Category: Profiles

Space Bounty

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Game Description:

You start from the earth and it is a checkpoint of your adventure to purchase supply and rest. In the space you have various planets to explore, each planet has a unique environment and landscape. Formidable Behemoth lives in alien planets are your major enemy to fight with. Defeat monsters to complete quests and take bounty to upgrade your equipment and level upon the earth. Different combinations of weapons and strategies are required to survive from ruthless monsters and fight your way back to your space ship and return the earth.

Team: Yifan Xu, Siobhan Arden, Bryce Clark

Screenshot:

Control:

WASD to move the character.

left click to attack.

the detail control board is in the menu

 

Download Game：

https://baylor.box.com/s/usrou35oxb1zjcrvtbuhbrwsz6kjot6u

https://baylor.box.com/s/sznxb0s6or8cx04afmrjs6srvzcrq2uk

 

 

Kevin Vu (2023)

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Kevin Vu.

I am a 17 year old Freshman and a Computer Science Major. I’ve been playing video games since I was little and my passion for computers and programs has been big ever since.

Career Goals:

  • Computer Scientist.
  • Work at a video game company as a Software Engineer.
  • Work and organize E-Sport events.

Favorite Games: Counter – Strike, Team Fortress 2, Apex Legends, League of Legends, OSU!,  The Assassin Creed series, Tomb Raider.

Experience: I’m well versed in Python and HTML, but currently I have not had any experience with GameMaker Studio.

Classes Taken: CSI 1337

 

Seth Dziuk

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{Seth Dziuk}

[How did you get here?]

Career Goals: Screenwriter

Experience: Limited, as I used Game Maker 1 about a decade ago, but also have used RPG Maker. I have limited use hacking basic PC games, and modding other games. 

Games Created

Waffles 2
Project Arcturus

Favorite Games [Mother 3, Kirby Super Star Ultra/Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland, Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver/DPP, Mario and Luigi Bowser’s Inside Story(original), The Coin Game, Super Smash Bros., and many more.] Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337
  2. Game Pitch: https://baylor.app.box.com/file/521177878426
  3. Game 2: https://baylor.app.box.com/folder/95486318690

Chandler Bledsoe (2022)

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Joseph Chandler Shane Bledsoe

I am a 19-year-old sophomore at Baylor University; I am majoring in computer science with a concentration on game design. I love all things video games and believe them to be the most innovative, inspiring media and the future of digital entertainment.

Career Goals

I strive to aid in the programming, scripting, character design, and development of video games. With enough time, diligence, and passion for video games, I pursue the goal of leading projects of my own that will redefine the norm of the industry, but more importantly, inspire the next generation of game developers.

Experience

My current experience comes from my courses in introductory programming and game design. I am a newcomer to the industry; however, my conviction drives towards my ambitious goals while learning all I can along the journey.

Final Restauranteur (Game’s video pitch)

Games Created

Klaws (2019)     Box Link    Game Page Link

Favorite Games

I have always found this question difficult for I find many games are my “favorite” for their unique personality, intuitive gameplay, and innovations; however, these games/series encompass a multitude of positives without diluting the quality of the game:

The Elder Scrolls:(Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Online), Diablo:(2,3), Sid Meir’s Civilization: V, Monster Hunter:(Generations Ultimate & World/Iceborn), Divinity Original Sin 2, The Witcher 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Stardew Valley, Bioshock Trilogy, & Red Dead Redemption (1 & 2)

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Samuel Dellinger ( 2023)

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Samuel Dellinger

I am a freshman computer science and astronomy major from Waverly, TN.

 

Career Goals

I want to deign amazing story driven games like Skyrim, The Last of Us, and Assassin’s Creed.

Experience

Game Pitch: https://baylor.box.com/s/gp2ummmbqgauouzlrrmej49rv47twf26

Games Created

Space Rocks

 

Favorite Games

Skyrim, Destiny, Apex Legends, Star Fox, Star Wars the Force Unleashed, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, and Minecraft

Classes Taken

CSI 1430

CSI 1337

 

Jacob Senior (2023)

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Jacob Senior

I am a Baylor Computer Science major from Austin, TX.

Career Goals

I want to help develop games of big companies that are popular on today’s gaming market. Someday I would also like to develop my own game idea.

