{"id":2780,"date":"2016-09-08T09:56:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T09:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T18:22:49","slug":"dfl-pax-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/08\/dfl-pax-convention","title":{"rendered":"Milestone for Digital Future Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\tBy Douglas Esser
\n\t足彩app哪个是正规的 Digital Future Lab\u2019s <\/a>showing during a video game convention in Seattle was a milestone for the studio and for the University of Washington Bothell students who demonstrated their work, says DFL executive director Jason Pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tThis was the only university studio at an open house on the Microsoft campus before PAX, the convention that brought tens of thousands of gamers to Seattle over the Labor Day weekend. And, DFL was the only university studio with a commercial title showing at the Seattle Indies Expo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t足彩app哪个是正规的s demonstrated their work side-by-side with 50 professional independent studios from around the world at the Microsoft event and alongside 25 local professional studios at the Indies Expo, Pace says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 PAX events were excellent validation that the interactive experiences our students are creating can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with work being produced by professional independent studios,\u201d Pace says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\u201cOur students were able to meet the other developers and designers at the events as industry peers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t足彩app哪个是正规的 interns showcased \u201cGhostlight Manor,\u201d which has evolved over three years to become a 56-level video game that professionals can appreciate. Inspired by monster movies and arcade strategy classics, the all-ages game challenges players to reclaim a haunted mansion by scaring away monsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\u201cWe had lines of people waiting to play all day,\u201d says Pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t足彩app哪个是正规的 game was popular with cartoon-loving kids and parents who welcomed the family friendly experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\u201cSeveral people would have happily played the entire game in a single sitting had we not gently encouraged them to let other players take a turn!\u201d says Pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t足彩app哪个是正规的 convention events also were an opportunity for students to face the public as potential customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\u201cAlthough the products we’re making in the studio are video games, the process of making, promoting and supporting the software is applicable to any kind of commercial product,\u201d Pace says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tUnder the guidance of Pace and a small professional staff, DFL students design and program games. 足彩app哪个是正规的y create art, graphics and animation. And, they are responsible for product management and marketing. 足彩app哪个是正规的 process is carried forward class by class, quarter by quarter as students are succeeded by newcomers with fresh ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s had a really profound impact on the kind of experience we\u2019ve designed \u2013 our ability to iterate over time and refine and improve and evolve it along,\u201d says Pace who also is the lab\u2019s creative director and previously worked at Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tFew universities operate a student design studio that develops games for commercial release. 足彩app哪个是正规的 DFL is currently developing a computer version of \u201cGhostlight Manor,\u201d which was originally released for mobile devices. It\u2019s going on the Steam platform for online distribution and being prepared as a Windows 10 app that integrates with Xbox Live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t足彩app哪个是正规的 lab\u2019s second game, \u201cCorrupted,\u201d is scheduled for release next year. A third game, \u201cHug the Line,\u201d is beginning production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\u201cOur amazingly diverse student population coupled with UW Bothell’s commitment to interdisciplinary learning is the ideal place for this work to flourish at the undergraduate level,\u201d Pace says. \u201cDFL interns come from many different majors and contribute to our projects in many different ways, but what they all have in common is the opportunity to explore and develop their professional identities in a rigorous environment that treats diversity and difference as our biggest strength.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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