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05/16/2019 2:00 PM

°®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ, in collaboration with the Illinois Math Academy and the Peoria Public Schools Foundation, participated in the High School Video Game Development Challenge. Students from the Department of Interactive Media at °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ served as mentors for students who competed in the challenge. Teams consisted of three to five students in 9-12 grade from Peoria area schools who spent the school year creating a video game from scratch. They were allowed to use any development tools, and °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ mentors helped guide them in creating the code, art, music, and sound effects.

°®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ students who were participated are listed below along with the school they mentored:

First	Last	Mentoring school	Major	Year
Jake	Velicer	Peoria Central High School	Game Design	Sophomore
Connor	Riley	Peoria Central High School	Game Design	Freshman
Jason	Daluga	Manual Academy and Illinois Math Academy	Computer Science, Game Production minor	Junior
Andrew	Noetzel	Illinois Math Academy	Game Design	Junior
Donnell	Stone	Peoria Central High School, Manual Academy, and Illinois Math Academy	Animation	Sophomore
Morgan	Dinse	Peoria Central High School	Animation	Junior
Fiona	Kordyban	Peoria Central High School	Animation	Junior
Doug	Guzman	Manual Academy	Game Design	Freshman
Paris	Geis	Manual Academy	Game Design	Sophomore
Sydney	Foe	Illinois Math Academy	Game Design	Sophomore

This was the first year of the event, and °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ is planning to continue and expand the program next school year.