For the fifth annual Advanced Media Entertainment Society (AMES) Film and Animation Design Competition and Showcase students were required to make a film or animation that used elements studied this year, from concept to design, and implementation. They competed at their local school level and five teams won the right to represent their school and compete at this state-level event in Everett, WA at Everett High School Little Theatre on May 18, 2024.

All classes were given the following prompt and eight weeks to complete a film or animation based on the prompt:

“Artificial but not intelligent”

Itch.io Showcase Pages

• amesshowcase.itch.io

Super Showcase Judges

• Jimmie Myers
• Patrick Hoffman

Super Showcase Program

Super Showcase Rubric

High School Film Winners

1st Place: Glitchbound
2nd Place: Big Al’s Revenge
3rd Place: Catfish

Skill Center Animation Winners

1st Place: Revenge of Chop
2nd Place: Dummy
3rd Place: Red Delicious

Outstanding Achievement Awards in Film

• Writing & Story: Your Good Pal David
• Cinematography: Glitchbound
• Acting: Big Al’s Revenge
• Sound: Glitchbound
• Unique Perspective: Big Al’s Revenge
• Editing: Glitchbound
• Direction: Big Al’s Revenge

Outstanding Achievement Awards in Animation

• Character Performance: Robo Inc.
• Cinematics: Adam
• Editing: System Error
• Sound: Adam
• Unique Perspective: Apery
• Direction: Revenge of Chop
• Writing: Dummy

YouTube Playlist of The Event

Comprehensive High School Competitors

Capital High School

Olympia, WA

Scott Le Duc
Instructor

Big Al’s Revenge

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-5-team-1

Director: Sawyer Conklin
Screenwriter: Micha Roberts
Cinematography: Carli Cockrell
Sound: Dakin Dean-Clark

Catfish

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-3-team-2

Director: Raven Berndt
Screenwriter: Gerald Ryder
Cinematography: Parker Taylor
Editor: Rachel Kauffman

Glitchbound

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-3-team-4

Director: Jacob Cotey
Screenwriter: Teagan Aoude
Cinematography: Nate Donahue
Sound: Connor Pratt
Editor: Zayvier Brown

Human Error

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-5-team-4

Director: John Cohn
Screenwriter: Audrey Brien
Cinematography: Carlson Vroman
Editor: Jack Riley

Your Good Pal David

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/chs-period-5-team-2

Director: Murphy Landgraff
Screenwriter: Araya Carlson
Cinematography: Tori Murray
Sound: Miles Salvi
Editor: Genoa Loertscher

Skill Center Competitors

Northwest Career & Technical Academy

Mount Vernon, WA

Linton Porteous
Instructor

JAZ

https://ncta-anim.itch.io/system-error
System Error
Animators: Annya Edin, Jordan Cook, Zoe Bernstein

Mace of War

https://ncta-anim.itch.io/robo-inc
Robo Inc.
Animator: Zachary Hardin, Garrett Hanson

Shrimp in a Jar Studios

https://ncta-anim.itch.io/dummy
Dummy
Animator: Kit Cooper, Carla Jimenez-Nava

Team Gibby

https://ncta-anim.itch.io/adam
Adam
Animator: Ivy Holson, Alexa Silva

Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center

Everett, WA

Lee Anne Lumsden
Animation Instructor

Bear Print Studios

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-110-red-delicious
Red Delicious
Animators: Hadley Babb, Saturn Guerrero, Thalia Sibaja

Best Buds Studios

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-107
Apery
Animators: Emma Smith, Sky Valeeva, Piper Yerrington

Far Out Studios

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24am-101
Love in Wires
Animators: Virginia Abbott, Lily Bean, Alex Valm

Globtree Productions

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-102
Authentic-Feeling – Feelings
Animators: Maliyah Cassa, Danny Gomez, Harper Neff

H.G.B. Productions

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/24team-106
Digital Love
Animators: Collin Akers, Faustina Do-Tong, Jasmine Merkel

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 our guests, thank you for sharing this day with us to support our students.

