa Blokland, Wesley Knee, Benjamin LaPointe, Lauren Nishikawa, Chris Rolfs

Visit the project site at http://www.mpiweb.org/cms/mpiweb/pec2008/ peccommon.aspx?id=13996

Pandemic
Launch Go Green in Flash

Asymbolation
Launch Meet Different in Flash

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Emergent Media Center at Champlain College

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Emergent Media Center Holiday E-Card

December 2007

Several students created this Flash-based electronic holiday card for the Emergent Media Center.

  • Students: Wesley Knee, Mike Fowler, Vanessa Blokland

Emergent Media Center Holiday Card
EMC Holiday E-Card in Flash

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CIMIT  Innovation Congress 2007

November 13-14, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts

Champlain students explored how public safety and healthcare professionals are using current technologies to improve emergency response systems and disaster preparedness training.

  • Partners: Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)
  • Students: Wesley  Knee, Katherine Baxter, Iain Bissett, Jennifer Brusco, Oscar Diaz, Timothy Hamel, Anthony Libera, Lauren Nishikawa
  • Faculty: Amanda Crispel

Visit the project site at http://www.cimit.org/

Meeting Professionals International Conference

Meeting Professionals International Conference

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Learning 2007

October 21-24, 2008, Orlando, Florida

Four of our game development students recently represented Champlain College for a Rapid Learning Game project at the Learning 2007 conference in Orlando, Florida. Their mission: to create a learning game in a matter of days, and present their results to over 2,000 conference attendees!

  • Partners: Elliott Masie, Learning 2007 & the MASIE Center
  • Students: Emily Benton, Ben LaPointe, Lauren Nishikawa, Wesley Knee
  • Faculty: Robin Lane, Joe Manley, Jon Ferguson

Learn more about the project at http://www.champlain.edu/centers/emc/learning.php

Wiki by David Flanagan, KPMG onsite: http://www.learningwiki.com/Champlain%20College%20 Learning%20Gamelet%20Challenge

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Launch Phase6 in Flash

Asymbolation
Launch Asymbolation in Flash

CIMIT Innovation Congress 2007

CIMIT Innovation Congress 2007

CIMIT Innovation Congress 2007

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Voices for the Lake-ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center

Ongoing project. Summit held November 17, 2007, Champlain College campus

As part of an ongoing collaboration with the ECHO Center, the community-driven Voices for the Lake Brainstorming Forums helped set the course for engaging the public through new Internet technologies. During part of a three-day summit, members of the community from all walks of life gathered on the Champlain College campus to discuss ways to implement emergent media to mobilize citizens to create a healthier Lake Champlain.

  • Partners: ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Cente
                  Phelan Fretz, ECHO Executive Director
                  Steffen Parker, Voices for the Lake Facilitator
  • Students: Kristina Baker, Iain Bissett, Yenni Brusco, Mike Fowler, Asa Gillett, Wesley Knee, Lauren Nishikawa, Kerry McElhaney, Chris McCarthy, Kaitlyn Newkirk, Max Nichols, Dan Peavey, Keith Tatarczuk
  • Faculty: Jeff Rutenbeck

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Mission Mercury

A group of 12 Champlain College Game Development students teamed up with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation to create a movie and a game about the dangers of Mercury.

  • Partners: Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Supplemental Environmental Project
  • Students:
    Animation cut scenes – Jamie Aldeari, Kristina Steeves, Chris Vere, Diana April, Amber Anger
    Game – Eric Berthoud, Greg Comollo, Simon Manandhar, Masashi Yamazaki, Ricci La Centra, Halley Greaves, Adam Mitchell
  • Faculty: Eric Sample, Joe Manley

Play the Game in Flash

Mission Mercury

Champlain Students

Mission Mercury

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