Sophomore Samantha Temple received Honorable Mention in GameCareerGuide.com’s Horror Game design challenge.

“It was amazing to find out I had won honorable mention,” said Temple, a digital media student. “I was excited the morning I found out; I couldn’t sit still in any of my classes that day.”

The challenge was to explore the horror genre and develop a game concept, avoiding clichéd horror concepts. GameCareerGuide.com, which holds weekly design challenges, received an overwhelming number entries for this category, prompting site administrators to increase the number of winners from the usual five to ten.

Temple’s game design idea was originally developed for a class. Inspired by the Saw series, Temple explored the psychological scares presented in films throughout her game. Players are forced to make decisions of survival as they are trapped inside a serial killer’s mansion. A player wins once they reach the rooftop and defeat the killer.

Developed for John Bowditch’s MDIA 356 - Game Development class.

To see an overview of Temple’s game proposal, visit http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/728/results_from_game_design_.ph….

By Kristen Rapin, kr323705@ohio.edu