FIRST FLOOR
VISUAL STORY — RPIS 1306
Visual Story is a course delving into the principles of storytelling through visual media. It teaches composition and other visual communication techniques that help strengthen narratives.
The ETC Fall Festival showcases films created during the semester, highlighting students’ creative growth and imaginative visual storytelling abilities.
SECOND FLOOR
EXPERIENCE DESIGN — 2212
Experience Design covers a wide range of technologies, from projection mapping, to DMX Lighting, to touch sensors. Students are given ten projects throughout the semester that they must design and build experiences for, which utilize these technologies, allowing students to learn many new skills. The main project is “The Curse,” an escape room-like experience set for the Tomb, which has students create the narrative and puzzles of their experience, leveraging the Tomb’s sensor walls and floor.
AR DRONE — 2305
The team focused on creating an experience spearheading the technology of Augmented Reality with drone applications, giving guests a unique trip of blending virtual and physical elements from a bird’s eye view. Our experimental experience includes a simple gameplay of retrieving a treasure from a shrine while dodging/shooting down three-eyed monkeys.
DARK RIDE — 2306
Dark Ride Design is intended to give Location Based Entertainment (LBE) students knowledge and experience within the realm of designing a dark ride experience. The class explores the use of a guided vehicle upon a motion base to travel through a themed journey displayed on a 180 degree projection space and utilizing triggered sound, lighting, and 4D effects to augment the experience.
FIFTH FLOOR
LEVEL DESIGN — 5208
This new course is intended for game creators with serious aspirations toward professional 3D game development, giving practical experience in the tools, techniques, professional habits, and philosophies of video game Level Design, often called “where the rubber hits the road” in game creation. Using Unreal 5.1 and our custom Level Up Toolkit, students have create game levels using specific design constraints that model real-world professional game development environments and circumstances. Come play the game levels made by the inaugural group of ETC Level Designers!