Nien Lam

The mask here intended to “hide” me is made to look like the smiley face emoticon. It is constructed using the the individual keys from computer keyboards. The digital motif is based on the idea that my identity is constructed and discovered with a computer. Things like my Facebook profile, my blog, and my tweets are a way I can control how the world perceives me. I see these online tools as something I can hide behind.

This is a simple wireless circuit I created using a coin cell battery, a LED, and sheet metal. I used my wedding ring as a switch to close the circuit. The challenge here was to find conductive material that was not electrical wiring. I incorporated my ring since it is something conductive that I have with me all the time.

The gold version of Oilfish has arrived. The game tells you how to play, but just in case you can’t figure it out here the directions.

Objective:

 
Screen shots

Playable beta version of the game. We added enemies that chase you down.

The alpha version of Oilfish. This is a playable Level 1 of the game.
Two of your friends are hidden inside the maze and need rescuing.

Our team used a level editor to generate the XML files used by Pushbutton Engine to setup the levels. This allowed the designer to quickly create the level by simply dragging and dropping tiles on the grid. The level editor was taken from this Basic level editor for a tile based game and revised to work for our game.

Latest prototype of our game. Oil block movement is more grid-like and the dolphin has some rough animation.

 
Our Hero

 

Friends

We are using google code to host our svn repository.

1. Google Code Project
2. ActionScript Source Code
3. Design Document
4. Project Management Spreadsheet

OilFish is a flash-based, online maze game being developed at the NYU Game Center. The player navigates a dolphin through a maze of oil, pushing oil out of the way to create new pathways. The player will encounter other members of the oceanic animal kingdom who need rescuing from the oil maze. The ultimate goal for the player is to free the other animals and escape the maze into open water. We are using the open source PushButton Engine to develop our game.

The authors of this game are Katya Hott, Chad Bullard, Zach Ross and Nien Lam. The Game Design Workshop is taught by Greg Trefry and Mattia Romeo of Gigantic Mechanic. Updates to the game, including design documents and links to the source code, will be posted to this blog.