In addition to echoes and my formal teaching load, I advise a variety of student projects. This varies from small, individual research projects to long-term team game development projects.
Games
Spell Code , Bit Forward, MS GDD Capstone, 2026
Bait and Tackle , Bad Bass Games, Production Studio, MAGIC Maker, 2025
TETHERPUNK , The Spacies, Production Studio, MAGIC Community Incubator, 2025
- EDGE 2024 Technical Excellence Winner
- MAGIC Community Incubator, 2025-26
Love is Brewing , G.O.O.L., MS GDD Capstone, 2025
Bat Bots , Yesteryear Games, IGME-601, 2024
- Published by MAGIC Spell Studios, November 2024
Libertalia: A Pirate's Paradise , Five Sheets to the Wind, MS GDD Capstone, 2024
Thunderclap , Nimbus Cove, MS GDD Capstone, 2024
A Taste of Culture , Too Many Cooks, IGME-601, MAGIC Maker, 2022
Boiling Over , Plush Bunch, IGME-601, Production Studio, MAGIC Maker, 2022
DreaMeScape , Walk the Plank Studios, MS GDD Capstone, 2019
Research
Facilitating Mutual Investment in Student Game Design and Development Teams , Max White, MS GDD Capstone, 2026
Retrospectives in Game Development Student Projects , Sofia Rivas, MS GDD Capstone, 2026
Value-focused Retrospectives to Guide echoes’ Production Process Improvement , Will Tallarico, echoes VIP, 2025
Characterizing the Impact of Perfectionism on MS GDD Students , Kyle James, MS GDD Capstone, FIE 2024, 2024
Hybrid Replay System , Mike Santos, MS GDD Capstone, 2024
Understanding gaps between established Software Engineering Process knowledge and its actual implementation , Sayantika Bhattacharya, MS SE Thesis, 2020
Process Discovery & Conformance Analysis , Raseshwari Pulle, MS SE Capstone, 2019
