ADAMcon 17

PROGRAM

From the schedule on ADAMcon.org. The theme was “Adam in its Prime”. Dale Wick’s game-balancing series ran in three parts: theory, examples from ColecoVision cartridges, and an application, “Warm Fuzzy Makes Salad”. The game itself, “Warm Fuzzy: Quest for Salad”, survives as source code in this archive.

• Scheduled It appears in an agenda, but the final program may have changed.
• Materials The presenter’s own slides or handout survive in this archive.

Friday, July 15

1. Dale Wick
   Welcome.
   Scheduled
2. C. Murray McCullough
   “Adam Retrospective”
   Scheduled
   Two sessions, either side of the morning break. The schedule gives “Murray”.
3. Neil Wick
   “Documenting Adam History”
   Scheduled
4. Guy Bona
   “ADAMEm Utilities”
   Scheduled
5. Dale Wick
   “Game Balancing: Theory”
   Materials
   His slides survive in this archive, dated July 15, 2005.
6. Bob Slopsema
   “eBay and the Adam”
   Scheduled

Saturday, July 16

1. Daniel Bienvenu and Guy Foster
   “Adam Demos”
   Scheduled
2. Dale Wick
   “Game Balancing: Interactive Samples” — Examples from ColecoVision cartridges.
   Scheduled
3. Neil Wick
   “Capturing Moments with Digital Media”
   Scheduled
4. Activity
   ADAM chat.
   Scheduled

Sunday, July 17

1. Richard Drushel
   “Adam Hardware Design and Current PC Hardware Comparison”
   Scheduled
2. Dale Wick
   “Game Balancing Programming, Part 1”
   Scheduled
3. Neil Wick
   “Image Manipulation and Tuning Utilities”
   Scheduled
4. Bob Slopsema
   ADAM News Network meeting.
   Scheduled
5. Dale Wick
   “Game Balancing Programming, Part 2”
   Scheduled
6. Dale Wick
   “Combinatorics and Optimization for Game Design”
   Scheduled
7. Erin MacLean and Pam Vilneff
   “Coleco Adam Stripdown Competition”
   Scheduled
   The schedule gives “Erin, Pamela”.
8. Dale Wick
   Wrap-up.
   Scheduled