Just wanted to share some cool news with you guys! My school...The Art Institute of California: Los Angeles - Game Wizards has placed 2nd in the Make Something Unreal Million Dollar competition.
Here is a link to Epic's post on the winners.
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=718438
Our games Killing Time, Boiler Plate, DeadMan's tales and Millagun put us over the top.
It is a great honor to have A.I.C.A.L.A. - Game Wizards place second in the Education Category. We are the only school located in the United States to place in the contest. The other winning schools were located in Copenhagen, Australia, and Sweden.
I run the Game Art and Game Programming dept and oversee all the art in Game Wizards Here is video G4 did about our class in case your interested.
http://g4tv.com/videos/20994/Will-Wo...nt-Developers/
I am a fairly regular member on the boards and wanted to share the cool news If anyone has any questions on the program you can buzz me at
nmarks@aii.edu
Nick Marks
Academic Director: Game Art/Design and Game Programming
Art Institute of California: Los Angeles
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here are some screenshots from our latest game:)
http://www.pixolator.com/showthread.php?t=75354
This was the catagory i was most hoping to place in with my map, but as a school, AI LA definitely has a better program for creating a team environment for students to make mods in UDK. Well deserved
Awesomest teacher of the year Award - you get my vote!
Jason: That is very nice of you to say. You could always come to my school! Where do you attend?
Minotaur0: Thanks!
Snacuum: Zbrush is a must. I am teaching it to all 3rd quarter students now.
Crazyfingers: Good to see you on the boards. Your Unearthly Entry was awesome! Thanks so much for the praise. We are all proud
Our NEW GOAL! Is to win the IGF next year!
Crazyfingers; yes it is me. Doing better. Had to withdraw from the Unearthly...slipped disk in my back...couldn't sit for more than 15 min at time:( Can't wait to see who wins though
00Zero: Dude..what is your e-mail i gotta talk to your pronto! and your yahoo keeps getting bumped back. E_MAIL ME TONIGHT!
Congrats to the GW team!
Your students have been pumping out quality work for some time now, it's well deserved.
It's good to see educational success stories as well as professional ones around here.
Good luck with the IGF, I look forward to seeing what your team creates for it.