Tag: gaim
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Streaming video from UMBC Global Game Jam
A group of nearly 40 participants assembled yesterday afternoon at the UMBC 2012 Global Game Jam site. The Global Game Jam is an annual event where small teams design and create computer games over the course of one weekend. The teams will upload their final games to a central site by 3:00pm EST Sunday. Here’s…
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2012 Global Game Jam at UMBC, 27-29 Jan
UMBC is a host for the 2012 Global Game Jam which takes place this coming weekend, January 27-29. This is a 48 hour event, where teams from around the world work to develop a complete game over one weekend. The first year had 54 sites in 23 countries. The second year had 124 sites in…
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UMBC GAIM cited as one of the top game design programs
Professor Marc Olano notes that UMBC's GAIM program was identified by Princeton review as one of the "Top 50 Undergraduate Game Design Programs". "I don’t know how I missed this, but UMBC made the Princeton Review’s list of the top 50 undergraduate game design programs. Now I might split hairs and say that we really…
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Dessert & Discussion with Marc Olano, 6:30pm Thr 2/24, UC 310
From Pong to Halo: The Making of a Game Marc Olano, 6:30-8:00pm Thursday, 24 February 2011, UC 310 Sure you know how to play video games, but have you ever wondered what goes into creating one? Gaming is a multi-billion dollar, world-wide industry and there are increasing opportunities for new ideas. With the growing popularity…
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UMBC teams made five games during the Global Game Jam weekend
Professor Marc Olano recaps what happened at the UMBC site during the Global Game Jam. Last weekend, 35 people were working madly in the UMBC GAIM lab as part of the 3rd annual Global Game Jam. At 5pm on Friday, in the midst of a campus-wide power outage, they watched they keynote video from a…