For the eighth annual Advanced Media Entertainment Society (AMES) Game Design Competition and Showcase students were required to make a game that used elements studied this year, from concept to design, and implementation. They competed at their local school level and three teams won the right to represent their school and compete at this state-level event in Burien, WA at Puget Sound Skill Center on June 3, 2023.
All classes were given the same prompt and eight weeks to complete a film or animation based on the prompt:
“Habits and Rituals”
Itch.io Showcase Page
Super Showcase Judges
Matt Pennebaker – Hidden Path Entertainment
Clayton Kisko – Bungie
Crystal Reid – Bungie
Dani Long – Very Very Spaceship
Super Showcase Program
Outstanding Achievement Awards in Video Game Design
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Mechanics
Pasty Boys – “Day In, Day Out”
Outstanding Achievement in Worldbuilding
Asylum Seekers – “Seeking Asylum”
Outstanding Achievement in Game Art
Double Edge Studios – “7th Samurai”
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance
The Ren Men – “Cityscape Sprint”
Outstanding Achievement in Unique Perspective
Team Namye – “Burnout”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound
Pasty Boys – “Day In, Day Out”
High School Video Game Design Winners
1st Place
Blue Streak – “S.O.S”
2nd Place
CHS Team 1 – “Pixel Tower Defense”
3rd Place
CHS Team 3 – “Zombified”
Skill Center Video Game Design Winners
1st Place
Pasty Boys – “Day In, Day Out”
2nd Place
Double Edge Studios – “7th Samurai”
3rd Place
Asylum Seekers – “Seeking Asylum”
YouTube Playlist of The Event
Comprehensive High School Competitors
Capital High School
Olympia, WA
Scott Le Duc
Instructor
Pixel Tower Defense
https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/period-5-team-1
Art: Killian Lambson
Design: Jace Rose
Producer: Alex Skinner
Programming: Jasper Acord
Zombified
https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/period-5-team-3
Art: Avery Jones and Canon Wilson
Design: Seven Morimoto-Benally
Producer: Jacob Cotey
Programmer: Colton Nabors
Everett High School
Everett, WA
Jim Flatmo
Video Game Design Instructor
S.O.S.
https://everetthsgames.itch.io/sos
Blue Streak
Art: Brooklyn Medina and Ryza Fresco
Programming: Cohan Johnson, Denis Ben, and Robert Atienza
Wrongwarp
https://everetthsgames.itch.io/wrongwarp
Fiery Chickens
Art: Malachai Smith, Riley Johnson, and Shawn Campbell
Programming: Jordan Lucas and Liam Thomson
Ingraham High School
Seattle, WA
Gavin Britton
Video Game Design Teacher
Jellyfish Game
https://peterlaw.itch.io/jellyfish-game
Developer: Peter Lew
Audit Anxiety
Tax Evasion
Art: Raiza Pawar and Yesugen Ankhbayar
Programming: Dashiell Fadiman, Kieran Kiehn, and Nicolas Martin
South Kitsap High School
Port Orchard, WA
Doug Urner
Video Game Design Instructor
Big Oval
No team information
Evil Cave
https://skhs.itch.io/evil-cave
Developer: Skyler Hoskinson
Skill Center Competitors
Northwest Career & Technical Academy
Mount Vernon, WA
Jason Pasimio
Video Game Development
Bounty Hunting
https://norcat-games.itch.io/bountyhunting
Scrungo Inc.
Art: Danielle Turcott
Programming: Connor Banks, Corbin Cuthbert, Gavin Poortinga, and Kai McLaughlin
Seeking Asylum
https://norcat-games.itch.io/pm-team-1
Asylum Seekers
Art: Clayton Kester and Roman Connors
Programming: Chris Brown and Lucas Kreft
Puget Sound Skills Center
Burien, WA
Dr. Chris Cornuelle
Instructor
Burnout
https://yazdigerd-iv.itch.io/2023-pm-1
Team Namye
Art: Jackson Covey
Design: Dakota Tossey
Programming: Ethan Ebbeson
Sound: Julian Salgado
Day In, Day Out
https://yazdigerd-iv.itch.io/2023-am-1
Pasty Boys
Art: Daniel Hultman
Design: Ethan Cichowicz
Music: Christian Donovan
Programming: James Smith
Sound: Jayden Mullert
Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center
Everett, WA
Jim Bassett
Video Game Design Instructor
Lee Anne Lumsden
Animation Instructor
7th Samurai
https://basmatisoftware.itch.io/23q4-am11
Double Edge Studios
Art: Casey Allen and Alan Wilkinson
Design: Tyler Lee
Programming: Logan Cox and Shreyas Sundar Ganesh
Solstice
https://basmatisoftware.itch.io/23q4-am16
Conundrum Creations
Art: Emma Reiner
Design: Celeste Guevara
Programming: Ty Good, Alex Jamesson, and Olivia Lewis
West Sound Tech
Bremerton, WA
Tony Sharpe
Animation and Video Game Design Instructor
Cityscape Sprint
https://itch.io/jam/2023-ames-game-showcase/rate/2046695
The Ren Men
Art: Elijah Chenoweth
Design: Ib McEachran
Programming: Ryan Jones
Rubeus Quest
https://westsoundtechavg.itch.io/rubeus-quest
Rubeus Quest
Design: Izzy Quintanilla and Robbie Allen
Programming: Katie Tillson
Thank You!
We would like to thank our Advisory Committees for going above and beyond in their help with curriculum steering, helping students with their projects, and constant support for our programs.
We would also like to thank our industry representatives for attending this event and being part of our panel. We really appreciate everything you do!
A special thank you to itch.io for hosting our Showcase.
To all of our guests, thank you for sharing this day with us in support of our students.
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