Directions

Both events will take place on the Everett HS Campus in the “Little Theatre” building.

The school address is:

• 2416 Colby Ave
• Everett WA 98201

The campus is huge and this isn’t where you want to be dropped off.

Here are some modified directions:

The red “not” sign is at 2416 Colby, which puts you in between the front lawn of our main building and the civic auditorium (neither of which you want to be in – and your bus driver might say something like “OH I know where to take you!” and they’re probably wrong – most guests are headed to the auditorium and that’s not where we are). The Little Theatre is in the back of the campus where the purple X is.

Modified directions:

• Get into Everett however your map says to.
• Once you’re off the freeway find 25th Street (most GPS’s will take you down Broadway, 25th will show up eventually).
• Take 25th West (away from the freeway).
• You’ll pass Colby – Skip it and make the next right onto Hoyt.
• Start looking for a spot to park as soon as you start seeing 24th, sometimes it can be touchy.
• There’s a small parking lot JUST past the little theatre – *DO NOT PARK THERE*. That lot belongs to the church next door and they’re super aggressive with the towing and stuff.
• If you’re in a school bus, after unloading the bus, you should be able to find a spot either in front of the school (about where the red ‘not’ sign is on my map), OR on 24th and Rockefeller the student parking lot which should have some room.

Times:

Ani/Film (5/18): Doors open around 11:30 or so, tech check is 12pm-1pm, and competition will start at 1:00 PM.

Game (6/1): Doors open around 10:30 or so, tech check is 11am-12pm, and competition starts at 12:00 PM.

TARGET is to have both competitions end around 4 and be leaving by 4:30.

Times *MAY* get altered slightly as we get more data about who is coming/not coming.

Projector

The projector should work with HD resolutions so plan on building with that.

I am not certain if I will be able to access itch.io, which will prevent me from downloading things. Please plan on each team bringing their project on a flash drive just in case I am unable to download and/or connect to it. Unfortunately with our setup we will not be able to connect to the projector with a non-ESD device which considerably limits my options here.

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

• amesshowcase.itch.io

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.

For the fourth annual Advanced Media Entertainment Society (AMES) Film and Animation Competition and Showcase students were required to make a film or animation 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 Everett, WA at Sno-Isle Technical Skill Center on May 20, 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

• amesshowcase.itch.io

Super Showcase Judges

Eric Belgau

Sam Hastings

Gareth Brewer

Super Showcase Program

Outstanding Achievement Awards in Film

• Writing & Story: “The Heart Decides”
• Cinematography: “Abstract Art”
• Acting: “Dinner”
• Sound: “Dinner”
• Unique Perspective: “Abstract Art”
• Editing: “Abstract Art”
• Direction: “Abstract Art”

Outstanding Achievement Awards in Animation

• Writing & Story: Studio Clockwork – “Good Kitty”
• Cinematography: Studio Clockwork – “Good Kitty”
• Acting: Ceed Studios – “The Perfect Blend”
• Sound: Garbage Goblin Studios – “Two-Toned”
• Unique Perspective: Team Cube – “Jip the Friendly Demon”
• Direction: Ceed Studios – “The Perfect Blend”

High School Film Winners

1st Place
“Abstract Art”
2nd Place
“Dinner”
3rd Place
“How the Heart Decides”

Skill Center Film Winner

1st Place
Goofy Goober – “Morning Mischief”

Skill Center Animation Winners

1st Place
Ceed Studios – “The Perfect Blend”
2nd Place
Garbage Goblin Studios – ” Two Toned”
3rd Place: TIE
Snarl Studios – “Turn Around”
Studio Clockwork – “Good Kitty”

YouTube Playlist of The Event

Comprehensive High School Competitors

Capital High School

Olympia, WA

Scott Le Duc
Instructor

Abstract Art

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/period-3-team-4-film

Cinematographer: Gianna Zabolio
Director: Lex Lehr
Editor: Jimmie Nguyen
Screenwriter: Sydney Waters
Sound: Kevin Nguyen

