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Ellis Island is a student-created Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) that explores immigrant experiences in New York City during the early 1900s. Players will create and follow the course of a single non-American character entering the U.S. through Ellis Island. They will have to make a life for themselves with their resources at hand: friends or relatives they may know, money they carried over, or background skills that could help them get a job.

Directed by Professor Celia Pearce, the project is mainly managed, designed and produced by undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of backgrounds. The team is broken in three departments: art, design and programming. All three groups work closely together to create a cohesive, engaging experience that mirrors the life of an immigrant during the time period. The team for the Spring 2012 semester is as follows:

Art

Kyle Blevens, Art Director
Aaron Sumky, Co-Art Director
Colton Spross, Modeler
Peter Deng, Modeler
Rachel Johnson, Modeler
Cindy Wang, Modeler
Danny Ji, Concept & Texture Artist
Kelly Snyder, 2D Artist
Caroline Cash, UI Artist

Design

Chris Sumsky, Lead Designer
Hank Whitson, Lead Content Designer
Patrick Coursey, Content Designer
Allan Martell, System & UI Designer

Programming

Kevin Jones, Lead Programmer
James Donald, Co-Lead & Backend Programmer
Stephen Tapper, Tools Programmer
Sean Wheeler, Social Conflict Programmer
Chris Moore, Social Conflict Programmer

{egg} Project Managers

Erica Penk
Andrew Ho