Emergent Game Group @ GT's Experimental Game Lab

Net-Building Game Demo

Description

The Net-Building Game Demo demonstrates a multiplayer weaving game in Mermaids where multiple mermaids can collectively construct and use a net. By spinning kelp around a special spindle, mermaids can create a net. Nets can be used to catch, herd, and shield schools of fish. They can also be used to trap other mermaids.

Controls

UP ARROW - increase the weaving speed of needle.
DOWN ARROW - decrease the weaving speed of needle.
RIGHT ARROW - increase the spinning speed of mermaids .
LEFT ARROW - decrease the spinning speed of mermaids.
PLUS KEY - increase number of mermaids
MINUS KEY - decrease number of mermaids
SPACE BAR - randomly change number of mermaids

Notes

To begin, click on the applet.

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News

5.09.07
Celia Pearce discusses Mermaids game and the Digital Media program at Georgia Tech in an interview on Gamasutra.

4.24.07
Celia Pearce will present a lecture at Savannah College of Art and Design on Emergent Game Group's Mermaids game, a MMOG created around the principle of utilizing large-scale emergent group behavior as a design material. For details, click here.

4.12.07
Celia Pearce will present the Emergent Game Group's Mermaids game prototype at the Indie MMOG Conference in Minneapolis this weekend in a presentation entitled: Designing Unconventional Games Using Conventional Game Engines. Pearce will talk about the number of ways in which the game has pushed MMOG game conventions and technology. To learn more, visit http://www.mmogamedev.info/

2.14.07
Mermaids Demo to Preview at GDC The first full prototype of the Mermaids project will be shown at the Game Developers Conference in the Multiverse booth, where it will be used to demonstrate its game engine, which is being used for the project. For more info on Multiverse go to http://www.multiverse.net. To learn about GDC, visit http://www.gdconf.com/.

12.13.06
11 Alive News interviews Celia Pearce about Mermaids design and prototypes presented at Demo Day