Students Compete at Video Game Creation

zalas writes "Stanford's computer graphics class holds a video game writing competition each year at the end of the term, and this year's results are finally online. You can download all the finalist entries from the website. The winning entries featured very original game concepts, such as sending a spiked soccer ball through wormhole planets or infesting a growing maze of cheese with mold. Judges at the competition included representatives from Electronic Arts, Microsoft and the creator of Pong, Allan Alcorn. Ironically enough, the winners of the wacky category who received a voucher for an XBOX360 wrote a game that only worked on OSX laptops with the drop-protection motion sensors."

Ironically?

[jonathan_ingram]

But was it as ironic as ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife?

Impressive realism.

[GillBates0]

Heart Attack features technologies such as GLSL pixel/vertex shaders and octree collision detection along with fast-paced, dynamic gameplay.

For added realism, comes with the genuine HeartAttack Inducer (TM) guaranteed to trigger an actual heart attack during gameplay. Our patent pending CattleProd(TM) technology shocks the player into one or more heart attacks (configurable) through repeated, powerful jolts of raw electric power synchronized with in-game events.

An optional multiplayer add-on pack offers even more realism by automatically dialling 911 so Emergency services, paramedics and the ER crew can join in for some fast-paced, dynamic action.

Beta testers wanted.

OSX laptops? ehhhhhh

[PureCreditor]

OSX laptop with drop motion sensor...so what would that game be?

physically throwing the laptop up and down to score points ?

Re:Impressive realism.

[Dunbal]

Addendum: more beta testers wanted...

This is on slashdot!!??

[prozac79]

Oh sure, I was a finalist a few years back in this video game competition and I just got a pat on the back. This year's entries get front page on slashdot and the adoration (and criticism) of the entire nerd world! Not that I'm jealous or anything, I just like to have my ego fed every once in a while.

The Xbox 360 is a great prize

[CapS]

...because you can easily sell it on ebay.

Re:Mac downloads?

[Pollardito]

because there are no games on the Mac, duh

Want to work 80 hours a week for an apartment?

[heroine]

Want to work 80 hour weeks to rent a dumpy apartment in east LA? Go ahead and compete in game programming contests. Interesting to see both sides of an industry: the previous generation of students who hate their jobs, hate not being allowed a life, and complain about getting laid off because of age and the next generation students who are eager to get into crunch mode and make huge sacrifices for their bosses.