Carter Williams

- Class of 2020

Carter Williams is a game designer and developer who enjoys experimental design, juicy animation and clean code. His favorite games to design are cooperative games that force players to interact in new ways. As a part of making these games, he has developed a networking framework for Unity.

In addition to making games, Carter also has a passion for teaching. He has taught courses on game analysis and game development as well as TA'ing courses on functional programming and educational technology.

Previous GCS positions:
President
Treasurer

My GCS Games

There Is a Place You Are Meant to Be... You Are Not There

Winter 2021

Carter Williams

Scott King

A purely auditory experience about being lost and finding your way. Headphones and a mouse are required.Made for Global Game Jam 2021.

Static

Fall 2020

George Whitfield

Dominic Calkosz

Carter Williams

Joseph Perrino

A short horror game set in a TV shop. Created for the Bit Bridge Halloween Jam 2020. Itch.io page Jam page

Implicitus

Spring 2020

Anthony Meza

Carter Williams

Dominic Calkosz

Tiger Jia

Grace Liu

Catherine Wang

Chelsea Liu 1

Grace Li

Jeremia Lo

Katherine Wang

Milo Tayao

Natalie Tedeschi

Nicole Yu

Kyle Leve

An abstract puzzle game that will bend your brain. Combine spells and unravel the properties of combinatory logic.

Construction Derby

Winter 2020

Malek Anabtawi

Dominic Calkosz

Thomas Carey

Jonathan Fischer

Tiger Jia

Adrian Mester

Carter Williams

When the world is ravaged by nuclear fallout, there is only one way to repair things...by destroying something first! Participate in the grand Construction Derby where you destroy your opponent’s cars while simultaneously repairing and improving your own. Be careful, as the hosts of this competition are not privy to fair play, and many brutal traps await those who enter. Keep fighting and be the last one left driving! Achieve glory as you smash your friend's vehicles to bits and add them to your own!

Grassfeet

Fall 2019

Peter Sheehan

Chris Fan

Sam Murray

Sanjay Salem

Carter Williams

Sheenu You

Grassfeet is a space-filling game where the players cooperate to cover a planet with grass while grass-eating cows impede their progress. Work together, ride cows, and fill the world with grass as fast as you can!

Reverse No

Fall 2019

Carter Williams

Joseph Perrino

Adrian Mester

Woody McCoy

Tiger Jia

Dominic Calkosz

Reverse No is a cooperative party game about communicating ideas with a limited vocabulary, and building up your common language over time. It can be played with two or more players. This game was created at the 2019 Pittsburgh IGDA Board Game Jam, for the theme: Foreign.

VOID

Fall 2019

Adrian Mester

Carter Williams

Grace Liu

Jonathan Fischer

Malek Anabtawi

Start with nothing.

A Touching Conversation

Spring 2019

Grace Liu

Carter Williams

Adrian Mester

Joseph Perrino

Dominic Calkosz

A conversation game about touch. After filling out a preliminary survey, players on either side of the wall place their hands into the box. They will then be prompted with charades style questions based on the comfort level inferred from the survey. Players must attempt to communicate complex ideas using only their hands.This game was created for Carson's Intro to Contextual Practice at CMU.

The Medium - A Slay the Spire Mod

Spring 2019

Adrian Mester

Carter Williams

Dominic Calkosz

Tiger Jia

Joseph Perrino

Grace Liu

Eileen Lee

Explore the duality of humanity and spiritualism as you climb The Spire, building a deck of unique cards in a quest to slay the Heart. The Medium is a mod for an existing game called Slay the Spire.

Kodak

Winter 2019

Jan Orlowski

Jessica (Jess) Cao

Carter Williams

Sophia Videva

Your mother passed away recently. You go back to your childhood home to gather her pictures and remember fond childhood memories. However, memories aren’t always accurate, and your past may be much more complicated than you recall... Created for the Global Game Jam 2019.

Backside Breakout

Fall 2018

Carter Williams

Tomas San Miguel

Adrian Mester

Tiger Jia

Dominic Calkosz

Backside Breakout is a prison break role-playing game. Gameplay is turn based with multiple turns a day before players have to move back to their cells and lose any items not properly hidden. The most convenient place to stash items is in one's rectum, hence the title Backside Breakout. The game is won by fulfilling one of three different escape routes, possibly involving bribery, disguises, or a copious amount of spoons. This game was created at the 2018 Pittsburgh IGDA Board Game Jam, for the theme: Freedom.

Cloak and Dagger

Fall 2018

Dominic Calkosz

Carter Williams

Ning Cao

Tommy Jiang

Jessica (Jess) Cao

Jessica Li

Xiang Luo

Gabe Whitney

A top-down, multiplayer online arena brawler where you are visible only under torchlight. Features multiple game modes, customization options, and playable characters. Play a fast-paced match of King of the Hill, or use your stealth and the element of surprise to be the Last Survivor. Connect with friends online using our AWS server.

Binary Star

Spring 2018

Carter Williams

Dominic Calkosz

Grace Liu

Adrian Mester

Work with a partner to control your space ship and fight off waves of alien enemies: One player pilots the ship while the other controls the cannons. You will have to upgrade your ship and unlock powerful new abilities in order to take on increasingly challenging waves.

Verto Animo

Fall 2017

Carter Williams

Dominic Calkosz

Edward Shin

Adrian Mester

Phillip lamkin

Matthew Bofenkamp

Verto Animo is a cooperative platformer with a twist: Each player controls the movement of one character and the jumping of the other. Test your patience and your friendships as you work together to complete each challenge.

Tanks on Planks

Fall 2016

Jan Orlowski

Adrian Biagioli

Cal Lavicka

Carter Williams

Kade Stewart

Ilana Franklin

Sophia Qin

Fight off waves of aliens while balancing on a plank in this coop multiplayer game for up to 4 people! With keyboard and controller support.

Updated November 15, 2020

Carter Williams

- Class of 2020

Previous GCS positions: President Treasurer

My GCS Games

There Is a Place You Are Meant to Be... You Are Not There

Static

Implicitus

Construction Derby

Grassfeet

Reverse No

VOID

A Touching Conversation

The Medium - A Slay the Spire Mod

Kodak

Backside Breakout

Cloak and Dagger

Binary Star

Verto Animo

Tanks on Planks

Previous GCS positions:
President
Treasurer