CSUEB students present graduate thesis at major gaming conference

CSUEB grad student Ellias Fullmore presents his team project at the Unity gaming conference.

February 22, 2011 5:45am

Cal State East Bay multimedia graduate students Jateen Bhakta, Ellias Fullmore, Clare Lewis, and Kat Reyes reviewed their thesis project, "SlipStream", at a major gaming conference in Montreal, Canada. Team member James Tacker was unable to attend.

Sponsored by Unity Technologies, the Unite 10 conference mainly focused on how its development platform is used for creating games and interactive 3D. The students presented at a session called, "Unity in the Wild," which showcased "cool uses of Unity in places that you might not think about."

Fullmore led the presentation and described "SlipStream" as a 180 degree projected video game that is part Carl Jung, part pop culture. The game tries to cull psychoanalytical data based upon the user's decision making style, personality, aggression, and level of risk taking. It also utilizes generative music, an ever changing music loop based upon the user's actions. "At the end of the game experience, you get a unique song composed through your game play as well as a read out about your personality," said Fullmore. "We want to give people an engaging experience at the end of the day."

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