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FALL 2008: Week 11

1. Assignment 03 Presentation
   
   
   • Team 01: Sketched
     484/489: Nathan & Mike, 401: Jonathan Rosenfeld, Alec Stamos, R.C. Narma
     
     
   • Team 02: Book of Power
     484/489: Ben & Bryan, 401: Drew Moxon, Michael Kane, Matt Lee
     
     
   • Team 05: In Dog Years
     484/489: Harold & Britney, 401: Harold Vancol, Gavan Wilhite, Michaela Morris, Katrina Wolfe
     
     
   • Team 06: Immobile Miner or Magnetic Musket
     484/489: Brian & Adam, 401: Brian Abrams, Blade Olson, John Banayan, Sam David
     
     
   • Team 07: Queasy Steve
     484/489: Erik, 401: Erik Nichols, Alex Sandval, Ryan Hedden, Ashley Soriano
     
     
2. Steel Battalion demo play
   - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Battalion
   
   
3. Lecture: Camera Positioning and Movement:
   
   
   • Bokuno Natsuyasumi 2 (My Summer Days 2) - demo play
     Where are the cameras?
     
     
     
     
     
   • Ico - demo play
     How does the camera move and guide you?
     
     
   • Shadow of the Colossus: http://www.us.playstation.com/PS2/Games/Shadow_of_the_Colossus/OGS/
     http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28154
     
     
     
4. Reading:
   
   • "Genres: game styles and interfaces" from Game Interface Design by Kevin Saunders & Jaennie Novak, Thomson & Delmar Learning (2006), pp. 124 - 147.
   • On Real-time Strategy Games: http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/real_time/