The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media today announced the names of 16 middle school and high school students as the winners of the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge. The competition aims to motivate interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) among students in grades 5-12 by tapping into their enthusiasm for playing and making video games. The top original video games and game design concepts were selected in 14 categories from nearly 4000 entries.
The 2013 STEM Challenge winners are:
Middle School (grades 5-8)
Name
Title
Platform (Category)
City, State
Seong-Hyun Ryoo
Rare Earth
Gamemaker
Johns Creek, GA
Angel Martinez-Acevedo
The Arcade
GameStar Mechanic
DeRidder, LA
Nicholas Cameron
Math Rocks
Kodu
Sayville, NY
Nicolas Badila
Stemville
Construct 2 (Open Platform)
Jonesboro, GA
Bradley Schmitz
Pixel Jet
Scratch
Glandorf, OH
Henry Edwards and Kevin Kopczynski
Etiquette Anarchy
Multimedia Fusion 2 (Team)
Durham, NC
Lexi Schneider
Head of the Class
Written
Dresher, PA
High School (grades 9-12)
Name
Title
Platform (Category)
City, State
Sooraj Suresh
Pixel Star One
Gamemaker
Campbell, CA
Kieran Luscombe
An Untold Adventure
GameStar Mechanic
Thorton, CO
Cody Haugland
The Amazing Game
Kodu
Sanger, CA
Aaron Gaudette
Crystal Physics
Unity (Open Platform)
Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Brianna Igbinosun
I F.L.Y
Scratch
Lawrenceville, GA
Noah Ratcliff and Pamela Pizarro-Ruiz
Fog
C# with XNA (Team)
Pickerington, OH
Janice Tran
Little Green Planet
Written
Palmdale, CA
Each winner will receive an AMD-powered laptop computer with game design and educational software. The individual’s or team’s sponsor organization will receive a cash prize of $2000.
