S2 Module 3: Digital Games
2016-20 Cohort, January - May 2017
Site Visit: Madhead HQ Tour
Students from this year’s Form 2 cohort of the Enriched I.T. Programme visited the headquarters of Madhead located in Science Park. Madhead is a leading games developer and has produced a number of mobile apps, with Tower of Saviors (神魔之塔) being the highest grossing one to date.
After a quick tour through the various departments, we were seated in the cosy MadCafe where Tim Chu (Assistant Producer of Tower of Saviors) gave valuable and interesting insights on game design, development and production. He also explained how building a community around the game using a combination of social media, forums and large-scale collaborative events was key to Tower of Saviors’ success.
Terry Tsang (Founder and CEO) shared about his personal experience from his school life through to establishing Madhead. He challenged our students into thinking outside the box when it came to education; there’s more to Mathematics than simply learning concepts where one would need to develop logical skills that would prove helpful in life beyond school.
We are very appreciative of Tim and Terry for taking time out of their busy schedules to share their work and personal lives to inspire our EITP students. We would like to thank Cherry Chan (Executive Assistant) and Toby Cheung (Secretary) for organising and hosting this visit, especially with a very tight schedule. We wish Madhead a smooth renovation in the weeks to come and every success in future developments.
After a quick tour through the various departments, we were seated in the cosy MadCafe where Tim Chu (Assistant Producer of Tower of Saviors) gave valuable and interesting insights on game design, development and production. He also explained how building a community around the game using a combination of social media, forums and large-scale collaborative events was key to Tower of Saviors’ success.
Terry Tsang (Founder and CEO) shared about his personal experience from his school life through to establishing Madhead. He challenged our students into thinking outside the box when it came to education; there’s more to Mathematics than simply learning concepts where one would need to develop logical skills that would prove helpful in life beyond school.
We are very appreciative of Tim and Terry for taking time out of their busy schedules to share their work and personal lives to inspire our EITP students. We would like to thank Cherry Chan (Executive Assistant) and Toby Cheung (Secretary) for organising and hosting this visit, especially with a very tight schedule. We wish Madhead a smooth renovation in the weeks to come and every success in future developments.
2015-19 Cohort, January - May 2016
Half of the students participated in this module. The other half participated in Web Authoring.
In this module students were introduced to two game design platforms: Kodu and Construct 2.
In this module students were introduced to two game design platforms: Kodu and Construct 2.
Site Visit: Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Innovation through Banking Technology
On Wednesday 16th March 2016, a group of students from the Enriched Information Technology Programme were invited to visit the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Innovation Lab in One Exchange Square, Central.
Innovation Managers Will and Liam explained to us that customer experience is the core focus of their projects. The premises include a “split testing room” for technological experts to monitor how customers use their online applications as well as a wall showing live data analytics of customer spending habits all around Australia.
Highlights for the students included 3-D virtual reality (VR) glasses, a mini-segway, as well as a “Game of Life” simulator which predicted whether our wellbeing and life goals would be ideal in 5 years time based on the choices we make now.
Our appreciation goes to the Innovation Managers Will and Liam for their technical expertise and to Business Consultant Stephanie for organising the tour.
Innovation Managers Will and Liam explained to us that customer experience is the core focus of their projects. The premises include a “split testing room” for technological experts to monitor how customers use their online applications as well as a wall showing live data analytics of customer spending habits all around Australia.
Highlights for the students included 3-D virtual reality (VR) glasses, a mini-segway, as well as a “Game of Life” simulator which predicted whether our wellbeing and life goals would be ideal in 5 years time based on the choices we make now.
Our appreciation goes to the Innovation Managers Will and Liam for their technical expertise and to Business Consultant Stephanie for organising the tour.
Site Visit: Madhead - Game Design, Development, and Deployment
On Wednesday 11th May 2016, 40 students had the privilege to visit Madhead, one of today’s top mobile application developers. Most will know that Madhead as the developer behind the successful Tower of Saviors (神魔之塔) game.
Madhead HQ is located at Science Park and our students were given a tour of their spacious office. Team leaders from various departments including design and marketing, as well as one of the associate producers of Tower of Saviors gave us a summary of the concepts behind application design, development and deployment. We were honoured to have Terry Tsang (CEO and Founder of Madhead) share with us his personal experience through school and vocational life.
We would like to thank Terry Tsang, Cherry Chan (Executive Assistant) and the Madhead team for taking the time to inspire our students!
Madhead HQ is located at Science Park and our students were given a tour of their spacious office. Team leaders from various departments including design and marketing, as well as one of the associate producers of Tower of Saviors gave us a summary of the concepts behind application design, development and deployment. We were honoured to have Terry Tsang (CEO and Founder of Madhead) share with us his personal experience through school and vocational life.
We would like to thank Terry Tsang, Cherry Chan (Executive Assistant) and the Madhead team for taking the time to inspire our students!