Dinner

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/period-2-team-4-film

Cinematographer: Sophina Matthews
Director: Tory Murray
Screenwriter: Opal Ashenhurst
Sound: Zac Reese

How the Heart Decides

https://chsgamedesign.itch.io/period-3-team-1-film

Cinematographer: Josh Vickers
Director: Ben Anderson
Editor: Bryce Burney
Screenwriter: Jonas Vu-Sabido
Sound: Casey Martin

Skill Center Competitors

Northwest Career & Technical Academy

Mount Vernon, WA

Linton Porteous
Instructor

The Last Leaf

https://ncta-anim.itch.io/triple-aaa
Nerfed Productions
Animators: Gabriella Ocampo and Mia Richardson

Turn Around

https://ncta-anim.itch.io/orange-chicken
Snarl Studios
Animator: Liv Cruz
Screenwriter: Ceola Sardam
Editor: Charlie French

Puget Sound Skills Center

SeaTac, WA

Gina Hansen
Instructor

The Boring Life

https://clara-1010.itch.io/theboringlife
Animators: Adam Murad and Clara O’Kane

Morning Mischief

https://4016014.itch.io/morning-mischief
Goofy Goober
Animators: Angel S and Christian Juco
Cinematographer: Isaiah Vega
Director: Alan Oh
Sound: Ashley R.

Pandora’s Book

https://acey-spacey.itch.io/pandoras-book
The Winged Cats
Animator: Maura Carrillo
Director: Harp Kaur
Sound: Lilliana Vargas

Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center

Everett, WA

Lee Anne Lumsden
Instructor

Good Kitty

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/am-1
Studio Clockwork
Animators: Ava Goldberg and Tyler Arnsbarger

The Perfect Blend

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/the-perfect-blend
Ceed Studios
Animators: Angela Cruz and Olivia Campanario
Editor: Bailey Currie

Two-Toned

https://lumsdenlx.itch.io/good-kitty
Garbage Goblin Studios
Animators: Isabella Hassa and Parker Westover
Music: Ehron Collins

West Sound Tech

Bremerton, WA

Tony Sharpe
Instructor

Gluttony

https://westsoundtechavg.itch.io/glutten
Dragon Ducks
Animators: Crystal Nelson and Gabriel Norton
Cinematographer: Cameron Manglona
Editor: Ethan Kemp

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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Mr. Le Duc is complete the following content before the 2022-23 school year

Every year, student teams across the state are given a prompt by the Advanced Media Entertainment Society (AMES) and must develop their film or animation within the same two month time frame.

• This year prompt was: “Perseverance”

Teams competed at the local level for the right to advance to this Super Showcase event.

Super Showcase Program

Outstanding Achievement Awards

• THIS SECTION IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT…

High School Film Winners

• 1st Place – Capital High School –
• 2nd Place – Capital High School –
• 3rd Place – Capital High School-

Skill Center Animation Winners

• 1st Place – Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center –
• 2nd Place – Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center –
• 3rd Place – Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center –

See The Film and Animations!

• AMES Supershowcase at itch.io

Super Showcase Judges

Matthew Ward

Currently working to help realize the ideas and help feed the creative process of major motion picture directors, game director, and studio teams. Strongly familiar and fluent with the tools and processes of story, concept art, storyboards, pre-visualization and layout, animation, practical video/film shoots, editing, pitch presentations, and overall world-building.

Brian Favorite

Brian is an independent filmmaker, educator, and life-long learner.
Production work includes network television positions as camera operator, floor director, assistant director, and director in Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco markets. This led to establishing Favorite Film, an independent production company focusing on documentary film production.

Gracen Bayer

Gracen is currently a student at Central Washington University studying Film Production. She has been making films for four years now and has been featured in multiple film festivals this past year such as the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival, the WRPN Women’s International Film Festival, and the Burien Film Festival’s Northwest Teen Talent Division. Gracen hopes to pursue a career in the film industry one day and to be making films for the rest of her life.

