welcome

 

Jack-the-Symposium is a game designed to increase the fun and participation at the Undergraduate Videogame Symposium at Northern Arizona University. We designed this game specifically for the 2015 UVS "A STEAM Affaire." We have created fictional characters for the purposes of plot and puzzles! All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. These quests take place as a Pre-Symposium game. This game continues with additional quests at the Undergraduate Videgame Symosium 2015.

 

We hope you enjoy playing as much as we enjoyed creating.

 

Questions?

 

jts.nau@gmail.com

 

Questions about the symposium?

 

iwriting@nau.edu

 

Lead Game/Quest Designers: A Nicole Pfannenstiel, PhD. and Christopher Harnois

Game/Quest Designer: Everett Bradshaw

Lead Script Writers: Everett Bradshaw

Script Writers: Christopher Harnois and A Nicole Pfannenstiel

Posters and Images: Aaron Pfannenstiel

Web Design: A Nicole Pfannenstiel

 

The Designers

 

Amber Nicole Pfannenstiel, PhD, is a Lecturer at Northern Arizona University in the Rhetoric, Writing and Digital Media Studies division of the English Department. Her work focuses on the ways the internet rhetorically argues in visible and invisible ways, with online and casual videogames influencing theory. An early version of gaming theory that influenced this game design was presented at Phoenix ComiCon 2014. 

 

Christopher Harnois is the Program Assistant for the Interdisciplinary Writing Program at Northern Arizona University. In addition to administrative duties, Chris works with cross-disciplinary writing concepts, and game-like learning principles. An early version of gaming theory that influenced this game design was presented at Phoenix ComiCon 2014. 

 

Everett Bradshaw is a Senior at Northern Arizona University completing his undergraduate degree in English. An early version of gaming theory that influenced this game design was presented at Phoenix ComiCon 2014. 

 

 

Post Game Wrap-Up

More details on design, implementation and success to follow.