University of Huddersfield Games Programming and Games Design Courses

DodgeFoot is released on Facebook

by Duke on Sep.20, 2011, under Game Launch, Student Showcase

3 of our graduates have got together and made a game…

“13 Itchy Games are excited to announce the release of their première game, DodgeFoot. A slick, polished and highly addictive casual game. Facebook link http://apps.facebook.com/dodgefoot/

The DodgeFoot player is thrown into an alternate pre-historic universe whose mission to avoid a giant stomping foot threatening to end all existence.

3 mini-games allow the player use their skill to earn points in a variety of situations”

Play the game on facebook (link above) and visit their website at http://13itchygames.com/

Blind Panic Game Camp 2011 Game Trailers!

by Duke on Jun.06, 2011, under Competitions

The game trailers from the Blind Panic Game Camp 2011 are starting to become available. I’ll update as more arrive. Remember, these games were made in only 32 hours! For more info about the competition, read the full post here.

One Handed Games (Winner of Best Game Award)

Team Miss Maryland (Award for Best Art and 2nd place in Best Game Award)

Team Origami (Award for Most Innovative Game and 3rd place in Best Game Award)

Blind Panic Game Camp 2011

by Duke on Jun.03, 2011, under Competitions

Blind Panic Game Camp 2011 has just finished!

3 Days, 32 Hours, 8 Teams and 37 students…. all ended in 8 fantastic games.

The theme this year was “Ducks in space” and was judged by our alumni who are now working in the games industry for some very well known companies. Thank you to all the alumni who attended, some from quite far away!

As you might imagine, we took some photos and some videos, see below.

Trailers for each of the games will be up soon, and maybe even some playable demos!

But the most important information first, the winners!

Award for Most Innovative Game

This was awarded by Chris Hardwick. Chris worked in Canalside studios at the university on his placement year, then headed to Codemasters and now works for another huge games studio. And the award went to… Team Origami for their game “Duck wars”. The team includes Ben Blakemore, Joshua Hackett, Carl Mason, Sean Pollitt and guest musician Samm Hart.

Team Origami - Winner of Most Innovative Game (pictured with Dr Rupert Ward and Chris Hardwick)

Award for Best Art

This was awarded by Christie Hanson…. I can’t tell who she works for, but it’s a very popular games company! The award for best art went to Miss Maryland for their game “Super Duck Attack”. The team includes Jonathan Elliot, Carl Holmes, Nick Walton, Michael Wellon and James Witcomb.

Team "Miss Maryland" - Winner of Best Art (pictured with Dr Rupert Ward and Christie Hanson)

Best Game Award 1st Place

The overall winners of the competition were One Handed Games and their game “Where the duck are my eggs”. This was awarded by Dr Rupert Ward, Head of Department at the University of Huddersfield. The team includes Lewis Bibby, Andrew Neil, Samuel Read and Daniel Sefton. Congratulations guys!

Team "One Handed Games" winning Best Game award (pictured with Dr Rupert Ward)

They even have a trailer up on youtube already…

Best Game Award – 2nd and 3rd places

Best Game Award 2nd and 3rd places were awarded to 2 teams who’d already done well, Miss Maryland (2nd) and Origami (3rd). The 2nd prize was awarded by Ben Hinchliffe and Jay Walton, now both working for Rockstar Leeds. Ben and Jay both worked for Canalside Studios in their placement year.