{"id":1252,"date":"2019-10-07T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:32:19","slug":"wilmu-competes-at-cecil-con-game-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/07\/wilmu-competes-at-cecil-con-game-on\/","title":{"rendered":"WilmU Competes at Cecil-Con \u2014 Game On!"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1252_2fd554-b4 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1252_40f214-3b\">Wilmington University gaming students participated in the first Game Jam at Cecil-Con, a 24-hour competition in which teams vied to create and complete games by working around the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tech-art-1024x497-768x373-1-750x364.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15071\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tech-art-1024x497-768x373-1-750x364.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tech-art-1024x497-768x373-1-250x121.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tech-art-1024x497-768x373-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In all, 17 WilmU students worked on teams, responding to the creative prompt \u201cPeculiar Space,\u201d to come up with such innovations as a maze game that flips and tumbles as players search for a way out of a room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe encouraged players to sleep in shifts and there were a few Monster energy drinks involved,\u201d says Scott Shaw, who chairs the Game Design and&nbsp;Development Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cecil-Con is a two-day sci-fi, fantasy, anime, and gaming convention held annually at&nbsp;Cecil&nbsp;College in North East, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of all things nerdy, geeky and sci fi,\u201d Shaw says. \u201cThere are kung fu demonstrations, food trucks and a room where you can go in and watch anime all day if you want to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the marathon challenge, WilmU teams took second, third and fourth place honors. 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