• 1st Prize Winner
• Simple and effective game play
• Maticulous art work and use of sound
• Very complete and polished final product
• Good design tradeoffs for flight dynamics
• Fantastic use of stereo
  

• 2nd Prize Winner
• Self-built gravitational physics model
• Lots of different powerups that affect the gravitational model
• Team was able to demonstrate each powerup
• Good exploration of design tradeoffs in the effort to make the game fun
• Original visual presentation of the traditional asteroids game
• Should have put the powerup voice-overs in the final version
  

MindBlur

• 3rd Place Honorable Mention
  
• Technically complex implementation for matching logical constraints
  
• Development of flood-fill algorithm to determine reachability for combatants
• Limited camera views detracted from the stereoscopic experience
• Would have been good to be able to see the game from the chess piece's point of view
• Spleen intends to continue development of their game. For the latest version of their game go to: http://spleen.microfirmz.us

Arcanius

Solar System Exploration game for Adler Planetarium's Crown 3D Theater

• Original game idea
• Excellent presentation of visual effects
• Effective techniques for dealing with size and scale to represent the solar system
  
• Game can be confusing to players who are unfamiliar with all the different levels to the game
• Game did not have the ability to restart
  

iSmash

Third person shooter flavored after SmashTV, Running Man, Contra

• Strong start with prototype in mid-semester
• Excellent 3D opening menu design
  
• Lack of incremental integrations of game capabilities and modules ultimately caused the final product to appear incomplete
• Would have liked to see more levels to the game to illustrate the ability of the system to load multiple levels
• Team was not well prepared for final presentation- powerpoints and software were installed just before presentation
• Game felt incomplete with no ability to restart
  

• Mid-semester demonstration was more engaging than final version
• Too much time spent on overcoming technical hurdles to the detriment of the overall gameplay
• Overall gameplay or goal of the game is lost
• Should have added an arcade mode with non-realistic terrain to to let users enjoy the physics engine more
• Most of the additional gameplay features indicated at mid-semester were not implemented- e.g. rocks, articulated arm to pick up rocks etc.
• Too little progress for a 3 person team

Egg 'Em

Egg Shoot'em up Game

• Mid-semester game was disappointing. There was practically nothing to see
• Final game was a marked improvement
• Good attempt to incorporate gameplay elements such as deformable terrain
• Use of stereoscopic 3D was weak
• Game simply did not work at all until components were stripped out
• Insufficient pre-testing on demo systems before class presentation
• Game had no intro screen, no end screen
• Game did not restart after ending
  

MapPoint

Drive around night clubs in Chicago and solve mathematical puzzles

• Challenging gameplay idea since fun and educational games are always difficult to implement
• Good that at least  1 game puzzle was implemented
• Camera should have been improved
• Artwork was lacking compared to other teams
• Opening stereoscopic movie was nice addition
• Game ending screens were rushed
• Overall project felt rushed