International Institute of Business GSU
Microsoft Mix09 Conference
PaperBall – 2nd Place Winner (Mix09 10k Challenge)
Do you have what is takes to beat “Team Purple”? Challenge the purple team to a mini game of Football made out of 100% construction paper, but beware the purple team will be watching your every move to build better and more powerful plays to win.
Note: Due to the new rule “no throwing paper” and the nature of the materials used in this game, there will be no passing plays involved.
How to create a play: Drag your paper players to the desired positions. Drag the paper arrows to change the direction they will run.
How to run a play: Hit the “Run Play” button to start the play. Your power player (QB) will follow the mouse during the execution of the play in real time.
How to win: Score more point by the end of the game by running the ball into the touchdown area without being tackled or going out of bounds. In the event of a tie, the win will go to the previous championship holder (“Team Purple”).
PaperBall was entered in to the Mix 09 10k Challenge and PaperBall won! Well it was runner up, so 2nd place out of 106 entries. There was one grand prize and 3 runner ups. So what did it win? $500 dollars! The two main rules for the contest are to use Silverlight and all the source code and resources(images) are under 10k. http://mix10k.visitmix.com/
Website that commented on Paper Ball:
- “Jimmy Dickinson Paper Ball, a stylishly made (and really impressive) paper football simulator, took another of the Judge’s Runner-Up Prizes.” http://www.8bitrocket.com/newsdisplay.aspx?newspage=25470
- “That’s a fantastic game. In this game, you have to use your rugby players and get the ball into enemy field. Similar to real rugby, your player can also collide with enemy as well.” http://www.shinedraw.com/technology-news/mix09-10k-challenge-my-favorite-silverlight-entry/
BC Blitz
Football BC style! All running plays. Create your own plays and win! (if you can). This was enter in the teamzonesports.com Silverlight Game Contest.
Dickinsons Electric
MyJobSucks.info
http://myjobsucks.info/
or go directly to a career suggestion such as Web Developer jobs and see what jobs are in demand related to web developer.
or go directly to a career suggestion such as Web Developer jobs and see what jobs are in demand related to web developer.
How It Works
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Frog Attack – Grand Prize Winner (RIA Run Contest)
Frogs are attacking your hamster! The hamster has broken his running wheel in defense. Help the hamster survive by avoiding the attacking frogs. Beware the hamster wheel will be harder to move if many frogs are hanging on. Move the mouse in a circular manner around the running wheel to help Mr Hamster out.
Frog Attack took first place in the RIA silverlight game contest.
Note Cards
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The was a study program for my wife and all of her fellow c0-trainees as she was training to be an flight attendant. The data for the note cards are read from an xml file and can easily be replaced for a new set of study material.
