Alterius is a modification for Unreal Tournament 2004 being developed as a senior capstone project by a group of EMAC majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Professor Kathleen Ruiz is supervising development. Our goal for the project is to create a rich, dynamic, highly interactive game environment that conveys a compelling narrative. A high degree of interactivity and freedom to approach problems from multiple angles are our primary design objectives, as we feel that these are the aspects of game design that most need to be developed if games are to mature into a more truly immersive medium.

The members of the development team are:

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Naturally, in a team of this size, roles tend to be blurred and shared between members. The roles listed here represent each team members' core focus, but by no means their exclusive contributions to the project.

A game design outline is available for your perusal: