Anna CyganowskiRCOS Intro

PresentationMarch 5, 2010

MateriaLab: Why?• Few educational games

available for high school and college students

• Can introduce abstract STEM concepts

• Give students intuitive sense for difficult ideas

MateriaLab: What?• Interactive introduction to materials science• Structures, properties, processing

• Explore virtual IC fabrication facility• Go through entire process• Learn key concepts such as crystal structure

and diffusion• To enter next level, players must solve puzzle

MateriaLab: How?• Unity 3D game engine• Closed source, free

basic version• Supports C#,

Javascript, and Boo (Python dialect)

• Blender 3D • Modeling, rendering,

animation

Why Unity 3D?• Future contributors likely to be beginners• Active online community• Well written documentation

• Used in previous open source games• SARGE (Search and Rescue Game

Environment)• Cassie 3D by NASA JPL

Current Progress• Underestimated amount of

necessary prep time• Built practice game by

following Unity tutorials• Learned way around

Blender interface• Designed first game level –

focus on structures of materials

Semester Milestones

Milestone 2: Info ZoomMarch 28, 2010

Milestone 1: Lab TableMarch 14, 2010

Semester Milestones

Milestone 3: Extracting Unit Cell

April 11, 2010

Milestone 4: Moving Unit Cell

April 25, 2010

Semester Milestones

Milestone 5: Analyze Expanded Unit Cell

May 2, 2010

Milestone 6: Testing & Release

May 14, 2010

Seeking input from:RPI students

MTLE professor(s)Educational game designers

from NYU ITP

Questions?