 

Games Created

Asteroids remake

Tokyo Showdown

Apex Predator

Game Pitch

Retribution by Jacob Senior and Sam Holden

Favorite Games

  • CS:GO
  • Breath of the Wild
  • Fortnite (when it was good)
  • H1Z1
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
  • Beat Saber
  • League of Legends

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337
  2. CSI 1430

Sam Holden (2023)

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Sam Holden

Baylor 23′

Career Goals

To make legendary story games on par with The Last of Us

 

Experience

Games Created

 

Game Pitch

Concept for an AR Battle Royale multiplayer game

Favorite Games

The Last of Us, Batman: Arkham City, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Megan Adamik(2022)

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Megan Adamik

I am a sophomore at Baylor University and I am a computer science major with a gaming concentration. I have grown up my whole life playing video games and I would like to expand my love for video games by understanding how they are made.

Career Goals

My career goal are to work on the type of games that I have grown up playing. Also I would like to create games with new ideas that get people who normally aren’t interested in video games to play them and enjoy them.

Experience
I have taken two intro courses learning c++.

Games Created

Time Invader

Favorite Games
Kingdom hearts, Uncharted, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Bros., and Life is Strange

Classes Taken
CSI 1337, CSI 1430, and CSI 1440

Game Pitch:

https://baylor.box.com/s/bk0myhrwk2v6zer07o4zyts7za9lfru8

Bryce Clark (2023)

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Bryce Clark

I am a Baylor Freshman, my major is computer science with a concentration in video game development. I love playing video games.

Career Goals

I hope to learn how to be able to program and animate video games.

Experience

I have some experience in making rom hacks and I have taken a few programming classes before.

Games Created

 

Favorite Games

Dark Souls 3, Titan fall 2, Warframe, Hitman 2

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Josh McKone (2023)

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Josh McKone

I’m a Baylor Computer Science Major with a concentration in Game Design. I love everything to do with computers, from building them to coding on them, and have a special fascination on all aspects of video games. I’m an avid gamer and hope to become a developer myself one day.

Career Goals

It is my goal to be able to program and develop games. I plan to start out at a bigger company to gain experience, then hopefully will be able to strike out on my own.

 

Experience

Aside from the few programming classes I’ve taken, and the little bit that I’ve done in some game-making engines, I have no experience designing or programming games.

DD&D (Games Pitch Video)

Games Created

Rivet (2019) – Box Link to Game  –Rivet

Sanctuary (2019) – Box Link to Game –Sanctuary

 

 

Favorite Games

My favorite games are, in order: Metro Exodus, Hollow Knight, Nier, Hunt Showdown, Creeper World, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Call of Chernobyl).

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Yifan Xu (2020)

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Yifan Xu

I am a 24 years old math major student at Baylor University.

Career Goals

Work at NetEase.

 

 

Experience

Made some Game Tutorials and Pitches

Games Created

Space Rocks
Post Game Pitch Twinkling Forest

Box: https://baylor.box.com/s/gpu3d9xduk90zwhc7alwjovd4jztwxcx
Outbreak by Yifan Xu

Box: https://baylor.box.com/s/trm6opgyoatsz4rnwo5436cslait88rj

Favorite Games

Overwatch, Apex, WOW, Fallout, Borderland

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Trae Stevens (2023)

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Trae Stevens

I’m a class of 2023 Computer Science Major from Hawaii.

Career Goals

Get a good job somewhere in the computer science industry.

Experience

Games Created

  1. Space Rocks

Favorite Games

  1. Uncharted (The entire series)
  2. Detroit: Become Human
  3. Minecraft
  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
  5. Fortnite

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Matthew Morris (2022)

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Matthew Morris

Class of 2022 Computer Science Gaming Major from Dallas, TX

Career Goals

I want to design games!

Games Designed

Time Invader: https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2019/10/08/time-invader-2/

Maze Masters: https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2019/12/06/maze-masters/

Experience

 

Classes Taken

CSI 1430 + 1440, CSI 1337, CSI 2334, and CSI 3334

Game Pitch

https://baylor.app.box.com/file/521136231843

Christopher Riccione (2023)

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Chris Riccione

I am a freshman majoring in Computer Science from San Antonio, Texas.

