Alice – 2014 Competition – Rules
Alice
2014 Competition
Slides available at http://morganj.github.io/alice
Objective
Design a game that incorporates concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
Oh hey, these are some notes. They'll be hidden in your presentation, but you can see them if you open the speaker notes window (hit 's' on your keyboard).Rules
- Competition open to students in grades 6-8
- Games must be developed in Alice 3.1
- Participants make work individually or as a team
- Each club may submit up to 3 projects
Awards
Best Storyline
Most Original Idea
"Thinking outside of the box"
Best Animation Sequence
Best Use of Sound
Sound effects
Best Code Quality
- Readability
- Comments/Documentation
- Inheritance
- Code Re-use / Functions
Best Presentation
Best Educational Game
Demonstrates or teaches a STEM concept
Scoring
Game Design (20%)
- Scene design
- Storyline
Sound and Animation (20%)
Interactivity (20%)
- Collision Detection
- Camera Manipulation
- Key/Mouse Events
- User Input
Technical Merit (20%)
- Inheritance
- Readability
- Documentation
Creative Component (20%)
- STEM Concepts
- Computer Science Algorithms
- Documentation as HTML/Markdown
- Physics (Acceleration, Collisions, Gravity)
- Custom Media (sound, concept art, etc)
Submission
Project Files
Project Description
HyperStream Feedback
Questions or feedback regarding the competition may be sent to Lacy Brunnette - lbrunnette@gmail.com
Resources
Alice.org
Download a Zip of powerpoints, videos, and PDFs from Carnegie-Mellon
YouTube
mwisan1 has a set of Alice 3.1 tutorials.
GitHub
Questions
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