Fall 2013 2D GDAD Capstone The Fall 2013 semester was the second Capstone Course in the GDAD Program at the University of Texas at Austin. That semester, undergraduates from the Computer Science Department, College of Fine Arts, and Radio-Television-Film Department were assigned to one of four teams, and each team developed a 2D video game. At the end of the semester, the teams presented their games at the EA/Bioware Austin office. After viewing the presentations, Ferby Miguel, Senior 2D/3D Artist, commented, “The effort and energy they put into their projects was inspiring and thought provoking. I am still blown away at how similar their difficulties and challenges were to ‘real’ world experiences we regularly face.” Below are the results of the the Capstone (Download – Unity Web Player). Dead Week Team Dead Week Savannah Hicks Matt Leaverton Liam McMahon Trevor Scott Newman Willis Play | Trailer Quantum Team One Hit Wonders Mitchell Crites-Krumm Rene Garcia Russell Jahn Ricky Llamas Esteben Zaldivar Play | Trailer Romskip Saga Team Fuzzy Pixels Aaron Campbell Jeffrey Dolan David Finol Fiona Lara Corben Marroquin Nicholas Vasquez Windows(x64) | Play (Unity Web Player) | Trailer Teleport Man Team Teleportman Hector Carmona Miranda Sa Liu Darwin Pek Ryan Spring Play | Trailer Radio-Television-Film The Fall 2013 semester saw undergraduates from the Radio-Television-Film Department examine some of the basic principles of designing and creating a game with an emphasis on game architecture and logical narrative structure. Topics included: logical planning of a multi-threaded story, manipulation of objects and characters, interactive game play, screen management and other related technical issues. Below are some of the results. Alex’s Journal Team Spazilica Belén García Castiglioni Rafael Borges Anton Pederson Trailer Become An Adult Team Adult Reid O’Conor Erika Gaffney Matthew Limon Trailer Cosmic Conquistadors Team C^2 Davis Ballew Paden Karnes Becky Schmader Trailer Lamplight Team Vacillator Jillian Sauls Josh Guillen Nabil Hossain Trailer Yakuza Hero Team Yakuza William Hubbell Rakan Stanbouly Katherine Thayer Trailer 3D College of Fine Arts The Fall 2013 semester saw undergraduates from the College of Fine Arts create 3D Digital Art & Animation. The students in the course participated in an in-depth study and practice of 3D modeling, surfacing, lighting, rendering, animation, compositing, and visual FX using Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, among other programs. Below are some of the results (right-click->save the image for more detail). Edward Rendon Hector Carmona Miranda Lynn Vuong Lynn Vuong Ryan Chen & Mike Todd Ryan Chen & Mike Todd Kevin Ong
