Logan Kincaid

Summary

During the first semester of FIEA, all students participate in four rounds of two week prototypes, with a goal of learning how to determine the potential fun of a game idea very quickly. For a fifth round, each team picked a game from an earlier round to give it an extra two weeks of polish. In total, 40 prototypes were created by groups of 5 to 6 people, and 10 of those received extra polish.

Round 1: Rising Star

Round Focus: Fun

Platform: Adobe Flash CS4 with ActionScript 3.0

A puzzle game where the player takes the role of an unnamed celebrity who must avoid rabid fans and paparazzi. In each level, the player must move quickly to reach the end of the level before time expires, but also take care to prevent getting surrounded by fans.

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Round 2 and Polish: Inkman

Round Focus: Story

Platform: PC (XNA in C#)

Inkman became a significant enough project to deserve its own page. Look here for information.

Round 3: Skull Cove

Round Focus: Emergent gameplay

Platform: iPhone

The player controls a pirate ship and must protect Skull Cove from attackers. However, the only way to move the ship is by controlling the direction of the wind and water currents, which also affect the enemies. Certain combinations of wind and current directions generate storms that damage ships and slow movement.

Round 4: Pulp Kids

Round Focus: Existing intellectual property and Indirect control

Platform: PC (Unity3D)

A parody of the movie Pulp Fiction, set on a playground. The player controls Vincent and Jules as they perform tasks for Marsellus, such as retrieving his lunchbox and saving Mia after she overdosed on sugar.

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