I will be teaching an AR (Augmented Reality) iPhone Game class in Winter 2010 (Jan.-Mar.).  This is going to the second collaboration between SCAD-Atlanta & Georgia Tech.  Students from two schools will work together to create AR game prototypes for computers and/or iPhones.

We will be using Unity3D as our main engine: http://unity3d.com/

Check out an example of the AR games from our last class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNu4CluFOcw

Pre-requisites: ITGM240 or ANIM250 AND ITGM333 or ITGM310 or ANIM351 or ANIM709.

(You will need to complete ITGM240 or ANIM250 with a B or above, plus completing ONE of these classes with a B or above: ITGM310,  ITGM333, ANIM351, or ANIM709)

Feel free to contact me for further information: ttseng at scad dot edu

SCAD-Atlanta SFDM (School of Film & Digital Media) Master Workshop Fall’09

Clint Hocking
Creative Director, Ubisoft Montreal

Tuesday, November 3
6:30 pm reception
7:00 pm talk

SCAD Atlanta
4C Events Space

1600 Peachtree St
NW Atlanta GA 30309

Co-hosted by SCAD-Atlanta and IGDA-Atlanta.

The Territory is not the Map: Hyper Realism and the New Immersion Paradigm

The games of today unsurprisingly strive to mimic the linear, authored structures of previous generations of media largely because gamers and game developers have grown up in a world where those media are culturally dominant. That is changing. As our media become more richly interactive and as our experience of the world becomes increasingly fragmented and parallelized, a new media culture is disintegrating the old. Games of the future will reflect this cultural shift by themselves becoming more fragmentary, more parallelized, and less focused on rich simulation and traditional notions of immersion.

This talk examines the potential long-term future of gaming by looking at the accelerating convergence between rising technologies and competing media from the internet, games, music and narrative media to augmented reality and the prominence of portable wireless devices.

BIO

Clint Hocking has been working at Ubisoft Montreal since July of 2001, when he began his career in the game industry as a Level Designer, Game Designer and Scriptwriter on the original SPLINTER CELL. Along with writer JT Petty, Clint was honoured for his writing work on the title with the first-ever Game Developer’s Choice Award for Excellence in Scriptwriting. Clint continued as Lead Level Designer, Scriptwriter, and Creative Director on SPLINTER CELL: CHAOS THEORY – the highest rated Splinter Cell to date with an aggregate review score of 94%. Clint then worked as Creative Director on the innovative and acclaimed FAR CRY 2. Before games Clint worked in the web industry and experimented with independent filmmaking while earning an M.F.A in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. He lives happily in Montreal with his wife and their dog.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/good_day_atl/Road_Warrior_SCAD_101909

SCAD-Atlanta is showing off our new high tech digital media center in northeast Atlanta on Fox 5 News Live on 10/19/2009.

Check out the segment we showed the AR zombie project (ARhrrr) developed from my interactive game project class (collaborated with Georgia Tech) . The anchors in the studio did not understand the game but the reporter, Stacy, seemed to get it. She was having a hard time to explain it so she kept on referring everything “thingy” (this thingy, that thingy) and her colleagues made a little joke about it. Well, the technology and the concept of this game is so unconventional that IT IS HARD to explain. I think she did well reporting this segment.  For those viewers who feel confused, come to SCAD-Atlanta and play the game  – you will get it once you play it (and I bet you will love it)!

I will be teaching a game development workshop for local high school and college students at SCAD-Atlanta on Saturday, Oct 17th 2-4:30pm. This workshop is sponsored and organized by CAPASUS (The Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States). I’ll also be giving a talk about the game industry in the Chinese Culture Center in Atlanta that evening starting at 8pm.

Download the presentation slides: PDF – 28.5 mb

Atlanta Chinese Culture Center:

5377 New Peachtree Rd
Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 451-4456

Blizzard Entertainment On Campus at SCAD-Atlanta

Friday Oct 16
2:00pm – 3:30 pm Presentation, Welcome Center

·The gaming and entertainment company that made WORLD OF WARCRAFT, DIABLO and STARCRAFT will be on the Atlanta campus to present information about their company and how to get an internship or job there.

·Open to all students, from freshmen to graduates, who are interested in Blizzard. Come with good questions to ask their Recruitment staff.

·Blizzard Entertainment’s track record of back-to-back #1-selling games spans more than a decade, with blockbuster hits such as World of Warcraft, Reign of Chaos, Diablo and StarCraft. The company has earned several consecutive Game-of-the-Year awards. Blizzard is primarily interested in 3D character, 3D environment artists and 3D animators.

·They offer internships and jobs – check these websites for more details:
·General: www.blizzard.com
·Internships: www.blizzard.com/ur
·Jobs: www.blizzard.com/jobs

I’ll participate the academic roundtable at SIEGE 2009

(Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo) – come by and say hi!

Date & Time:

CONFERENCE: REGISTRATION REQUIRED

October 2-4, 2009

COLLEGE & CAREER FAIR: OPEN & FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Saturday, October, 3rd from 10a-2p.  Fair “registration” includes a very brief questionaire in exchange for admission.

Location:  Crowne Plaza Perimeter, NW, Atlanta,  GA

For more info visit: http://www.siegecon.net/SIEGE2009/

Download the program schedule: PDF File (3MB)

Event Hosted by:

CCP/White Wolf Games (makers of Eve Online) and IGDA-Atlanta

The kick-off event of the newly launched IGDA Atlanta Chapter is on Wednesday, September 23 from 6:30 until 9:00 pm at the offices of CCP/White Wolf Games. Dinner and networking will precede a talk by members of the CCP North America MMO development team titled How to Make an MMO (in 90 minutes or less!).

Date:  Wednesday, September 23rd

Time:  6:30-9:00pm

Location:  CCP Games, Stone Mountain, GA

The event will include dinner in the CCP Cantina to the first 100 responders. Because of CCP’s sponsorship, this educational event for the Atlanta game community is totally free.

This event will be hosted at the Stone Mountain offices of MMO maker CCP/WhiteWolf Games (Eve Online).

For the inaugural event of the IGDA Atlanta Chapter, we’d like to invite you to How to Make an MMO (in 90 minutes or less).  Our first event will take place on Wednesday, September 23rd from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at CCP Games, Stone Mountain, Georgia. Dinner and networking will be from 6:30 to 7:15. CCP will then present a brief overview of their seminal product Eve Online (agenda below). Due to limited seating, we will only be able to host 100 attendees, so please make sure you sign up soon!  For more information, and to sign up for this event, visit the IGDA Atlanta Chapter website at www.igdaatl.org and hit the Events link.

Check out the Student Gallery page for the latest student work samples from my classes at SCAD-Atlanta!

Well, I am not really keen about the idea of blogging, but I think it’s about time to setup a blog of my own for the sake of comforting my very fragile ego (why don’t you blog? why don’t you have a blog? why don’t you blah blah blah). Don’t get me wrong, I do like the idea of having my own little big planet in the blog galaxy where I can be my own imaginary king. Here you will find information about me, my projects, my students’ work, information about the courses I teach at SCAD, information about SCAD ITGM (Interactive Design & Game Development), 3D & game development tutorials, and my random thoughts and ideas.

WELCOME to my blog!