Dr. Travis Faas
<b>Department: </b>Computer Science<br><b>Research Area: </b>Video game preservation and sustainable game development.
Department: Computer Science
Research Focus: Video game preservation and sustainable game development.
Potential Student Project(s):
This study will identify several noteworthy game video game genres, such as action-adventure or RPG, and identify which genres contain games still likely to be playable and receive reissues. Much of the study will be spent gathering and analyzing data in video game databases, checking for reissues and changing genres to more specific identifiers. This will help us to identify at-risk categories of games that game preservation societies may wish to target for preservation efforts.
Attributes/skills/background sought in undergraduate:
Focus - Much of this work will be reviewing, entering, and modifying data, which can get done quickly with high focus.
Adaptability - Genres and game categories may need to be changed and modified to better suit our goals.
Programming ability - The best way to gather the data for this study is to automate the data collection. Basic programming capabilities will be helpful in this process.
Mentoring Plan:
We will meet for at least one hour every week to review progress, discuss findings, and adjust plans for the next phase. Expect early focus on learning how to gather and investigate the data using different visualization tools and a later focus on identifying how best to write about and represent the findings in our data. Part of our discussion throughout the experience will focus on impact of our study and ways to inform interested communities of our findings. Students are expected to work 5 h/week on the project, including 1 h/week of one-on-one meeting with me.
Contact: 765-285-8641, RB 480