SPARK Game Jam – Fall 2017 Winners


Best Overall Game

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Ryan Unroe and Amira Fisher
“The Hunger Games”
Desert Ridge High School, sponsored by Robert Brandl

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“Model Citizen” Award – Best Gilbert Game

The Dream Meme Team

Selina Thompson, Ana Reyes Sanchez, and Sondrelle Scott
“Deliver for Me”
Gilbert Classical Academy, sponsored by Karen Maas

The Dream Meme Team


Best Technical Game

Nochael

Michael Kossler and Noah Terrill
“Cheeseburger Madness”
Home School, sponsored by Cathy Kossler

Coding Tigers, Claws of Fury


Best Visual Design

Dream Makers

Amy Dubin and Melanie Mannon
“Chef Jeff’s Sandwich Adventure”
Highland Junior High, sponsored by April Lesher

Dream Makers


Best Game Design

Nerds

Miranda Rae Stusen, Owen Reynolds, and Army Rodriguez
“SPARK Lunch Box Designer”
Gilbert High School, sponsored by Rick Spears

Nerds


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Previous Winners


SPARK Game Jam – Spring 2017 Winners


Best Overall Game

The Trimontality – “Gilbert Clean Up”

Noah Hancock, Grant Milner, and Josh Peterson
Basha High School, sponsored by Ed Beickman
The Trimontality


“Model Citizen” Award – Best Gilbert Game

Coding Tigers, Claws of Fury – “All or Nothing!!!!”

Elijah Robinson Green and Liam O’Gorman
Gilbert Junior High School, sponsored by Kelly McGuire


Best Technical Game

New Conglomerate – “Saving Gilbert”

Shawn Deason, Alex Hollar, and Alberto Navarro
Valley Vista High School, sponsored by Melinda Holder


Best Visual Design

Dragon Rage – “Clean Gilbert”

Brad Lamoureaux, Parker Briggs, and Adam Butler
Mesquite High School, sponsored by Thomas Mihalchick


Best Game Design

Spaghetti Code – “Canal Cleanup”

Jake Gonsalvez and Jon Gonsalvez
Basha High School, sponsored by Ed Beickman


2016 SPARK Game Jam Advanced


Best Overall Project

MMS

Sandon Harper, Mary Sullivan, and Moses Hansen

Basha High School, sponsored by Ed Beickman


Model Citizen Award

String beans;

Kurt Vashaw and Robert O’Connor

Campo Verde High School, sponsored by Donna Luse


Best Technical Project

The Pixel Knights

Elizabeth Dieringer, Dorian Waite, and Amanda Thomas
“Water Rocket”
Desert Ridge High School, sponsored by Robert Brandl


Best Technical Project (Runner-Up)

Ghost

Giuse Nguyen, Samson Phan, and Damien Smith
“Influence of a Dark Room”
Chandler High School, sponsored by Carmen Shugert


2016 SPARK Game Jam Winners


Best Overall Game

The Pixel Knights

Dorian Waite, Elizabeth Dieringer, and Jason Deguzman
“Apocalypse”
Desert Ridge High School, sponsored by Robert Brandl

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Play This Project


“Model Citizen” Award – Best Gilbert Game

The Malignant Math Mass

Hal Carrigan, Jacob Fredette-Roman, and Jacob Gonsalves
“Mayhem in Gilbert”
Basha High School, sponsored by Ed Beickman
Play This Project


Best Technical Game

Bloodbath and Beyond

Mathew Whiting and Gianni Consiglio
“Finding Gilbert”
Desert Ridge High School, sponsored by Robert Brandl
Play This Project


Best Visual Design

Developer Bros.

Stephen Rains, Kevin Meyers, and David Newell
“Over Growth”
Foothills Academy, sponsored by Larry Balog
Play This Project


Best Game Design

Huo Tu Dou

Nathan Eliason, Colby Peterson, and Zac Rauschenberger
“Flash Point”
Basha High School, sponsored by Ed Beickman
Play This Project


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2015 SPARK App League Winners

Devynn O’Donnell and Ryan Kundrata
Foothills Academy College Prep

Our latest SPARK App League event brought over 250 students from all across Arizona to compete for 10 weeks to create a tourism app for the “Discover Gilbert” campaign.  These students attended the event at ASU’s Polytechnic campus while others attended remotely via Google Hangouts.

In the end, the overall winners were a team from Foothills Academy College Prep. Team members Brendan Saliba, Devynn O’Donnell and Ryan Kundrata participated in the competition as part of their school’s tech club.

“I was not expecting to meet someone from Google so it really inspired me to do more competitions like this,” said Kundrata, “and hopefully work for Apple or Google or somewhere in Silicon Valley.”

As the competition continues to grow, teachers are incorporating it into their curriculums and after-school clubs. Larry Balog, tech club sponsor at Foothills Academy, says they will definitely participate again next year.

“I just can’t thank them enough because the students get the exposure and it’s a great experience,” he said.

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