EGC Update October 23 2009

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Contents 1 Open Issues 2 Resolved Issues 3 EGC PR & Materials 4 EGC 2009 Engagement Initiative & Game Development 5 EGC Community Site 6 EGC Faculty, Individual Consultations 7 Weekly Meetings 8 Misc.

Open Issues

The following remain open issues:

• Lab PC game software remains inconsistent from machine to machine.
  • Jason Wolfe now has a G-doc template to track issues.
  • Still working on this.

Resolved Issues

• N/A

EGC PR & Materials

• N/A

EGC 2009 Engagement Initiative & Game Development

• Mary Shoemaker
  • 4 playable levels at this point.
  • http://gaming.psu.edu/Projects/chemblaster
    • • http://personal.psu.edu/zez1/game.html

• Bim Angst
  • Development continues.
    • http://gaming.psu.edu/Projects/typo
  • Jason Wolfe is traveling to Schuylkill with Brett during the eLSS interviews this coming week.
  • E. Pyatt - Reviewed Typo test with Jason W. Was able to create a sample exercise. Needs instructions, but interface OK for now.

EGC Community Site

• Working on site redesign. Current site is difficult to navigate.
  • No work this week.

EGC Faculty, Individual Consultations

• Met with Henry Morello, Theater Arts
  • Will build a small theater in Second Life for his students to experience set building issues. No timeline yet - this is for next summer at the earliest.
• E Pyatt - Set up meeting with Mark S and Jason K for Monday PM to discuss training logistics for SimHealth use in Mark's class.

Weekly Meetings

• N/A

Misc.

• HP reps visited EGC Lab on Oct. 15
• Blizzard visit to PSU set for Dec 3.
  • Arranged via Bart.
  • Info session - Looking for recruits.
  • Promo via Derick, students clubs, etc.
• National Gaming in Lib Day Nov 13
  • Chris Stubbs is coordinating.
  • EGC will demo Typo and Chemblaster for user feedback.