Most games are playable on both Mac or PC, while some can be played in the browser. A couple of the games are multi-player and at least one requires external controllers. Click on links for specific instructions.

Be advised that some games include mature content.

Shepherd’s Hunt

Hannah Shumaker, Character Artist, Senior
Lou Jensen, Background and UI Artist, Senior
Ted Newton, Sound Design, Senior
Elijia Knight, Storyboard, Senior
Tyler Marinkovic, Programmer, Senior
Jeff Meyer, Programmer, Senior
Cole Bollig, Programmer, Senior

Our group is a hardworking team of seven students about to graduate. We all have a passion in either the arts or coding and decided to work together to create a great portfolio worthy project showing off both our individual skills, as designers and coders, and our ability to communicate through different platforms to get the fast-paced project out by the deadlines. Our outcome: Shepherd’s Hunt, a match-three game with six playable characters with unique abilities, 25 separate levels and a story to pull it all together.

Project Terra

Dakota DeLaruelle, Programmer, Senior
Nikkos Horaitis, Rigger, Senior
Sara Joyce, Artist/Animator, Senior
Tessa Joyce, Artist/Animator, Senior
Tim Kent, Programmer, Senior
Austin Lange, Technical Artist/Animator, Senior

Hello, we are Project Terra, the designers of a video game created for our MAGD 488 Capstone project. Project Terra is a short game that demonstrates a PvE boss fight, where the player takes the role of Sprout, a woodland spirit armed with a sword and cannon arm, fighting against a stand-in NPC boss. Originally, we intended for the boss to be a fleshed-out character, but due to time and problems implementing the model to Unity, we decided to axe so we could change gears and program the stand-in instead.

Sara and Tessa were able to fulfill the roles they wish to have in the games industry as concept artists, and Nikkos, a hopeful animator, worked with rigging and motion capture. Austin was able to practice technical and 3D environmental art during this project. Dakota and Tim were able to pursue their careers as programmers for video games.

High Noon Showdown VR

Tim Kent, Lead Developer

This project was made for the MAGD Capstone 487 as an individual project. Using Unity and an asset pack by Synty that was bought off the Unity Asset Store, I was able to create a game in VR that simulates an Old West style duel. I wanted to show off and develop my skills as a coder/developer by using Unity in a way I haven’t before.

Online Party Game

Leah Blasczyk, Backend Programmer, Senior
Wesley McWhorter, Programmer/Designer, Senior

Our game is an online board game that can be played with two to six of your friends online! Players roll the dice and race to be the first one to cross the finish line; along the way you can choose to play minigames which have the potential to give you a higher dice roll or no roll at all.

We created this game as a capstone project aiming to broaden our skills in both Unity and its connection to an online server. We hope that this game and its continuation can show off our skills in Unity and how far we have come over our the last four years of our education.

Alchosmic

Austin Reed, Independent Project, Junior

I am Austin Reed, Junior at UW-Whitewater, and this is my video game in production titled “Alchosmic.” I had the original idea for the concept and mechanics about four years ago. Now that this is my third year participating in the Whitewater MAGD Expo, I believe I have gained valuable skills, and programmed a product that lives up to all the expectations I had pre-production. Alchosmic is a truly unique game which combines free-form exploration and collection with deckbuilding. With entirely original artwork, soundtrack, and code build from the ground up, Alchosmic is a game which I plan to include in my professional portfolio which will showcase the abilities I have gained throughout my education at UW-Whitewater.

Untitled Penguin Game

Jake Sefranek, Artist, Junior
Dylan Oelke, Programmer, Junior
Adam Weber, Programmer, Junior
Lance Pearson, Map Designer, Junior

This game was created during the 2020 Ludum Dare. This was our first “2.5D” game (3d world with 2d sprites), and the goal is to survive as long as possible. This was a fun project to make as we are all passionate game developers, and we believe this project was good practice for us and our skills.

End of the Party

Wesley McWhorter, Programming/Audio, Senior
Leah Blasczyk, Programming/Concept, Senior
Cass Aleatory, Writing/Programming, Senior
Sydney Myers, Art/VFX/Level Design, Senior
Damian Monson,  Art/Animation, Senior
Alyssa Fuller, Sountrack, Junior

End of the Party features decision-based, randomized gameplay that ensures no two playthroughs are identical. The heroes comprising the enemy party, the environment they must travel through, and even the events that occur along the way will be randomly chosen from a huge pool of possibilities. You can build out your character’s ability set to your liking and handle the scenarios you’re confronted with however you deem fit. But choose carefully, as the decisions you make along the way might just help you later on… or come back to haunt you.

We created this game as our senior capstone project in MAGD 488 with the soundtrack created by Alyssa from UW-Milwaukee. This game was inspired by the Indie game Death Road to Canada, keeping a similar play-style while giving it our own unique twist.

Elf Packing Simulator

Adam Weber, Programmer, Map Designer, Junior

Elf Packing Simulator is a 1st person Horror/Joke/Sandbox game where your goal is to pack presents for Santa. The game was made during a 48 hour game jam before last Christmas. The game includes a lot of random sandbox elements, which may or may not help the player keep Santa happy. Overall this project helped me learn more about game development and programming.

*content warning*

Fishy: Derpified

Joseph Yang, Lead Designer and Developer, Junior

I’ve always had an interest in creating interactive programs. I’ve also always had an interest in creative yet bizarre possibilities. When my MAGD professor decided to give us students the reins to create anything we wanted, why wouldn’t I create something that was both interactive and bizarre?