Staffordshire University Games Academy

May 24

#gradex2012 Games Tech Winners

Games Design & Production
1. David Smith (gplay)
2. Dominic Nash (gplay)
3. Matthew Calvert (games audio)

Games Modelling
1. Steven Trimble (games design)
2. Konstantinos Mousikidis (digi film)
3. Gagan Deep Singh (games concepts)

May 23

Unity and 3D internships at Daden, Birmingham -

Follow the link for more info.

A Game By It's Cover -

A Game By Its Cover is a independent game development competition that challenges game developers to create new games based on fictional game artwork, whose creators probably never imagined would ever become something real! The work of one person inspires another.

GradEX showcases computer game to 'unlock' memories of people with dementia -

A COMPUTER game which aims to stimulate people with dementia is among the potentially life enhancing projects being showcased at Staffordshire University this week.

GradEx 2012 takes place on the University’s Stafford campus this Thursday May 24 and features the final year project work of 330 students from the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology.

Among the standout projects is one from BSc(Hons) Computer Games Design student Zohabe Aziz who has used his experience as a carer for people with dementia to design a game aimed at stimulating their memories.

Read more with the link above…

May 18

TIGJAM UK 7 - 27th-29th July 2012

TIGJAM UK 7

Date: 27th-29th July 2012
Venue: CB2 Bistro, Cambridge.

Announcing TIGJam UK 7! A weekend of making games in Cambridge, UK. Everyone’s welcome to come and make games, regardless of experience or background :) More information on this forum thread.

Get tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3579250635