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Embracing Our Inner Weird Barbie, Kayla Mackney
Embracing Our Inner Weird Barbie, Kayla Mackney
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Unequal Punishment Of Women And Minorities In The Workplace, Jorden Woodson
Unequal Punishment Of Women And Minorities In The Workplace, Jorden Woodson
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
The Power: Gender: A Superhero Or A Scapegoat?, Zoe Winfield Berken
The Power: Gender: A Superhero Or A Scapegoat?, Zoe Winfield Berken
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Schedule & Program Booklet, English Department, Kutztown University
Schedule & Program Booklet, English Department, Kutztown University
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
The program for the 2024 Kutztown University Composition Conference.
The Positive And Negative Factors Affecting Students With Exceptionalities, Scott Elliott
The Positive And Negative Factors Affecting Students With Exceptionalities, Scott Elliott
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Nomina: Radix, Sophie Morrison
Nomina: Radix, Sophie Morrison
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
How I Found And Reunited With My Biological Family, Gina Glantz
How I Found And Reunited With My Biological Family, Gina Glantz
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Womanhood In Dark Winds, Caitlyn Koch
Womanhood In Dark Winds, Caitlyn Koch
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Using City As Text In An Elementary Classroom, Jonathan Weinrich
Using City As Text In An Elementary Classroom, Jonathan Weinrich
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Conference Schedule, Monday, April 17, 2023, Sandra Leonard
Conference Schedule, Monday, April 17, 2023, Sandra Leonard
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Twine 7: Immaculate, Ryenne Carroll
Twine 7: Immaculate, Ryenne Carroll
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
Need to Know
When writing the concept for the game, I wrote this with some form of an understanding of the Persona 5 universe, but I do hope that within the limited storytelling with the minimalistic format, I wrote the lore for this twine game in a way that needs minimal understanding of any other games.
Game Inspirations
The game was inspired by Persona 5, where I drew the inspiration of having a reflective world that ran on purifying hearts. I also drew inspiration from NieR: Automata, which lightly discussed the idea of what beauty actually means, and the lengths …
Twine 6: Deathly Afraid, Jahliem Brown
Twine 6: Deathly Afraid, Jahliem Brown
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
Deathly Afraid's key concept is to scare the player and make them question their choices. I thought of different ideas and scenarios on how my game will present itself to the players. A constant theme in horror games is to make players choose a path of light or dark. The light side is when the player decides to be a hero, risks their life to save others and becomes the one to solve the mysterious evil that hunts the town or kills everybody. The dark side allows the player to explore the evil side by being the main villain and …
Twine 5: 2099: Project Icarus, Nick Devitz
Twine 5: 2099: Project Icarus, Nick Devitz
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
For my Choose Your Own Adventure project, I created a cyberpunk, action-oriented story called 2099: Project Icarus. In this story you play as an unnamed, ungendered character who I imagined players giving any identity to them that they wished. The protagonist is a quick-thinking problem solver, able to adapt to any situation they are facing. The story, is that you were fired from your job at a company called Xerxes Technologies, after digging into an incident you believe they were trying to cover up. The main objective of the story is to bring down Xerxes, with hard evidence of their …
Twine 4: The Cost, Nicole Williams
Twine 4: The Cost, Nicole Williams
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
The Cost is an interactive fiction told through second person, following the character (“you”) as they wake up to discover themselves in a world they hardly remember. Outside there is an apocalypse, and a doctor has fixed the character to help rectify the world. While there are choices to make at the end, all of them are focused on “immortality” and what the cost of that is.
