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FALL 2008: Week 13

1. Assignment 04 Presentation
   
   
   • Team 01: Sketched -> Cave Paintings
     484/489: Nathan & Mike, 401: Jonathan Rosenfeld, Alec Stamos, Blade Olson, Katrina Wolfe
     
     
   • Team 02: Book of Power -> Fixin’ Frankenstein
     484/489: Ben & Bryan, 401: Drew Moxon, Michael Kane, Ryan Hedden
     
     
   • Team 05: In Dog Years -> Flipper Finding Mystic Amazon River to Be Very Polluted So He Is Trying To Get Out
     484/489: Harold & Britney, 401: Harold Vancol, Matt Lee, Alex Sandval, Sam David
     
     
   • Team 06: Shape Shift -> Indiana Jones and The Temple of Broken Legs
     484/489: Brian & Adam, 401: Brian Abrams, Gavan Wilhite, Ashley Soriano, Michaela Morris
     
     
   • Team 07: Queasy Steve -> Poseidon Panic
     484/489: Erik, 401: Erik Nichols, John Banayan, R.C. Narma
     
     
2. Vote and re-shuffle the team assignment for final project (submit 1st and 2nd choice):
   
   
   • Team 01: Sketched
     484/489: Nathan & Mike, 401: Alec Stamos, John Banayan, (Sam David)
     
     
   • Team 02: Book of Power
     484/489: Ben & Bryan, 401: Drew Moxon, Matt Lee, Michael Kane
     
     
   • Team 05: In Dog Years
     484/489: Harold & Britney, 401: Michaela Morris, Blade Olson, Katrina Wolfe
     
     
   • Team 06: Immobile Miner or Magnetic Musket -> Displacement
     484/489: Brian & Adam, 401: Gavin Wilhite, R. C Narma, Ashley Soriano
     
     
   • Team 07: Queasy Steve
     484/489: Erik, 401: Alex Sandoval, Ryan Hedden, (Jonathan Roselfeld)
   
   
3. Announcement
   - Final project presentation: Wednesday, Dec 3, at 6:00 pm at Zemeckis Center
   - Final project files due: Monday December 15, 5:00 pm at LVL 113 (requirement TBA)
   - Extra credit multimedia essay due: Monday December 15, 5:00 pm at LVL 113 (topic and requirement TBA)
   
   
4. Lecture: UI on Music Games
   
   
   • Music game UI vs. music sheet
   • Understanding the Time signature and beat - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature; 4/4 (quadruple), 3/4 (triple), 6/8 (duple), 5/4 (five quarter notes per measure i.e. Take Five)
   • Understanding the notes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note; whole note, half note, quarter note. eighth note
   • How these elements are rendered and coveyed in music/rhythm games?
   • What are the functions assigned to the visuals? Stage, character, GUI?
   • Spectator value
     
     
   • Dance Dance Revolution
     http://www.ddrgame.com/
     http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=64UGY6L3pGg
     http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=0gh6hzs_7Kc
     
     
   • Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Master
     http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:%E5%A4%AA%E9%BC%93%E3%81%AE%E9%81%94%E4%BA%BA.jpg
     http://taiko.namco-ch.net/
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiWWS7EE4T0
     taiko_01.mp4
     
     
   • Guitar Hero
     http://www.guitarherogame.com/gh2/
     http://www.guitarhero.com/
     http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=phWd7s5mhVM
     
     
   • Rock Band
     http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/rockband/index.html
     http://www.rockband.com/
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=745A_AmJPL8
     
     
   • Wii Music - demo play
     wiimusic.mp4
     
     
   • Os, Tatakae Ouendan - demo play
     ohendan_01.mov
     
     
   • Beat Mania
     
     
   • Vocaloid Technology
     http://www.vocaloid.com/en/
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid
     http://www.zero-g.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=805
     
     - Miku Hatsune
     http://www.crypton.co.jp/mp/pages/prod/vocaloid/cv01.jsp
     http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1335997
     
     
5. Reading
   
   
   • "Cultural Models: Do You Want to Be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic?" by James Gee from The Game Design Reader, edited by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, MIT Press (2006), pp. 610 - 639.
   • The Megatrends of Game Design, Part 2: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3842/the_megatrends_of_game_design_.php