BENTROPY http://bentropy.com ...a portfolio Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:06:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Supremacy MMA http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/supremacy-mma/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/supremacy-mma/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:34:13 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=556 Associate Producer - 505 Games

PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

]]> Associate Producer - 505 Games

PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/supremacy-mma/feed/ 0 Supremacy MMA Trailer http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/supremacy-mma-trailer/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/supremacy-mma-trailer/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:48:57 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=564 Official trailer for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Supremacy MMA, developed by Kung Fu Factory.

]]> Official trailer for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Supremacy MMA, developed by Kung Fu Factory.

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/supremacy-mma-trailer/feed/ 0 Doc & Bacon Figure Out the World http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/doc-bacon-figure-out-the-world/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/doc-bacon-figure-out-the-world/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:39:56 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=560

Doc Y and Bacon Figure Out the World is a game that teaches kids the scientific method and encourages them to experiment on their world. The game is played entirely by texting, so anyone with a cell phone can…

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Doc Y and Bacon Figure Out the World is a game that teaches kids the scientific method and encourages them to experiment on their world. The game is played entirely by texting, so anyone with a cell phone can join in the fun. Follow @BaconTheDog on Twitter to try out the prototype!

Doctor Yohan Brown is an enthusiastic researcher who investigates all sorts of things about the world around him. He encourages kids to do the same by helping to test out his theories, as well as by having them create questions and theories of their own via a series of short, automated text message conversations which prompt kids to participate in a 4th grade peer review community.

The game only takes five minutes a day to play! Over the course of a few weeks, Doc Y and Bacon will lead players in creating scientific questions, hypotheses, procedures, and evidence. With Doc Y’s help, players learn to test out and evaluate each others’ contributions. With Doc Y and Bacon, science is social!

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/doc-bacon-figure-out-the-world/feed/ 0 What Is Is Not http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/what-is-is-not-2/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/what-is-is-not-2/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:54:07 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=534 The initial prototype was completed for the 1st annual Global Game Jam held in 2009.  That prototype took 2nd place at the NYU jam location.  The final version, embedded here, is the result of another week of polish and iteration…

]]> The initial prototype was completed for the 1st annual Global Game Jam held in 2009.  That prototype took 2nd place at the NYU jam location.  The final version, embedded here, is the result of another week of polish and iteration on the initial design.

 

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/what-is-is-not-2/feed/ 0 Backbreaker http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/backbreaker/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/backbreaker/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:55:40 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=568 Associate Producer - 505 Games

PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

]]> Associate Producer - 505 Games

PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/backbreaker/feed/ 0 Naughty Bear http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/naughty-bear/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/naughty-bear/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:28:17 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=552 Associate Producer - 505 Games

PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

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PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/naughty-bear/feed/ 0 Embedded Photojournalist http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/embedded-photojournalist/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/embedded-photojournalist/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:13:55 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=540 This is a proof of concept and early prototype for a game that turns the principals of photography into core game mechanics.  The player’s avatar is an embedded photojournalist in combat scenarios.

Please view the full post to see the…

]]> This is a proof of concept and early prototype for a game that turns the principals of photography into core game mechanics.  The player’s avatar is an embedded photojournalist in combat scenarios.

Please view the full post to see the Unity content.

Download a standalone Windows or OSX version.

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/embedded-photojournalist/feed/ 0 Errantry http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/test-post-1/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/test-post-1/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:08:09 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=529 Advanced Game Project
USC Interactive Media Division

Errantry is best described as a Medieval Rap Battle. The game is a combinatorial storytelling engine controlled through a Wiimote driven gestural interface. Players compete to tell the story of a…

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USC Interactive Media Division

Errantry is best described as a Medieval Rap Battle. The game is a combinatorial storytelling engine controlled through a Wiimote driven gestural interface. Players compete to tell the story of a knight’s grandeur in the style of a Chanson de Geste or other Romantic epic. Success or failure is judged by the nobles of a medieval court, and their personal biases and reactions inform the story telling choices the players make. The game itself lives on its own blog, so go ahead and check it out there!

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/test-post-1/feed/ 0 The Least Equipped http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/the-least-equipped-2/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/the-least-equipped-2/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:07:28 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=537 The Least Equipped is a machinima that explores the role of the protagonist in an interactive narrative. It was an official selection at the Silverlake Film Festival in 2007.

]]> The Least Equipped is a machinima that explores the role of the protagonist in an interactive narrative. It was an official selection at the Silverlake Film Festival in 2007.

]]> http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/the-least-equipped-2/feed/ 0 flOw Trailer http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/flow-trailer/ http://bentropy.com/2011/07/27/flow-trailer/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:19:15 +0000 Ben http://bentropy.com/?p=547 Official trailer for the multiple award winning Playstation 3 game flOw, created by thatgamecompany.

]]> Official trailer for the multiple award winning Playstation 3 game flOw, created by thatgamecompany.

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