I came into the process of this game with the world already in my mind, knowing that I wanted it to be an apocalypse type of story. But besides that, I didn’t know …
Twine 3: We Must Be Killers, Oliver Mckeone
Twine 3: We Must Be Killers, Oliver Mckeone
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
I’ve always been a fan of murder mysteries, that much is true, but “We Must Be Killers” is a murder mystery based on “Who Killed Markiplier?”, a video based murder mystery made by YouTuber Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach. After watching Mark make a murder mystery where all his friends played roles as various characters, I figured it’d be fun to make “We Must Be Killers” along a similar vein. Each character is based on one of my friends, with input from them about what they wanted their characters to be like. I’ve had this idea bouncing around in my head for …
Twine 2: A Western, Matthew Bandy
Twine 2: A Western, Matthew Bandy
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
My game has changed a lot since I originally came up with the concept. Obviously, I took inspiration from western media such as deadwood, Clint Eastwood films, and Red Dead Redemption. The game ended up much more in-depth than I originally planned, but I don’t believe that to be a bad thing in of itself. I believe the biggest flaw of this game was my inexperience with coding. I had so many ideas to add – inventory lists, a map, special text effects – but I didn’t have the knowledge or time to implement these. I think, though, I still …
Twine 1: Shepherding, Alexander Rainer
Twine 1: Shepherding, Alexander Rainer
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
Shepherding will technically be the second creation in a greater project of mine I’ve been calling Project Bleak. The first creation is unfinished and still a WIP, but is meant to be an anomalous NES-style game called Bleak. The story behind it is that evidence of an obscure game development team from the late era of NES games has resurfaced, and a community of lost media gurus, classic game experts, and similar people (plus anyone else who wants to help) has formed to hopefully unravel the mystery of who they were.
Bleak is really just meant to be an odd …
Conference Program 2022, Sandra M. Leonard
Conference Program 2022, Sandra M. Leonard
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Test File, Sandra M. Leonard
Test File, Sandra M. Leonard
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Finding Hope In My Miscarriage, Ashley Mcconnell
Finding Hope In My Miscarriage, Ashley Mcconnell
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
This narrative describes what it was like as a full-time working mother dealing with the hardships of stress relating to work, home, children, and marriage resulting in a miscarriage.
A Live Conference Program
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Standardized Testing: The Act Leaving Children Behind, Sadie Doss
Standardized Testing: The Act Leaving Children Behind, Sadie Doss
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
Standardized Testing has been common throughout our educational system in the past few decades. Through the No Child Left Behind Act, our society has discovered the flaws of incentivizing these tests. This act has created lasting effects that has shaken up the integrity of our educational system. The common victim: the children being subjected by this act.
A Life Supply Of Roads, Navon Cooper
A Life Supply Of Roads, Navon Cooper
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
I compare the decisions that I've chosen in life to a poem by Robert Frost.
The Stillness In Time: A Reflective Narrative, Molly Heller
The Stillness In Time: A Reflective Narrative, Molly Heller
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
This piece is a narrative that spans just about four and a half pages (double spaced). It describes a trip to my former middle school and all of the memories that flood back with it by taking the reader on a mental tour of the building. Written in first person, it provides a sense of my individual middle school experience in a way that feels relatable and personal. Throughout the piece, I make reference to the parallels and differences between my life in quarantine and my life in middle school.
A Moment In These Times, Samantha Smith, Ky Gainer, Allyson Mosley, Zoey Knauf, Emma Meakim, Athena Garrison
A Moment In These Times, Samantha Smith, Ky Gainer, Allyson Mosley, Zoey Knauf, Emma Meakim, Athena Garrison
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
This poster presentation Collects short essays by fall 2020 Effective Composition students. The authors share small moments they have experienced during the pandemic. This collection serves as a time capsule so that, years from now, others can understand what everyday life was like during Covid-19.
Basketballs Bounce Back But I Didn't, Kelli Shivers
Basketballs Bounce Back But I Didn't, Kelli Shivers
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
No abstract provided.
Estrangement Of War In Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, Sophia L. Tornay
Estrangement Of War In Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, Sophia L. Tornay
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
An application of Victor Shklovsky's Theory of Prose to Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.
My Teacher-Writer Identity, Kayla R. Ehlinger
My Teacher-Writer Identity, Kayla R. Ehlinger
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
My project is my teacher-writer identity project, which started in my Teaching Writing Classroom. The goal of this project was to create a piece of media which gave an understanding of our identity as teachers and writers. My project took the form of a handout that would be used as a teaching material to help my students get to know me while also becoming comfortable with their own writing process. Using my own examples for how to interact with writing, my teacher-writer identity ultimately hopes to help my students become comfortable with themselves and their different approaches to writing.
The Dark Truth About Steve Jobs, Mike Dent
The Dark Truth About Steve Jobs, Mike Dent
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
Presentation of a paper on Steve Jobs and his role in the success of Apple Computer.
Using Online Tools For Learning, Not Copying, Noah Cox
Using Online Tools For Learning, Not Copying, Noah Cox
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
This project is showing that using online websites for homework answers is not always a bad thing. If these websites are used correctly, they can actually be a really good tool for learning.