CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2013/OSS E629

E629: Integrating game frontend for Expertiza

Project Introduction

This is a game made for the Expertiza system (Ed Gehringer, NCSU). It transforms an assignment-based course into a "game" in which the player levels up and completes areas. The player doesn't receive grades; rather, he gains experience, and the professor would convert the experience values of the players at the end of the course into grades. The map is split up into distinct "rooms" unlocked by completing assignments; these are arrayed around a "center" in the middle of the map which contains portals to each room (portals which unlock as the player progresses).