Final Project Rubric

Gamely Challenges

Is it fun?
10 points. Determined by classmates written review.
Does Melissa (Prof. Bean’s girlfriend) think its fun?
5 points.
Does Melissa (Prof. Bean’s girlfriend) think its pretty?
5 points.
How polished is it (card turning animation, choice of theme for back of cards, 3D visual representation of card values, etc.)
5 points.
Are the rules clearly explained / easily understood?
10 points.
Is it balanced?
10 points.
Lasting Appeal. Does it remain fun after multiple play throughs? Will players keep coming back? (Also determined by classmates written review.)
5 points.
Is it a complete, playable game? Are there any bugs?
10 points.
Supports 2 - 4 players?
5 points.
Game includes instructions and/or a tutorial?
5 points.
Is it Intuitive (easy to learn)
10 points
Does it have a polished feel to it?
10 points
Does the game include includestructions on how to play? (tutorials, help screens, readme.txt?)
10 points.
Does the game give good input feedback? (sound, animation, etc…)
10 points.

Techly Challenges

Game includes appropriate sound-effects/music and the ability to alter the game volume as well as to mute the game.
5 points
Does it run well on all modern browsers?
5 points.
Does it run well on all modern mobile devices?
5 points.
Does it use AJAX?
2 points
Does it use COMET?
5 points
Does it run on PC / MAC?
5 points.
Does it use CoffeScript?
5 points
Does it use Python?
5 points
Is it hosted on OpenShift or a similar PaaS?
5 points
Does it hook into Facebook
2 points
Game supports various different screen resolutions.
5 points

STEMly Challenges

Does it meet criteria for a STEM challenge submission?
20 points
Does it meet the criteria for a Sesame games submission?
20 points
Does it meet the criteria for a PBS Kids submission?
20 points
Does it meet the criteria for a Middle School prize submission?
20 points

Teamly Challenges

Is your team awesome? (did they pull their weight?)
(for 3 person teams) 20 points per awesome team member (for 4 person teams) 15 points per awesomesome team member (for 5 person teams) 12 points personr awesome team member

Funly Challenges

Does it include a Ninja?
3 points (for how awesome the ninja is).
Does it include a Pirate?
3 points (for how awesome the pirate is).
Does it include a robot?
3 points (for how awesome the robot is).
Does it include a wizard?
3 points (for how awesome the wizard is).
Does it include a ninja, a pirate, and a robot?
3 points.
Does it contain a velociraptor?
3 points ( for how awesome the raptor is ).

FOSSly Challenges

Is your code hosted on an open code forge?
1 point for each forge.
Does it include patches from someone outside of the course?
2 points for each contributor.
Does your project have a dedicated IRC channel?
1 point.
Does your project have a dedicated Mailing List?
2 points.
Does your project have a dedicated Web Forum?
3 points.
Are commits to the git repository “early and often”?
2 points
Does it hook into http://identi.ca?
5 points
Is the documentation localized in another common language (e.g. German, Spanish, Russian)
20 points per language.

Easy ‘A’ Challenges

Did it place in the STEM challenge?
100 points
Did it get a head-nod from Big Bird?
100 points
Did it get a head-nod from Cookie Monster?
100 points