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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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!)
  • Download and play!

Game Program

• Front / Back
• Inside

AIE Indie Game Festival Promotion

• Read more…

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.

• Review all 2019 CHS Game Contest Entries

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

Play the Games!

• Access the Google Drive Folder with the Games
  • Download and play!

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

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 Retro Mash-Up where they had to combine game-play elements from at least two “retro” games into a modern interpretation.

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 22.  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 – Greed
• 2nd Place – Escape the Castle
• 3rd Place – Ricky the Robot

High School Winners

• 1st Place – Fishy Delishy
• 2nd Place – Destination Crisis
• 3rd Place – Animaliens

Capital High School

Capital High School

Capital High School

Puget Sound Skills Center

Puget Sound Skills Center

Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Scoring and Winners