[game_edu] CreyEngine in Collages

[Richard Fleming]

@David:
Did you have any issues with legal?  JCCC is a public institution, and I suspect that's where a lot of the hesitation about the contract being governed in Germany is coming from.

@Greg:
Combination of just wanting to get my hands on the tech, my personal love for maps and outdoor environments, and the fact that the CryEngine would be perfect for some research projects I have in mind.

@Carl:
Unity3D is a good tool, currently experimenting with it for my online Intro to Games course for the 'Into to 3D' portion of the class.
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Richard Fleming x4838

From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of David Wessman
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 5:32 PM
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv
Subject: Re: [game_edu] CreyEngine in Collages

We've installed it and will start using it this summer at the University of Advancing Technology. We actually have a variety of different game authoring tools (Torque, Dark Game Studio, XNA) as well as a number of different editors (UE3, Warcraft3, G.E.C.K., etc.)

Our philosophy is that students should be familiar with a number of different tools, not just for games in different genres, but also within a single genre. Each game engine / toolset has it's own strengths and weaknesses, and it's very valuable for students to make comparative analyses based on actual experience.

Many of them are shocked to discover just how unstable, poorly documented, and horribly difficult to use many of the "industry standard" tools are. One nice benefit of this approach is the increased interest that our programming majors acquire for tools development!

- David Wessman

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Gregory Walek <gwalek at ccsnh.edu<mailto:gwalek at ccsnh.edu>> wrote:

Hi Richard,

I'd love to talk with you about how you came to select CryEngine for your program.
You're the first program I've encountered that is planning to use it in the classroom

- Greg



-----Original Message-----
From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org<mailto:game_edu-bounces at igda.org> on behalf of Richard Fleming
Sent: Mon 3/1/2010 3:13 PM
To: game_edu at igda.org<mailto:game_edu at igda.org>
Subject: [game_edu] CreyEngine in Collages

I'm trying to get the CryEngine into my school, but I'm running into issues with the agreement.  Has anyone in the USA signed the educational license with them to get the engine in their school?   If so, did you have any legal issues with the contract being in Germany?

Dragons are awesome and dragons are fun.
But if you get one angry...
then you'll be well done.
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Richard Fleming
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