 

Career Goals

Hopefully I can get a good job doing computer programming.

 

Experience

None

 

Games Created

Space Rocks

Tokyo Showdown by Chris Riccione, Jacob Senior, and Santi Perez-Loderio

 

Game Pitch

Danger Zone by Santi Perez-Lodeiro and Chris Riccione

Favorite Games

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Uncharted
  • Mass Effect
  • Bioshock: Infinite
  • Portal 2

 

Classes Taken

1. CSI 1337

Santiago Perez-Lodeiro (2023)

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Santi Perez-Lodeiro

I’m a Computer Science major from Houston, Texas.

Career Goals

    I hope to either work for a big company (not EA), or make my own indie games (hopefully a little bit of both).

 

 

Experience

Games Created

 

Game Pitch
Danger Zone by Santi Perez-Lodeiro and Chris Riccione

Favorite Games

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Warframe
  • Minecraft
  • Space Engineers
  • Halo Series
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Legacy McDowell (2023)

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Legacy McDowell

I am a 19 year-old computer science major at Baylor University.

Career Goals

My goals for a career are to work as an in-house programmer for a large company such as Microsoft or Bethesda.

 

Experience

Games Created

“Space Rocks” (Asteroids remake)

“The Overseer” (Game Pitch)

“Area 51 Simulator” (Click here)

 

Favorite Games

  • Pavlov VR
  • Hangry Bunnies from Mars
  • Portal 2
  • Human Fall Flat

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Louis Lasseter, 2023

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Louis Lasseter

Building games that I hope will be fun and probably won’t explode

Career Goals

I hope to create fun and new games that will be engaging and entertaining.

 

Experience

I have played many games some good some less good.
I’ve coded a few games that functioned as expected and were entertaining to others.
Dark West Game Pitch

Games Created

Space Hook  https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2019/10/03/game-maker-game-1-space-hook/

Bank Busters https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2019/12/05/bank-buster/

 

Favorite Games

Minecraft, Space Engineers, Age of Empires II, Skyrim Elder Scrolls V

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337
  2. CSI 1095
  3. CSI 1430
  4. CHA 1088
  5. GTX 2302
  6. MTH 1321
  7. REK 1310

Links

  1. Video Game Pitch 

Kathryn Looff (2022)

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Kathryn Looff

I am a University Scholar concentrating in History and Great Texts. I love to analyze stories of old, and I cannot wait to tell my own someday!

Career Goals

 I hope to someday either be an author or history professor!

 

Experience

Not much in terms of computers, this is my first CSI class!

Games Created

Game Pitch project video : Escape the Night

 

Favorite Games

Borderlands, Doom, Layers of Fear, Minecraft, Overwatch, Faith, Undertale

Classes Taken

  1. CSI 1337

Jeremy Meadows (2021)

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Hi! I’m Jeremy Meadows 🙂

Game Pitch project video with Katie Looff: Escape the Night

Game 1 Project with Katie Looff, Griffin DeClaire, and Josh Godwin: Wizard Wrangler

Game 2 Project with Yuqian Wu and Jack Threshie: Outlast

Career Goals

  • Get Hired

Favorite Games

    • Overwatch
    • Divinity: Original Sin 2
    • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrafice
    • Tomb Raider
    • The Witcher 3
    • Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
    • DOTA 2

Classes Taken

Josh Rose (2022)

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<span style=”font-size: 18pt;”><strong>Classes Taken</strong></span><ol>  <li><a href=”http://blogs.baylor.edu/matthew_fendt/csi-1337-introduction-to-video-game-design/”>CSI 1337</a></li></ol>

Dominic Baroni (2021)

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<p style=”text-align: left;”><span style=”font-size: 18pt;”><strong>Career Goals</strong></span></p>

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I hope to work in the computer science field and I want to be able to create software from scratch.

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Halo

<span style=”font-size: 18pt;”><strong>Classes Taken</strong></span><ol>  <li><a href=”http://blogs.baylor.edu/matthew_fendt/csi-1337-introduction-to-video-game-design/”>CSI 1337</a></li></ol>

Juan Alvarez (2021)

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Juan Alvarez

Currently majoring in Computer Science while also pursuing a minor in Japanese

Career Goals

 
I hope to work in the video game industry as a software engineer, and perhaps as a translator to better my skills in foreign languages.
 

