On May 1st, 39 high school and middle school teams from Oregon and Washington spent an entire Saturday at Chemeketa Community College showcasing hours of work and demonstrating their projects for the third annual Oregon Game Project Challenge. This year’s theme was health and wellness. Each team was instructed to seek out resources and develop a game on one of the following topics: Fitness and Athletics; Healthy Eating and Nutrition; Disease Prevention; Sleep; or Stress/Stress Management. In addition to the Game Maker platform, an “Open Division” was added this year in which teams competed using any platform of their choosing.
Students were kept busy during the day! Each team demonstrated their game for two panels of judges as well as a group of peers. All teams attended presentations delivered by professional game developers, educators and other industry professionals, and each team was allowed the opportunity to play each others games. While waiting for the judges to determine the winners in each category, students were chosen by lottery to perform Rock Band on stage, and enjoyed a grand finale presentation from our keynote speaker, Chris Skaggs of
Soma Games.
ogpc 3.0 Awards
Congratulations to all the teams who participated and to our award winners! To be considered for the ogpc3.0 Champion Award, teams must perform well in both technical and team performance categories, which are approximately equally weighted. It is the most prestigious award that any team can win.
Middle School Awards
1st Champion: S.A.V.E.: Waluga JrHS, Lake Oswego, OR
2nd Champion: Banana Smoothies: Pacific MS, Vancouver, WA
Rookie Team: Edible Invaders: Pacific MS, Vancouver, WA
Teamwork: Sierra 117: Amity MS, Amity, OR
Presentation: Team Banana: Riley Creek, Gold Beach, OR
Programming: Flying Squirrels: Riley Creek, Gold Beach, OR
Game Experience: Amity Eagles: Amity MS, Amity, OR
Game R&D: Pop Snap: Amity MS, Amity, OR
High School Awards
Champion
1st: PHRED: Philomath HS, Philomath, OR
2nd: Tetrabytes: Sunset HS, Beaverton, OR
3rd: Rogue Myth: Lincoln HS, Portland, OR
Rookie Team: Spartan Code Warriors: Hillsboro HS, Hillsboro, OR
Teamwork
1st: Divide by Zero: Seaside HS, Seaside, OR
2nd: IDEK Studios: Sunset HS, Beaverton, OR
Presentation
1st: GBHS Smarties: Riley Creek, Gold Beach, OR
2nd: Dark Plague of the Northwest: Tualatin HS, Tualatin, OR
Programming
1st: Nerdotransmitters: Tigard HS, Tigard, OR
2nd: File Not Found: Jesuit HS, Portland, OR
Game Experience
1st: The G.A.E.M.: North Salem HS, Salem, OR
2nd: Agents of the BSoD: Jesuit HS, Portland, OR
Game R&D
1st: Jellybean Dragons: Sunset HS, Beaverton, OR
2nd: Fracture: Tigard HS, Tigard, OR
Open Awards
Champion: PHRED TO.0: Philomath HS, Philomath, OR
Teamwork: Debt Slapped: Sweet Home HS, Sweet Home, OR
Programming: PHRED TO.0: Philomath HS, Philomath, OR
Game Experience: Keen Studios: Tigard HS, Tigard, OR
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