{"id":3318,"date":"2021-06-15T18:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:05:23","slug":"gaming-students-create-virtual-woodshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/15\/gaming-students-create-virtual-woodshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming Students Create Virtual Woodshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .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-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .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-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3318_5a6fce-5e dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f\"]{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-heading3318_f91b54-7f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f\"] 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-heading3318_f91b54-7f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3318_f91b54-7f\">Students in WilmU&#8217;s Game Design and Development bachelor&#8217;s degree program have completed a virtual walk-through demo that recreates a woodshop at Concord High School in North Wilmington, from the entrance and the workbenches on down to the brooms and dustpans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan Estock, who teaches Design and Engineering in the high school&#8217;s real-life workshop, says he was especially impressed that the demo accurately replicated the awkwardness of the workspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love how they captured the layout and even threw in some small details to help the user know where they are in the shop, with things like the wood tables, dustpans, brooms, and cabinets,\u201d he says. \u201c(WilmU) students have done some great work here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The students completed the project for their Game Development II course, <a href=\"http:\/\/wilmu.smartcatalogiq.com\/en\/SANDBOX\/Undergraduate-Catalog\/Courses\/GMD-Game-Design-and-Development\/400\/GMD-405\">GMD 405<\/a>. 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