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Makahiki : Creating a Game Engine For Energy Competitions

Makahiki : Creating a Game Engine For Energy Competitions. George Lee TechHui 2011 Collaborative Software Development Laboratory University of Hawaii at Manoa. Why Create An Engine?. Energy Competitions. Harvard Green Cup was started 35 years ago

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Makahiki : Creating a Game Engine For Energy Competitions

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  1. Makahiki: Creating a Game Engine For Energy Competitions George Lee TechHui 2011 Collaborative Software Development Laboratory University of Hawaii at Manoa

  2. Why Create An Engine?

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. oberlin.edu/dormenergy

  6. oberlin.edu/dormenergy

  7. IU Energy Challenge • energychallenge.indiana.edu/dormstandings.html

  8. Building the engine

  9. Requirements • Initial goal was October 2010 • Evaluated several existing frameworks/projects by developing prototypes

  10. ElggPrototype

  11. Pinax Prototype

  12. Pinax • Pinaxproject.com • Based on the Django web framework • Provides a suite of pluggable applications as well as starter projects

  13. Fast forward to October 2010

  14. Alpha: User Home Page

  15. Alpha: Energy Data

  16. Reactions Issues: • 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?

  17. New Goal: October 2011 • New modules • User evaluations • Mockup evaluation (December) • In-lab user evaluations (April and July) • Beta evaluation (August) • Performance optimizations, etc.

  18. New People • Old contributors: Alex Kan, Kelli Sawai, and Nathaniel Ashe • Focused on initial design and logging • New contributors: YongwenXu (PhD student), Nathan Dorman, and Greg Burgess • Contributed lots of code used in production

  19. Components of the Game

  20. Smart Grid

  21. Activity

  22. Energy Goal Game

  23. Raffle Game

  24. Quest Engine

  25. Social Bonus

  26. Referral Bonus

  27. Canopy

  28. Badges

  29. Thank You! • kukuicup.manoa.hawaii.edu • George Lee • M.S. Computer Science Candidate • gelee@hawaii.edu

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