Intro to Gaming Course Skills & Interest Survey
Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
The information you provide on this skills and interest survey will help Prof. Fröhlich assign students into teams for the course project.  Please complete this survey by Friday, January 23rd.
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* Name
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* Email
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* Major/Minor
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* School/Year (e.g., Engineering, Jr., MICA 4th years)
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* In 300 words or less, please describe your experience (if any)

  • designing games;
  • programming;
  • writing creatively;
  • writing or producing music;
  • developing multimedia resources; and/or
  • creating art.
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Please list the title of any courses or workshops you took in the following areas along with where you took them.

  • programming
  • arts (drawing, sculpting, etc.)
  • writing
  • music (composition,  instruments, electronic, etc.)
  • multimedia development (animation, film,  etc.)
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Choose the top 3 game genres you like to play.

action
adventure
construction/management
role-playing
strategy
vehicle simulation
puzzle
sports
traditional board games
other (describe)
Other, please specify
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For the course project, choose your top 3 choices for the type of game you want to make.

action
adventure
construction/management
role-playing
strategy
vehicle simulation
puzzle
sports
traditional board games
other (describe)
Other, please specify
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Please rank your programming skill in the following languages.
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No Experience
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Highly Skilled
C
C++
Java
Perl/Python/Lua/JavaScript
HTML
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Please describe your experience with assembly or other languages if any.
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Please rank your familiarity with the following operating systems.
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No Experience
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Highly Skilled
Windows
Unix
Mac
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Please rank your familiarity with the following APIs (application programming interaces).
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No Experience
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Highly Skilled
Java AWT/Swing
OpenGL
DirectX
SDL/PyGame
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Please rank your familiarity with recording and editing audio/music using the following applications.
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No Experience
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Highly Skilled
Audacity
Pro Tools
Garage Band
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Have you used other applications to record or edit audio?  Have you ever played or recorded with a band?  Please describe below (including what instruments you play).
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Please rank your familiarity with recording and editing video using the following applications.
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No Experience
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Highly Skilled
Adobe Premiere
iMovie
Final Cut
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Have you used other applications to record or edit video? Please describe below.
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Please rank your familiarity with the following multimedia applications.
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No Experience
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Highly Skilled
Adobe Dreamweaver
MS Front Page
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe Flash
Adobe After Effects
Poser
3D Studio max
Maya
Google SketchUp
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Please describe your familiarity using any application not listed above (be sure to list the name of the application and what it does).
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Please rank your experience doing the following things.
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No Experience
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Highly Skilled
Drawing
Painting
Modeling and Sculpting
Making Stuff (e.g., crafts, welding, hacking electronics, customizing objects)
Creative Writing
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All course project teams will be assigned a mentor who will meet with the team weekly to check on their progress.  Mentors will include JHU faculty and staff along with gaming industry experts.  Mentors from the gaming industry are interested in working with student teams to identify potential interns, however, this may require the team to occassionally travel to Hunt Valley (just north of the city).  Please indicate if you would prefer a mentor who is from industry or from JHU.
JHU Mentor
Gaming Industry Mentor
Don't Care
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Any other information you want to share?