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2. Fun & Games: An Introduction to Art-Based Game Modding
Sunday, Half Day, 8:30 am - 12:15 pm
Room 16 A-B
Level: Intermediate
Game "modding" (adapting or creating content using commercial game engines)
has become a favored strategy for rapidly producing real-time 3D worlds that
can be downloaded from the web and played on any game-ready PC. Commercial
games often come packaged with modding tools, and others are available as
freeware and on the internet. In this course, leading and emerging
international game artists show examples of their mod-based artworks
and describe techniques used to create them.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with 3D modeling tools and techniques is helpful, but extensive knowledge of computer graphics production is not necessary.
Topics
3D modeling, texture-mapping and animation for PC-based real-time applications. Computer game design and scripting for interactive game environments. Integration of 3D models created with other tools, such as 3D Studio Max, with consumer game engine systems. Quake, Half-Life, and Unreal Engines.
Co-Organizers
Celia Pearce
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, University of California, Irvine
Carol Hobson
Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, University of California, San
Diego
Lecturers
Rebecca Cannon
Independent Artist/Curator/Writer
Eric Cho
Derric Eady
Sky Frostenson
Robert Nideffer
University of California, Irvine
Brody Condon
Independent Artist
Julian Oliver
Independent Artist/Curator/Writer
Scott V. Swearingen
The Ohio State University
Schedule
| Component 1: Hacking, Modding, Collaborating |
| 8:30 |
Introduction
Pearce |
| 8:50 |
Curating Community Part 1
Oliver |
| 9:10 |
Game Patching
Nideffer |
| 9:30 |
Culture Hacking
Condon |
| 9:50 |
Collaborating
Frostenson |
| 10:10 |
Moderated Discussion
Pearce and Hobson |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| Component 2: New Realities |
| 10:45 |
Research Overview
Hobson |
| 10:55 |
Curating Community Part 2
Cannon |
| 11:10 |
Imaginary Worlds
Swearingen |
| 11:25 |
Synthetic Realities
Eady |
| 11:40 |
Games Within Games
Cho |
| 11:55 |
Moderated Discussion
Pearce and Hobson |
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