Welcome to the project website for Shortfall Digital! This project is currently ongoing and is the product of a partnership between Northeastern University and Metaversal Studios. The first digital prototype game was completed as an independent study in the spring of 2007 by Seth Sivak and Mark Sivak, both mechanical engineers. The version now online was produced by Metaversal Studios, based on the work of the Sivaks.

This project has had the help of many professors and students from several different colleges within Northeastern. Prof. Jackie Isaacs of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department has been responsible for much of the engineering and environmental manufacturing content. Jay Laird and Ann McDonald from the Multimedia Studies Department have provided guidance in both art and game design. Donna Qualters from the Education Department has provided knowledge on using game for learning.

Learn more about the history of Shortfall.

To play the game please follow the link below. Be sure to read the instructions. They are long, but until we get the tutorial written, they're the only way to know what you're doing. Make sure that your browser has the LATEST VERSION of the Adobe Flash Plugin. If the instructions do not appear correctly, you need to update!

Important note: The version of the game currently online is a PREVIEW of the digital version. The game presented here is in no way intended to reflect the final networked game being produced in 2008-2009 and is for preview purposes only; we are still in the early stages of evaluation and iterative development. Keep an eye on this page for updates to the application, or email us for more information at the address given below.

Play Shortfall Digital! (updated 8/22/08)

Please send all questions and comments to shortfall@coe.neu.edu.