Recognized as one of the top game design programs in North America by the Princeton Review, USC Games represents an exciting collaboration between the School of Cinematic Arts’ Interactive Media & Games Division and the Viterbi School of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science. Incorporating elements of design, artistry, production and engineering, USC Games offers an utterly unique educational experience for students, and serves as the launching pad for them to play significant roles in the game design field. With rigorous, hands-on instruction from master designers, producers, engineers and working professionals in the industry, students have an unprecedented level of opportunity to delve into every aspect of creating games for a global audience.
Join us on Saturday, October 23rd at 11:00am PT for The Books Behind Development with Richard Lemarchand, Tracy Fullerton, and Dennis Wixon, and again at 3:30pm PT for Creating Your Own Indie Game Studio, a moderated discussion with USC Games alumni Sam Rosenthal, Yuting Su, Paul Bellezza, and Loan Verneau.
See USC Games in the Iron Game Design Challenge
Friday October 22nd @ 4:30 pm PT
USC Games Showcase
Alma
Developer: The Alma Dev Team
Description:
Alma is an interactive narrative that captures the tension of work-life balance for healthcare workers. Play as Alma, a caring mother and pediatric nurse, who struggles to find compassion for herself.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/kth1YptC0uA
Platforms: Steam and Itch.io
Status: Game is finished! Waiting on Steam to approve release
Website: https://frenchie-fries.itch.io/alma
Come with Me
Credits:
Xin Ye | Creative Director / Art Director / Level Designer
Xiangyu(Marshall) Wang | Lead Programmer
Yuran(Hesh) Yan | Programmer
Maxton Waller | Composer
Jon Brunson | Technical Sound Designer
Qiming(Fleming) Lin | Technical Artist
Weston Bell-Geddes | Usability / Marketing / Publishing
Additional development by Spookulele Games
Description:
Come with Me is a two-player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled magical world. Solve puzzles together by using your special abilities and collect memories to uncover the mystery of the world around you.
Trailer:
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256828566/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1617414896
Platforms: Steam
Website:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1482840/Come_with_Me/
Heirloom
Credits:
Anne Marie: Leeanna Albanese
Hailey: Abby Sherlock
Kit: Kat Peterson
Narrator: Amanda Hufford
Music: Ben Lipkin
Sound Effects: Aya Yuasa
Editing: Aya Yuasa
“You and I”
Music by Ben Lipkin
Lyrics by Kiki Weerasiri
Performed by Leeanna Albanese, Ben Lipkin, and Hatsune Hirakura
Special thanks to Sean Bloom, Richard Lemarchand, Kenny Wei, Mariana Cacique, and the Fall 2020 class of CTIN-532.
Heirloom was created by Abby Sherlock and Kathryn Yu.
Description:
Heirloom is a first person exploration game which primarily uses audio and environmental storytelling to immerse the player in the lives of three women in the American South. Kit, Hailey, and Anne Marie are three different generations from a single family in the 1970s and 1980s. After uncovering a dark secret, it’s up to the player to assemble together the pieces of this multigenerational story.
This game is for people who enjoy narratively driven “walking simulators” that evoke complex emotions about morally ambiguous situations.
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/phSJiL-CG-g
Platforms: itch.io: http://kathrynyu.itch.io/heirloom
Website:
https://heirloomgame.tumblr.com/
There You Are
Credits:
Rong Deng – Creative Director/Game Designer/Programmer/Writer
Rui Huang – Concept Artist/3D Artist/Lighting Artist/Co-Writer
Yu Yang – Programmer
Adam Morina – Narrative Designer
Randen Banuelos – Narrative Designer
Guangdi Jiang – UI Artist
Yuwei Lin – UI Artist
Mengyuan Guo – Animation Artist
Alysha Bermudez – Sound Designer
Nia Baker – Voice Actor of Su
Demetri Bouzos – Voice Actor of Dad
Aubrey Issacman – Voice Actor of Radio DJ
Lazybeam – Composer
Diipslience – Composer/Music Producer/Music Engineer
Description:
There You Are is an exploratory narrative game that features stop-motion-inspired graphic design and two endings from the player’s choices and actions. In this game, the player will role-play the girl, Su, to deal with her father’s relationship to move away from the past and accept the loss of her mom. While many games already touch on this type of topic to a certain extent, There You Are uses both storytelling methods and game design principles to exquisitely craft each story beat and depict an emotional bittersweet story.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/63HUEsHjBiU
Platforms: Itch.io: https://solr.itch.io/there-you-are
Website:
https://www.funkydango.com/
