ENG100 students design, develop, and show games designed for individuals with autism

January 18, 2012

In December 2011, David Chesney‘s ENG100 class, Gaming for the Greater Good, showcased their final class projects to a group of Dexter high school students interested in computer science. The Dexter students played the games, asked questions, and voted for their favorites.

In a collaboration with the U-M CS Mott Children’s Hospital, these video games were designed with interfaces to accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities related to the autistic spectrum.

A number of prizes for the class were provided by Google, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts.

Projects and student programmers included:

Bob’s World Thomas Anderson, Tyler Digesare, John Sligh, Trevaughn Tummings		*Classroom* Spencer Dugan, Daniel Popiel, Jordan Potthoff
*Facemash* Caleb Alexander, Jack Cross, Ryan Gonzalez, David William		*Fast Food Frenzy* Mohammad Islam, Yasadakishore Rao, Jeremiah Reyer
*Force Field* Brandon Kittle, Dax Lamar, Joshua Lynch, Stephen Osentoski		*Go Bubble Go* Patrick D’Agostino, Robert Fergan, Ethan Oosterman, Han Yu
*Great Audio Race* Andrew Lees, Taran Pannebacker, Andrew Rauh, Brandon Scott		*Kinect* Patrick Godwin, Tyler Kohan, Evan Leung, Evan Ward
*Lock & Key* Christopher Baier, Arjun Motta, John Reed, Stephen Trolio		*Marble Roll* Rajeev Bhatt, Khari Cousins, Quincy Davenport, Daniel Gorham
*Math Racer* Ryan Hampton, Daniel Lao, Brock Nelson, Vishnu Rajendran		*Memory Cards* Kristen Gattoni, Ellen Henrichs, Spencer Nofzinger, Cameron Polack
*Say What?* Robert Chan, Zachary Herbst, Jacob Torrence		*Space Master* Devin Chan, David Domanico, Justin Hart, Connor Velzy
*Traveling Fair* Jordan Bell, Peter Jay, Steven Liu, Raven Zeer

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