Experience

Games Created

JuanSmallStep –

  • Chillennium 2018
    • Game Pitch Assigment

     

    Favorite Games

    Rainbow Six Siege
    Batman: Arkham Asylum
    Super Mario 64

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Mohsen Soltani (2022)

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    Mohsen Soltani

    Hi! I’m Mohsen Soltani. I’m a Freshman majoring in Computer Science.
    I’m currently exploring game design as a concentration since video games played a relatively big part in my childhood.
    Here’s a few fun facts about me:

    • I was born and raised in North Carolina
    • I am from Trinity, a small town in the Piedmont area of NC
    • My first console was a Nintendo 64,
    • In my opinion, the best soft drink is Cheerwine. I’m sorry Baylor, but Dr. Pepper is a close second

    Career Goals

    After graduation, I would love to get a job as a game designer for Bungie.
    I enjoyed playing their earlier works, such as Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo Reach, but their newer releases, such as Destiny and Destiny 2 were somewhat disappointing.
    I want to get a chance to bring back the (guilty) spark their games once had.
    Should my career in game development fail, my skills as a programmer can kickstart a career in software development or cybersecurity

     

     

    Experience

    • 4 years programming in C#, C++, Java, and JavaScript
    • 2 years designing virtual environments for a graduate level VR lab

    Games Created

    Favorite Games

    • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
    • Metroid Prime
    • Super Smash Bros. Brawl
    • Dark Souls

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Joshua Huertas (2022)

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    Joshua Huertas

    Just your average college freshman. Just trying to stay afloat.

    Career Goals

    Graduate college and find out what exactly I want to do in the computer science field. Maybe create a game or two along the way or participate in a cyber security competition.

     

    Experience

     High school class in C#
     AP high school class in Java

    Games Created

    – – – – –
    Game pitch for Space Catastrophe with Mohsen Soltani and Matthew McCaskill – https://baylor.box.com/s/40bqa9v79zjefwbig5x7lz3liggj2w86

     

    Favorite Games

    Raibow six siege

    For honor

    Monster Hunter

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Daniel Trayler (2020)

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    Daniel Trayler

  • DanielTrayler.com

  • Mechana Game Pitch

    • I am a Computer Science Major working on the Gaming track. I started gaming on the original GameBoy with F-1 Race. I’ve been hooked ever since.

    Career Goals

    My current goal is to graduate. Beyond that, I would love to get into software development while working on my craft of creating video games in my spare time.
     

     

    Experience

    A.A.S. – Video Game Programming and Design (TSTC)

    Games Created

    Bibble
    Galavanting Around

     

    Favorite Games

    Halo Franchise
    Destiny 1 & 2
    Call of Duty Franchise (MW2)
    Smash Bros Melee/Brawl/3DS
    Splatoon 1 & 2

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Mack Carter (2019)

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    {Mack Carter}

    Im Mack Carter, a senior Finance student at Baylor University. I love games as it was how I bonded with my brother growing up, lasting until today where we try to log online and play games whenever we are both able. Games have always been a hobby of mine and something I love to do with friends.

    Career Goals

    Work in the investment management field with hopes of being a portfolio manager.

     

    Experience

     Video Game Pitch: Dreadnaught

    Games Created

     

    Favorite Games

    Kingdom Hearts (series)

    Zelda (series)

    Super Smash bros (series)

    Super Mario Odyssey

    Super Mario Galaxy (1&2)

    Age of Empires 2

    Mario Kart 8

    Mario Party 2

    Earthbound

    Chrono Trigger

    Mother 3

    Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Andrew Ammentorp (2022)

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    Computer Science student at Baylor University, Class of 2022

    Career Goal

    My career goal is to become a software developer or a programmer that does something positive for the world.

    Experience

    Coding in Java and C++.

    Games Created

    Singularity 2120 : With Alejandro Gil

    Favorite Games

    • Mario Kart
    • Battlefront II
    • Super Smash Bros.
    • NBA 2K18
    • Call of Duty

    Classes Taken

    1.  CSI 1337

    Eric Jaroszewski (2022)

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    Eric Jaroszewski

    Currently a Sophomore at Baylor, planning on going into Computer Science under the gaming concentration.

