Game Overview
WV Quest is a fun, educational app currently in development at our studio. It started with a computer science capstone group at West Virginia University in 2021.
It is now a collaboration between the university's Game Design and Interactive Media program, the Computer Science program, the West Virginia State Museum, and MonRiverGames.
Our goal for this project is to engage the public's interest in our State Museum's wonderful exhibits in a new interactive method that goes along with its displays while adding something more modern to appeal to younger museum-goers.
A Closer Look into the 2023-2024 Plans
Progress Video Update (May 2023)
Fall 2025 Update
For the Fall 2025 Sprint we prioritized polishing up our minigames for a potential soft launch of the app in 2026.
To accomplish our goal, we have spent most of this Sprint working on adding tutorials to our games as in the demo video above.
In addition, we have focused on adding more dynamic gameplay to help the app engage with the educational material for longer.
Below we have screenshots from our Switchboard mini-game with what the game looks like in its current state an another example of our progress.
We updated the game's UI to be overall more varied with brighter, more legible colors. We also added numbers onto the interface to aid with colorblindness issues that can arise while playing.
This game now features multiple rounds of play. A Switchboard Card mechanic system was implemented to add a memorization element to the gameplay. Players now have to connect the wires in the correct order as shown on the card
Credits
FALL 2021- SPRING 2022
Mentor: Dr. Francis Van Scoy
CSEE 480/481 Capstone Group: Seth Griffith. John Lowe, Aron Ludwinski, Austin Ooten, John Sanders, and Jacob Stine
FALL 2022- SPRING 2023
Mentors: Heather Cole and Aron Ludwinski
CSEE 480/481 Capstone Group: Zachary Hubbard, London Bowen, Tyler Troutman, Tessla Muir, Joseph Bradford, David Snodgrass, and Amy Farson-Ciccone
MDIA 472 Capstone Collaborator- Jackson Sigler
SUMMER 2023
Zachary Hubbard, Tessla Muir, Breanne Myers , Ted Eicher, Joud Sabag, and Tom Heckman
FALL 2023 - SPRING 2024
Mentors: Breanne Myers, Ted Eicher, Tom Heckman, Zachary Hubbard, and Heather Cole
CSEE 480/481 Capstone Group: Jayanth Dhage, Masashi Takahashi, Benjamin Bradford, Harrison York, David Clark
MDIA 472 Capstone Collaborators: Alan Lin, Max Goins, and Joud Sabag
FALL 2024 - SPRING 2025
Mentors: (Same as above)
Programming and Design: Shylar Hanlin (Fall only), Brandon Edgar, Eric Gill, and Dylan Miller
FALL 2025 - SPRING 2026
Mentors: Breanne Myers, Ted Eicher, Tom Heckman, Eric Gill (Fall), and Heather Cole
Programming and Design:
CSEE 480: Shawn Defibaugh, Kaleb Helton, Camden Link, Sean Sarley, and Nicole Vigneri
ART 487: Michael James