{"72603":{"#nid":"72603","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Students Earn 1st Place Honors for Video Game","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of Georgia Tech students recently took first place at\nthe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.siegecon.net\/SIEGE2011\/index.php?option=com_content\u0026amp;view=category\u0026amp;layout=blog\u0026amp;id=102\u0026amp;Itemid=100\u0022\u003E2011\nSouthern Interactive Entertainment \u0026amp; Game Expo (SIEGE) Student Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E\nfor developing and presenting an independent video game. \u003Cem\u003EVision by Proxy: Second Edition\u003C\/em\u003E has garnered more than two million\nplays since its release in mid-August.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe winning team is comprised of Digital Media Master\u2019s students\nAndrew Ho, Chris DeLeon and Christine Wu, as well as Rose Peng (Computational\nMedia 2010). The first edition of the game was developed during fall 2009 under\nthe guidance of Celia Pearce, assistant professor in digital media in the\nSchool of Literature, Communication, and Culture.\u0026nbsp; \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs described \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.digitallounge.gatech.edu\/gaming\/index.html?nid=58070\u0022\u003Elast\nyear\u003C\/a\u003E in the Digital Lounge, \u003Cem\u003EVision by\nProxy\u003C\/em\u003E features a one-eyed alien who crashes his spaceship on Earth. He must\ncollect eyes from humans in order to see the world in a completely new way. As\neyes are collected, the game unveils new visuals and different perspectives. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/visionbyproxy.com\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to play \u003Cem\u003EVision by Proxy: Second Edition\u003C\/em\u003E for\nfree. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother Georgia Tech team won third place honors for \u003Cem\u003EGravigo\u003C\/em\u003E. The team consisted of Computational\nMedia students Kelly Snyder and Ken Hartsook and Computational Science students\nAJ Kolnec and Robert Grosse.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESIEGE is an annual trade show hosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ggda.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Game Developers Association\u003C\/a\u003E. The\nGeorgia Tech teams competed against student groups from Savannah College of Art and Design, Southern\nPolytechnic, Georgia State and the Art Institute of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of Georgia Tech students recently took\nfirst place at the 2011\nSouthern Interactive Entertainment \u0026amp; Game Expo (SIEGE) Student Showcase\nfor developing and presenting an independent video game -\u2013 \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/visionbyproxy.com\/\u0022\u003EVision by Proxy: Second Edition\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A team of Georgia Tech students recently took first place at the 2011 Southern Interactive Entertainment \u0026 Game Expo Student Showcase for developing and presenting an independent video game."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2011-11-10 11:02:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:38","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1216","name":"Digital Lounge - Gaming"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10013","name":"computational media"},{"id":"4237","name":"computational science"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jason.maderer@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}