    Career Goals

    Become a professional at what I love to do (Gaming and Game Design in general), and get paid for it

     

    Experience

     AP Comp Sci classes in high school
     Chillenium 2018

    Games Created

    Switchblade (Pitch Only) – video

    Black Cat With A Green Hood

    Out of Time (Chillenium 2018)

    OutBox

     

    Favorite Games

    Super Smash Bros

    Kingdom Hearts

    Minecraft

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337
    2. CSI 1430
    3. CSI 1440
    4. CSI 2350
    5. CSI 2334
    6. CSI 3334

    Jojo Cordova (2022)

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    JOJO CORDOVA

    Hello, I’m Jojo Cordova and I am a student at Baylor, attending for computer science in the game design concentration. I’m from Odessa Texas and am currently a freshman.

    Upon graduating I plan on finding a career in game development, hopefully with a company such as id Software.

    Experience:

    I make a mean quesadilla.

    Games Created

    none lmao

    Favorite Games

    Some of my favorite games include Wolfenstein, DOOM (2016 and classic), Cave Story, Hollow Knight, and Tekken 7.

    Classes Taken
    http://blogs.baylor.edu/matthew_fendt/csi-1337-introduction-to-video-game-design/

    Daniel Clute (2021)

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    Daniel Clute

    FDM major + CSI minor

    Career Goals

    Working towards directing video games.

     

    Games Created

     

    The Third Punic War (Group Project) – The Third Punic War

     

    Noir Man (Group Project) – Noir Man

     

    KIWI (Made just for fun) – KIWI

     

    Essential Elements (Group Game Jam Game) – Essential Elements

     

    Sna-Man (Old Game Jam Game) – Sna-Man

    Portfolio Video:

    Current Project:

    Pitches

    Sky High – Video

    Favorite Games

    Animal Crossing – GC

    Dark Souls III – PS4

    Mario Party 7 – GC

    Super Mario Odyssey – Switch

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    April Yang (2022)

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    April Yang

    I am currently majoring in Computer Science with a concentration in gaming. Some of my interests are reading, writing, taking long walks, and of course, gaming.

    Career Goals: Create video games through programming, designing interface, making game play, or writing story, whichever comes first

     

     

    Experience

    Games Created

     

     

     

    Videos Created

    Game Pitch Video:

    https://baylor.box.com/s/34xkvktk672lcskfazkg4xspva2w0y98

     

    Favorite Games

    • Mass Effect 2

    • Gears of War 4

    • King’s Quest

    • Assassin’s Creed 3

    • Left for Dead

    • Monster Hunter: World

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337
    2. CSI 1430 & 1440

    Addisyn Burlage (2021)

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    Addisyn Burlage                                                      

    I am currently a Business Marketing major at Baylor University. I have an interest in management of new products, including video games, and enjoy helping make ideas into realities.

    Career Goals

    Manage the production of new forms of media and the entertainment in those fields. Also work for Disney…

     

    Experience

    Games Created

    Video Game Pitch

    Farm Wars

     

    Favorite Games

    Detroit: Become Human

    Bendy and the Ink Machine

    Bioshock Infinite

    Undertale

    Firewatch

    Valiant Hearts

    Until Dawn

    The Last of Us

    To the Moon

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Brandon Alcaraz (2022)

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    Brandon Alcaraz

    Computer Science Student at Baylor University. Class of 2022.

    Career Goals

    My goal is to become a part of a video game company and develop games. Eventually, I would like to try and become a project lead at a large studio.

    Experience

    Games Created

    Favorite Games

    • Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Bethesda Game Studios
    • Destiny by Bungie
    • Horizon: Zero Dawn by Guerilla Games
    • Doom (2016) by id Software
    • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege by Ubisoft Montreal

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Adrian Rodriguez(2019)

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    Adrian Rodriguez

    Career Goals: I am a Sociology Major and I hope to get a new understanding of video games from this Course

     

    Experience

    Games Created

     The Man With No Name: https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2018/10/02/tmwnn/
    Michael Jackson: : https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2018/11/27/the-man-the-myth…-michael-jackson/ 

    Favorite Games The Last of Us, Every Pokemon Game, God of War, Chrono Trigger, Super Smash Bros

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Link to Video Game Pitch: https://baylor.app.box.com/file/316269531765

    Joel Futagawa (2021)

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    Joel Futagawa

    I’m a Computer Science major studying in the gaming concentration.

