Category: Game track
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The Great Escape: online AI Game programming contest
The Great Escape is an online international multiplayer coding contest being held for 2 weeks from February 6th starting at 12:00 pm EST to February 20th at 5:00 pm EST. The Great Escape will be a thrilling multiplayer Artificial Intelligence Battle, where students will have to: Program the best bot to escape a maze by trapping…
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Join the 2015 Global Game Jam at UMBC, 23-25 January
UMBC is the Baltimore host site for the 2015 Global Game Jam, which will take place over 48 hours on 23-25 January 2015.
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UMBC Places 3rd at MHacks
Two of UMBC’s regular hackathon participants took 3rd place at MHacks, a competitive 1000 student hackathon at the University of Michigan this past weekend! CSEE students Michael Bishoff (President, HackUMBC) and Sekar Kulandaivel created a haptic feedback suit that makes virtual reality more immersive. To do this, the team created 12 vibrating modules that are…
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Internship with educational nonprofit developing game
Innovate Our World, an Ellicott City, Maryland educational nonprofit, is seeking one or more avid, experienced gamers who can help us on the business side to bring our new Moon game from tech demo status to a successful launch on Steam. The upcoming 8th Continent game will give players a number of entertaining scenarios racing,…
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Dr. Olano discusses the Maryland Gaming Industry with the Baltimore Sun
CSEE’S Dr. Marc Olano, Director of the Computer Science Game Development Track and Co-director of the VANGOGH Lab, talked with the Baltimore Sun’s Scott Dance about fluctuations in the local video game industry. In recent years, the local gaming industry has been subject to major upheavals, resulting in the closure of several well-known gaming companies. Fortunately, the…
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CSEE Alum Stephan Sherman unveils new multiplayer game for iPhone 6
UMBC Alumnus and Meyerhof Scholar Stephan Sherman (BS ’00, M8) spoke at Apple’s new product event on Tuesday and described his company’s VainGlory game, which will run on the new iPhones using under iOS 8, taking advantage of Metal graphics API, larger screen and faster processors on the iPhone 6. Stephan is…
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UMBC to host 2014 Global Game Jam site, Jan 24-26
UMBC will host a Global Gam Jam site, January 24-26. Registration is free but space is limited.
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UMBC ACM student chapter
UMBC’s ACM student chapter has a new website that will be used to announce its activities and events as well as news about computing related opportunities and resources. The chapter is open to both undergraduate and graduate students interested in computing from all majors. Joining is free and is a great way to meet other…
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HackUMBC hackathon: relax before finals and see what you can build in 24 hours
hackUMBC is a 24 hour hackathon for UMBC students held in the UMBC Skylight room from 7:00pm Friday December 6 to 7:00pm Saturday December 7. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and caffeine will be provided. The event is open to all UMBC students of any skill level, from innovators to designers to hardcore coders. Join other hackers…
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2014 Global Game Jam at UMBC, Jan 24-26
UMBC will be a host site for the 2014 Global Game Jam which will take place over 48 hours, Jan 24-26, 2014.