Attack-resilient media using phone-to-phone networking

Modern media and news consumption is shifting from traditional outlets to online social media and mobile devices. However, the Internet has central components that are vulnerable to monitoring, censorship and Internet kill-switches. Human rights, like the protection of privacy, honor and reputation are endangered by this. Mobile devices with...

Xylos: Creating a game for the Imagine Cup 2009

During the last ten months, we have designed and developed a game for the Microsoft Imagine Cup. This game, built on the Cannibal Engine, was to revolve around the Millennium Development Goals. The obvious goal was to win the Imagine Cup, or at least to get as far as we could possibly can. Our team consisted of three programmers with little to...

Xylos, creating a game for the Imagine Cup 2009

Creating games is always an exciting occupation. In ten months, we have created a game for the Microsoft Imagine Cup, revolved around the Millennium Development Goals. Set on a distant planet, the game was to convey the MDG message in a more subtle way than most games did, but still recognizable. The most interesting gameplay mechanic in the...