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Multiplayer Online Game Programming</span><br>
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Department/Program: MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program<br>
Faculty Supervisor: Prof. Eric Klopfer<br>
Direct Supervisor: Jason Haas<br>
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We're creating a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game for STEM education, and we need your help with the multiplayer portion!<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Position: Multiplayer Developer<br>
This position requires a coder with serious skills to implement multiplayer structures. Qualifications include prior experience in projects with client-server communication, web services, or any multiplayer project. Prior development of web applications would
also be relevant.</div>
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Background: Our group has had widespread success with multiplayer online games such as Vanished (<a href="http://vanished.mit.edu/">vanished.mit.edu</a>), which drew thousands of users. In order to extend that work, we secured a large grant from the Gates Foundation
to make an MMORPG (think World of Warcraft) for educating around topics in high school mathematics and biology. The design for the single player experience has made tremendous progress, but a major design challenge for this summer is to consider what structures
the game needs in order to support meaningful multiuser play. By the end of the summer, we hope to have one or more working prototypes of these multiplayer structures.</div>
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Commitment: 15-40 hrs/week during the summer (mostly in lab during business hours), with the option to continue less intensely into fall<br>
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Type: Credit or Pay<br>
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If interested, please send an email to Jason (<a href="mailto:djwendel@mit.edu">jhaas@mit.edu</a>) and Prof. Klopfer (<a href="mailto:tep-jobs@mit.edu">tep-jobs@mit.edu</a>) containing:<br>
- - a current resume if available, and/or a brief description of relevant interests and experience<br>
- - an estimate of your summer availability (number of weeks and hrs/week)<br>
- - a few times next week when you're available for a 20-minute interview<br>
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This is an opportunity to contribute to a major project in a fast-paced, collaborative, and fun work environment.<br>
We hope you'll consider joining us!</div>
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