Andrew Williams

An immersive, history-driven, educational game focused on the events leading to the American Revolution. Episode II focused on the 1770 Boston Massacre with the player taking on the role of an apprentice printmaker who witnesses the event and must navigate a politically and emotionally charged environment immediately after.

Buzz Digital is a student-developed and faculty/staff led, federally funded multiplayer game designed to aid the teaching of lean manufacturing. Consisting of seven networked tablets, six participants and one facilitator work to fill orders of "flux resistors" by assembling components, passing them to other workstations, performing quality actions and checking for defects. Through three distinct gameplay rounds, participants are able to experience the positive impact of lean manufacturing… Show more

Buzz Digital is a student-developed and faculty/staff led, federally funded multiplayer game designed to aid the teaching of lean manufacturing. Consisting of seven networked tablets, six participants and one facilitator work to fill orders of "flux resistors" by assembling components, passing them to other workstations, performing quality actions and checking for defects. Through three distinct gameplay rounds, participants are able to experience the positive impact of lean manufacturing principles allowing for more balanced workloads and increased production output.

Buzz Digital is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Stout Manufacturing Outreach Center and is currently in beta testing. Show less

Set in an immersive and historically accurate recreation of Colonial Boston after the 1770 “Boston Massacre,” Witness to the Revolution allows the player to develop an awareness of how misinformation – both deliberate and accidental – can shape the perception and meaning of history.

Explore Colonial Boston, investigate evidence and experience vivid playable flashbacks of historical witness accounts as you struggle to find clarity in the face of contradiction and manipulation to answer… Show more

Set in an immersive and historically accurate recreation of Colonial Boston after the 1770 “Boston Massacre,” Witness to the Revolution allows the player to develop an awareness of how misinformation – both deliberate and accidental – can shape the perception and meaning of history.

Explore Colonial Boston, investigate evidence and experience vivid playable flashbacks of historical witness accounts as you struggle to find clarity in the face of contradiction and manipulation to answer one simple question - What happened the night of March 5, 1770? Show less

Winner - M+DEV Midwest Game Developers Conference Juried Art Contest

Game environment inspired by the work of 18th and 19th century creatives such as Etienne-Louis Boullee, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Hubert Robert as well as open world game environments of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Elden Ring. As forerunners of contemporary concept artists, Boullee, Piranesi and Robert combined or “kit bashed” elements of natural environments and classical architecture into… Show more

Winner - M+DEV Midwest Game Developers Conference Juried Art Contest

Game environment inspired by the work of 18th and 19th century creatives such as Etienne-Louis Boullee, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Hubert Robert as well as open world game environments of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Elden Ring. As forerunners of contemporary concept artists, Boullee, Piranesi and Robert combined or “kit bashed” elements of natural environments and classical architecture into detailed and emotionally evocative spaces that instill a desire to experience and explore. These ideas were a key driver of the composition as the project attempted to portray colossal ruins in a large landscape with realistic proportions for vegetation.

Software Used:
Maya, Unreal 5, Blender, Substance 3D Designer, Substance 3D Painter, Metashape, Photoshop, TreeIt Show less

"Play the Past" is an interactive history experience for middle school students centered on the Minnesota History Center's existing exhibit "Minnesota's Greatest Generation." The experience attempts to educate 6th to 8th grade students about the generation of Minnesota residents who grew up in poverty during the Great Depression, grappled with the complexities of World War II and adjusted to a new life in the Post-War Boom through a mix of physical, augmented reality, video and text delivery… Show more

"Play the Past" is an interactive history experience for middle school students centered on the Minnesota History Center's existing exhibit "Minnesota's Greatest Generation." The experience attempts to educate 6th to 8th grade students about the generation of Minnesota residents who grew up in poverty during the Great Depression, grappled with the complexities of World War II and adjusted to a new life in the Post-War Boom through a mix of physical, augmented reality, video and text delivery methods. Students make decisions and interact with the characters and situations from these periods using personal multi-touch screens. Show less

The UW-Stout Gaming and Digital Innovation Lab is a makerspace designed to encourage students, faculty and staff to better understand the medium of digital games and how it may be used for new purposes. Featuring a collection of more than eleven major video game consoles, four high-end PCs with productivity software, and access to a rapidly growing digital game catalog, the Gaming and Digital Innovation Lab is a space to study, work, teach and play.

Member of the Advisory Board tasked with the revitalization of the historic Wilson Place Mansion in Menomonie, Wi