Jordie Simpson

Jordie is currently majoring in Film Studies at Seattle University. In the Fall, she will be an officer for the University’s Filmmakers’ Club. Before college, she was involved in film classes at Capital High School, placed and featured in numerous film festivals and competitions, and participated in SkillsUSA club as Vice President. Jordie hopes to continue to create and pursue a career in the film industry.

Jae Hartsuyker

Jae is an indie game artist, character designer and art lead. She works on keeping art teams synchronized and coaching new team members through the art pipeline. Jae has worked on projects ranging from freelance commissions to medical illustrations to fantasy art.

Super Showcase Comprehensive Competitors

Capital High School

Olympia, Washington

Scott Le Duc
Instructor

“2nd Period Film”
Short Film
Katherine Chancellor
Sam Prigg
Ethan Maas
Hunter Deloney

“The Critic”
Short Film
Dylan Werts
Dexter Knutson
Keller Satchel Sogn
Neil Anderson
Justin Sandwith

“Perseverance Short Film”
Short Film
Josie Phillips
Cooper Carlson
Jack Grippo
Jakob Pilon

“Perseverance Film”
Short Film
Brad Berbells
Chet Hanchey

“The Missing Piece”
Short Film
Avery Miller
Meredith Morgan
Naim Peters
Ellie Tetrault
Stuart Whitney

“Soccer Perseverance”
Short Film
Francis Sharp
Jadee Do
Laari Ruby
Lindsay McGaughy

Super Showcase Skill Center Competitors

Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Everett, Washington

Lee Anne Lumsden
Animation Instructor

The Capybaras
“The Final Animations”
Animated Short
Kristen Coe
Tayla Hymas
Isaac Rodriguez

Manx Space
“Little Hope”
Animated Short
Holly Schoales
Nevada Miller
Sophia Barbin

tenICEity
“Keep Pushing”
Animated Short
Jenice Jasper
Nathan Rupp

Cyan Dog Studios
“A Miner’s Home”
Animated Short
Cody Bell
Andrew Robinson

Seaweed Lads
“Sirena”
Animated Short
Lydia Solomon
Camilla Wind
Gabi Rieck

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.

Every year, student teams across the state are given a prompt by the Advanced Media Entertainment Society (AMES) and must develop their game within the same two-month time frame.

• This year’s prompt was: “Perseverance”

Teams competed at the local level for the right to advance to this Super Showcase event.

Showcase Presentation (Zoom)

Super Showcase Program

Outstanding Achievement Awards

• THIS SECTION IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT…
  • World Building
  • Art
  • Sound
  • Character Design
  • Unique Perspective
  • etc…

High School Winners

• 1st Place – Skagit Academy – Roll Over Red Rover
• 2nd Place – Capital High School – Person Man
• 3rd Place – Capital High School- Jackalope

Skill Center Winners

• 1st Place – Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center – Through the Winter
• 2nd Place – Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center – An Opportunity
• 3rd Place – Northwest Career & Technical Academy – Bonehead

Play The Games!

• AMES Supershowcase at itch.io

Super Showcase Judges

Kate Edwards

Executive Director of the Global Game Jam and the CEO and Geographer at Geogrify, her consultancy which pioneered content culturalization in games. She is also an award-winning industry advocate and the former Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

Sam George

I have primarily worked on experimental game projects with a focus on neuroscience and physiology data gathering and improvement. In college, I co-founded The Mind Mall, a multimedia software company, and Sam’s Simple Software which is a general software development house.

Nellie Hughes

As a game design industry veteran of 16 years, Nellie Hughes has worked on games such as City of Heroes, Champions Online, Star Trek Online, and Guild Wars 2 in a variety of ways. Currently, she now resides as a Design Manager at Monolith Productions, helping guide the team and department to be the best they can be.

