In the beginning, before the days of UT2004, development began in Halo CE with Alex Schwartz and his floormates Brad Scoville and Matt Murdy. Later on that year, Beth Beinke and Josh Dick were added to the team. This team created the WPImap Halo Level and when the onslaught of work - that is known as Sophomore year - hit hard, map development came to a halt. Recently, Beth and Alex have picked back up, completely re-doing all of the art assets from the original map for their junior year IQP project. All 5 original developers are members of the undergraduate class of 2009 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute [WPI]. The WPI Halo Map is officially recognized by WPI's Game Development Club.

Alex Schwartz--

Alex has been deeply involved in Halo since its release, participating in both the competitive and modding scenes and worked heavily on the Halo map version of WPI. Interested in computers, gaming, and digital media, he came to WPI for the new Interactive Media and Game Development major (IMGD). In the Interactive Campus Tour, he has worked on modeling with Maya, texturing, photography, Unreal scripting, static mesh placement in the map, terrain editing, troubleshooting, and more. He can be contacted at his website, gtproductions.net.

Elisabeth Beinke--

Elisabeth is a Junior Interactive Media and Game Development major at WPI, with a focus in artistic elements such as modeling, texturing, and animation. She started the WPImap as a sophomore, but was mainly involved in the Interactive Campus Tour. She has worked on modeling with Maya, texuring, photography, static mesh placement in the map, foliage work, terrain editing, and more. She can be contacted at her website, bethbeinke.com.

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We would also like to thank the following people:

• Thanks to Hazel Whorley for the Terragen skybox.
• Thanks to Rachel Cordone (angelmapper.com) for moral support, scripting, path movement, and UT2004 troubleshooting.
• Thanks to the original WPImap team, including Brad Scoville, Josh Dick, and Matt Murdy for the work done for the Halo Engine.
• Thanks to Neal Orman for initial UT2004 troubleshooting and guidance throughout the project.
• Thanks to Professor Farbrook for advising the IQP and for some good suggestions on how to improve the project.
• Thanks to Mr. Connor and WPI Admissions for sponsorship and a place to house the kiosk.
• Thanks to Cornelius Spellman from Campus Police for Segway training.
• Thanks to Autodesk for the use of Maya and Adobe for the use of Photoshop, both of which were used heavily.
• Thanks to Epic for the Unreal Engine and the Unreal editing tools.

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Questions or comments about the map should be e-mailed to alex@halogt.com, and questions or comments about this web site should be e-mailed to josh@joshdick.net.