    Career Goals

     

    I want to be able to help bring imagination to life by working professionally on video games!

     

    Experience

    Games Created

     The Grey Area (Game Pitch) – https://baylor.app.box.com/s/vub48uxxtzurt5gbvs2wsrig3f2f4o49

    Platform Ninja – https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2018/10/02/platforming-ninja/

    Frog Life(Chillenium 2018) – https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2018/10/23/frog-life/

    Outbox – https://blogs.baylor.edu/baylor_gaming/2018/11/27/outbox/

     

    Favorite Games

    Super Smash Bros (Series)

    Pokèmon (Series)

    Xenoblades Chronicles 2

    BlazBlue:Cross Tag Battle

    Crono Trigger

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Makin Schilling (2022)

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    Makin Schilling

    Class of 2022 Computer Science Major

    Career Goals

    Once I graduate I would like to design video games, specifically Virtual Reality or other various story games. I don’t have a specific company I’m looking at but I know I want to do something in the video game or VR field.

     

    Experience

    Games Created

    Video Game Pitch for Switchblade

    Flying The Coop

    Shape Shift

    Farm Wars: Attack of the Crows

     

    Favorite Games

    Fire Emblem Awakening
    Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

    Matthew McCaskill (2022)

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    Matthew McCaskill

    Student of computer science (gaming concentration) at Baylor University and freelance software developer. I am a freshman from Goodyear, Arizona and have interests in game design, software development, mathematics, and Biblical hermeneutics.

    Career Goals

    My primary career goal is to join or start a company which specializes in church management software. Assuming that that does not go through, I wish to develop software (specifically front-end web or general tools) or go into game design.

    Experience

    • 8 years of experience in object-oriented programming languages, including, but not limited to, Java, C#, C++, and Python.
    • 3 years of experience web design and development (HTML, CSS, and Javascript).
    • 7 years of limited experience in game design and development, including both the GameMaker and Unity game engines.
    • 13 years of experience in stage production management, including audio mixing, lighting effect management and design, and background media programming.

    Games Created

    Favorite Games

    • Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes by Steel Crate Games
    • Settlers of Catan by Catan Studios
    • Acquire by Avalon Hill Games
    • Starcraft 2 by Blizzard Entertainment
    • Overwatch by Blizzard Entertainment

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Ben Davis (2021)

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    Ben Davis

    Hi! My Name is Sample Student, and I am a student at Baylor University majoring in Computer Science in the Gaming Concentration. I’m from Houston, Texas and currently am a sophomore.

    Career Goals

    Upon graduating, I plan on working as a Game Designer.

     

    Experience

     

    Games Created 

     

    Favorite Games

     

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Logan Parmeter (2019)

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    Logan Parmeter

    Baylor University | Computer Science, Class of 2019

    Career Goals

    Experience

    Credera
    Mobile Solutions Intern, Summer 2018

    Games Created 

    Elke

     

    Favorite Games

    Kingdom Hearts Logo

    Kingdom Hearts Series, Square Enix
    WoW Logo

    World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment
    Slime Rancher Logo

    Slime Rancher, Monomi Park
    Horizon Zero Dawn Logo

    Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla

    Classes Taken

    Matt Engman (2019)

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    Matt Engman

    I am a Senior Computer Science major in the gaming track, and love to both play and create games as much as I can.

    Career Goals

    I love the game creation process, especially when it comes to the stories that games can tell. I eventually want to be a creative director so I can be as involved as I can in that process.

     

    Experience

     

    Games Created 

     

    Favorite Games

    • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
    • Fallout: New Vegas
    • Borderlands 2
    • Rocket League
    • Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337

    Ford Hash (2019)

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    Career Goals

    I want to be involved with programming video games in any capacity. Engine programming, gameplay programming, graphics programming, as long as it’s programming then I want to do it.

    Experience

    Chillenium 2016 – Participant

    Created Pacemaker (se below) in less than 48 hours in a team with with Ben Hamilton and Ben Tandy.