Crystal Reid

Slayer and creator of internet dragons, Crystal began her journey in games as QA before moving into design where he focused on killing players in fun and interesting ways working on Raid and Dungeon content. These days her focus is around building and growing the Destiny 2 Narrative team at Bungie.

Walter Williams

Born in Los Angeles in the 80s, he worked his way up through Activision Quality Assurance to junior designer. After fifteen years in design, he has been blessed to work on games like Call of Duty and Shadow of Mordor.

Super Showcase Comprehensive Competitors

Skagit Academy

Mount Vernon, Washington

Jason Pasimio
Video Game Design Instructor

Skagit Academy Ravens
“Roll Over Red Rover”
Programming
Michael Rave
Gideon Scholz
Andrew Pasimio
Art
Cadence Littlefield
Sound
Audrey Heiland

Capital High School

Olympia, Washington

Scott Le Duc
Instructor

GMJM
“Labyrinth”
Programming
Michael Nguyen
Art
Gage Carpenter
Michael Navarro Ortiz
Sound
Jamel Spencer

Bean Co. Games
“Person Man”
Programming, Art & Sound
Vincent Vega

4th Games
“Jackalope”
Programming
Jessica
Art
Gracie Conn
Sound
Zayvier Brown

Super Showcase Skills Centers Competitors

Northwest Career
& Technical Academy

Mount Vernon, Washington

Linton Porteous
Video Game Development Instructor

Ethero
“Project Ethero”
Programming
Cullen Frates
Art
Kalvin Carmen
Sound
Ayden Brady
Design
Ayden Malone

Skeleton Key
“Bonehead”
Programming
Steven Eerkes
Art
Oren Goodin
Sound
Cobi Bullen
Music
Darius Guidry

Shuriken Games
“Ninja Tower”
Programming
Jeremiah Hofbauer
Will Southard
Art
Will Southard
Sound
Jeremiah Hofbauer

Seattle Skills Center at Academy of Interactive Entertainment

Seattle, Washington

Chris Dougherty
Video Game Design Instructor

Tower of Resolve
“Tower of Resolve”
Programming
Nicholas Dang
Art, Sound, Programming
Sean Semick
Art
Jason Guenther
Lucas Fitzpatrick

Cam Now
“Cam Now!”
Programming
Samuel Paschal
Art
Isaac Stewart
Tananda Haulley
Thomas Nguyen
Leo Yagle

Puget Sound Skills Center

Burien, Washington

Dr. Chris Cornuelle
Instructor

Team Dishonoured
“Slaughterpark”
Programming/Audio
Sam Clemons
Design
Conner Gipson
Art
Patrick Domingo
Music
Matt Safley

Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Everett, Washington

Jim Bassett
Video Game Design Instructor

Lee Anne Lumsden
Animation Instructor

Lucidity
“Bunnaby’s Killer Cruise”
Programming
Isaiah Griffin
Trayden Gerik
Tristan Favard
Art
Olivia Noland
Tristan Favard

Raconi
“Through the Winter”
Programmers
Derek Sturm
Aidan Neumann
Art
Ronin Seboe
Leonardo Rodriguez
Music
Derek Sturm
Design
Jared Novy

Depresso Espresso
“An Opportunity”
Programming
Andrew Howell
Josh Camacho
Evan Gray
Art
Jayda Turner
Mason Thompson
Music/Sound
Mason Thompson

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.

Video Game Design students were required to make a full game for 4th quarter showcase that used elements studied this year, starting from concept, progressing through design and implementation. They competed at their local school level and two teams won the right to compete at this regional event and represent their school.

All classes were given the same prompt and eight weeks to complete a game based on the prompt:

• Primary Protagonist must be either an Infant or Elderly person

During this process, members of our Advisory Committee helped with refining ideas, setting up plans, giving feedback and a host of other support.

The contest took place at Highline High School Performing Arts Center in Burien, WA on Sunday, May 12.  The videos embedded below are team presentations of game play followed by verbal feedback by professional game industry judges James Cardo, Sam George, and others.  The videos are embedded in presentation order at the competition.

