(1) makahiki: creating a game engine for energy competitions george lee techhui 2011 collaborative...
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Makahiki: Creating a Game Engine For Energy Competitions
George LeeTechHui 2011
Collaborative Software Development LaboratoryUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
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Why Create An Engine?
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Energy Competitions Harvard Green Cup was started 35 years ago
Static websites with daily/weekly results
Oberlin College/Lucid Design Group Building Dashboard
Over 170 schools signed up for the campus conservation nationals 2012
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Downsides to Lucid’s Software Costs money to set up
We want additional modules• Activities/Events• Raffle• Ability to log in using UH credentials
We want quick iteration and deployment
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oberlin.edu/dormenergy
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oberlin.edu/dormenergy
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IU Energy Challenge
energychallenge.indiana.edu/dormstandings.html
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Building the engine
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Requirements Initial goal was October 2010
Evaluated several existing frameworks/projects by developing prototypes
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Elgg Prototype
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Pinax Prototype
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Pinax Pinaxproject.com
Based on the Django web framework
Provides a suite of pluggable applications as well as starter projects
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Fast forward to October 2010
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Alpha: User Home Page
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Alpha: Energy Data
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ReactionsIssues:• What do the graphs mean?• Is the energy data “actionable”? How can a user influence their standing?• What should a user do after they log in?
Challenge: Presenting information to users who are unfamiliar with the domain
User evaluations?
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New Goal: October 2011 New modules
User evaluations• Mockup evaluation (December)• In-lab user evaluations (April and July)• Beta evaluation (August)
Performance optimizations, etc.
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New People Old contributors: Alex Kan, Kelli Sawai, and Nathaniel Ashe
Focused on initial design and logging
New contributors: Yongwen Xu (PhD student), Nathan Dorman, and Greg Burgess
Contributed lots of code used in production
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Components of the Game
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Smart Grid
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Activity
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Energy Goal Game
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Raffle Game
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Quest Engine
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Social Bonus
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Referral Bonus
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Canopy
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Badges
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Thank You! kukuicup.manoa.hawaii.edu
George Lee M.S. Computer Science Candidate [email protected]