    Ranked Hoops – Co-Founder, Administator, and Applications Developer

    Co-founded and administrate a large Rocket League community dedicated to playing the side game-mode “Hoops” competitively. For this community, I created a Discord bot and backend ranking system that integrates with our weekly tournaments on smash.gg to rank participants based on their performances. It has always been our goal to convince Psyonix that Hoops deserves its own competitive game-mode, and we actually recently achieved this goal. Psyonix announced on August 9th, 2018 that they would be bringing ranked to all Sports Playlists (Rumble, Dropshot, Snow Day, and Hoops). This experience has taught me to never underestimate how much impact a community of players can have on the development and direction of a video game.

    Games Created 

    Archer for PC

    This short game was the product of a 2 week class assignment to create a platformer in Gamemaker.

    You play as the hero, Archer. Your goal is to get to the end and defeat the evil Beastmaster who has taken control of the kingdom.

    Highlight Design Elements:

    • Dynamic viewport movement that shows more screen space in front of the character
    • Wide variety of enemy AI, including enemy archers that use your motion to calculate where they should shoot.

    Pacemaker for PC, Android, & iOS

    This game was created for Chillennium 2016. After we participated in the game jam, I thought it would be nice to polish up the game a little and release it on mobile devices.

    Pacemaker is a unconventional hybrid rhythm/endless-runner game with only a single input. It’s pretty addicting.

    Highlight Design Elements:

    • Smooth transition between menu and gameplay.
    • Overall sound design (seriously, wearing headphones when playing makes the game so much more immersive)
    • Shader-based dynamic vignette effect
    • Smooth graphics even at inconsistent frame rates

    Favorite Games

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    Rocket League – Psyonix

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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios

     

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337
    2. CSI 4341
    3. CSI 4342

    Dylan Hines (2019)

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    Dylan Hines

    Baylor University | Computer Science, Class of 2019

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    Career Goals

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    Experience

     

    Games Created 

     

    Favorite Games

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    Xenoblade Chronicles – Monolith Soft
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    Rocket League – Psyonix
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    Super Smash Bros – Nintendo

    Zelda Breath of the Wild – Nintendo

    Classes Taken

    1. CSI 1337
    2. CSI 4341

    Dr. Matthew Fendt

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    Dr. Matthew Fendt

    Lecturer, Department of Computer Science

     

     

    Education 

    Ph.D, North Carolina State University, 2014

    B.S, University of Delaware, 2009

    Profile 

    I teach the introductory gaming class, CSI 1337, as well as the upper level game engine class, CSI 4342, and the gaming capstone, CSI 43C8.  My PhD work was in the creation of a narrative generation tool for authors.  Now I create learning and educational games.  I have three ongoing projects.

    • A mobile game to teach grade school and high school students about the drop tower over in the BRIC.  This is to encourage students to pursue a STEM education.  The game is currently in development and if you want to poke around with the apk it is here.
    • A mobile app to promote health education in India.
    • A collaboration with the Family Health Center in Waco, who provides health care to under serviced populations in the Waco area.  We developed an app for their researchers to assist in patient survey administration.

    I also supervised students in the development of a game to teach people about the Armstrong Browning Library.  You can download the game here!

    Screenshots of the Armstrong Browning Library game called Time Historian

    If any of those projects sound interesting to you, please come talk to me about them or other gaming research opportunities.  My office is in Cashion 360.02.  If you want to see some of the papers I have published, you can find them on my Google Scholar page.

    We try to publish our senior gaming capstone games every year on Steam.  You can play our turn based strategy game Synch or our multiplayer battle arena game Mutation Mayhem on Steam.

    The gaming capstone game Mutation Mayhem

    Favorite Games

    I learned to love video games from my dad, who brought home a DOS computer where I played Siege, Paladin 2, and Sim City.  My first gaming console was an Atari, and I loved the Joust game I had.  I also had the infamous E.T. game, and like everyone else, had no idea how to play it.  Nowadays I mainly play narrative games, like Life is Strange.  I am currently playing Night in the Woods.

    Most of your time playing E.T. was spent falling down this hole.

    Gaming Classes Taught

    1. CSI 1337 Introduction to Video Game Design
    2. CSI 4342 Game Engines
    3. CSI 43C8 Senior Gaming Capstone