Winners Announced, Judges Final Comments, and Thank You’s

High School Winners

• 1st Place – Capital High School – Krown of Kaos
• 2nd Place – Capital High School – Kira
• 3rd Place – South Kitsap High School – Puzzle Game

Skill Center Winners

• 1st Place – Sno-Isle – Fountain of Youth
• 2nd Place – Pierce County – Aged Retribution
• 3rd Place – Sno-Isle – Get Off Our Lawn

Play the Games!

• Access the Goolge Drive (coming soon!)
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Game Program

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Recommended Reading

• 100 things every game student should know by Kaye Elling

Previous Super Showcases

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016

Introduction

Comprehensive Competitors

Capital High School

Capital High School had 15 teams compete within the two Game Design Classes. Krown of Kaos and Kira were scored the highest by students.

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Krown of Kaos

Kira

South Kitsap High School

Puzzle Game

Skills Centers Competitors

Pierce County Skills Center

Kronos

Aged Retribution

Puget Sound Skills Center

Team One

Team Pretty Snake

Seattle Skills Center

Trouble A Foot

Broken Mind

Sno-Isle TECH skills center

Get Off Our Lawn

Fountain of Youth

West Sound Technical Skills Center

Cupid

Baby Roll

 

 

 

Video Game Design students were required to make a full game for 4th quarter showcase that used elements studied this year, starting from concept, progressing through design and implementation. They competed at their local school level and won the right to compete at this regional event.

All classes were given the same prompt and eight weeks to complete a game based on the prompt:
Your game must take place within one single room. 

• “Think Keep Talking and No One Explodes, to The Room, to Toy Story.”

During this process, members of our Advisory Committee helped with refining ideas, setting up plans, giving feedback and a host of other support.

The contest took place at Highline High School Performing Arts Center in Burien, WA on Sunday, May 20.  The videos embedded below are team presentations of game play followed verbal feedback by judges James Cardo, Bobby Stein, and Eric Carter.  The videos are embedded in presentation order at the competition.

Skill Center Winners

• 1st Place – Recluse, Sno-Isle
• 2nd Place – Panic Mechanic, Sno-Isle
• 3rd Place – Cave Defender, Columbia Basin

High School Winners

• 1st Place – T-2:00, Capital
• 2nd Place – Whispy, Capital

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Capital High School

T – 2:00

Whispy

Seattle Skills Center

Finders Free

Ecquarium

Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center

Cave Defender

Alien Blaster

Puget Sound Skills Center

Shadows in the Cabin

Clone Conundrum

Sno-Isle TECH skills center

Recluse

Panic mechanic

West Sound Technical Skills Center

Flood

The House

Video Game Design students were required to make a full game for 4th quarter Showcase that used elements studied this year, starting from concept, progressing through design and implementation. They competed at their local school level and won the right to compete at this regional event.

All classes were given the same prompt and eight weeks to complete a game based on the prompt TIME TRAVEL.

• The game should take place before the year 1900, however, that is the only guideline. Games can vary anywhere from “Cross the Delaware” to “Build as many pyramids as you can before the mothership returns.”

During this process, members of our Advisory Committee helped with refining ideas, setting up plans, giving feedback and a host of other support.

The contest took place at Highline High School in Burien, WA on Sunday, May 21.  The videos embedded below are team presentations of game play followed by comments from the judges on the panel.  The videos are embedded in presentation order at the competition.

Skill Center Winners

• 1st Place – The Plague of Sicily
• 2nd Place – Ninja Challenge
• 3rd Place – Steele Pirates

High School Winners

• 1st Place – Waktu
• 2nd Place – A Knave’s Tale
• 3rd Place – Backtrack

Weston High School

Weston High School

Capital High School

Capital High School

Seattle Skills Center

Seattle Skills Center

Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center

Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center

Puget Sound Skills Center

Puget Sound Skills Center

Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

West Sound Technical Skills Center

West Sound Technical Skills Center

Scoring and Winners