EGC Update October 30 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.
  • Meeting finally scheduled with J. Holman for this coming Wed.

Resolved Issues

• N/A

EGC PR & Materials

• N/A

EGC 2009 Engagement Initiative & Game Development

• Mary Shoemaker
  • 5 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
  • Meeting with Bim Angst at PSU Schuylkill went very well. Jason is using her feedback to improve the prototype.

EGC Community Site

• Working on site redesign. Current site is difficult to navigate.
  • No work this week.
• E. Pyatt is adding a project section on the SimHealth project.

EGC Faculty, Individual Consultations

• Co-teaching an Adult Ed. class run by Leslie Liang this Monday evening. Shannon Ritter is co-presenter.
• Received a request from Elinor Madigan, IST Prof at PSU Schuylkill for space in Second Life. Have not had a chance to look at it yet.
• Tutoring Mark Choman, PSU Scranton prof on Second Life basics this coming Wed.

Weekly Meetings

• N/A

Misc.

• 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 was postponed by the libraries.
• Prepared and submitted a proposal for a gaming seminar for Winterfest.