The Game Republic Showcase is a yearly event that gives all final-year and postgraduate games students from Yorkshire and Humber a fantastic opportunity to showcase their work in front of the region’s games companies!. This years event was hosted by Sheffield Hallam University and was held on Tuesday 5th May, featuring over 70 students and 23 projects. Four Yorkshire games companies -Sumo Digital, Tuna, Team 17 and Rockstar Leeds – sponsored the awards, which featured prizes for Game Technology, Game Art, Game Design and Best Team.
Our winning entries were:
Rockstar Leeds Award for the Best Team
- 1st prize Full Scale War University of Huddersfield – Team Flash
(Steven Hayhurst; Ben Hinchliffe; John Barnard; Michael Wood; Jamie Warden; Dale Rea-Taylor; Luke Fielding; Martin Baker, Ashley Rickman.) - 2nd prize Jet XS University of Huddersfield – Team Awesome
(Mark Brotherton; Karl Griffiths; Andrew Boothroyd; Edward Brown; Andrew Morgan; Samantha Testa; Ben Gouldstone; Daryoush Nekooi.) - 3rd prize QB University of Huddersfield – Discoverable Games
(Edward Addley; David Webb; Karl Mitson; Lee Adam; Sophie Houlden; Christopher Chadwick; William Eades; Liu Wendian; Sam Earl.)
Team 17 Award for Game Design
- 1st prize Full Scale War University of Huddersfield – Team Flash
(Steven Hayhurst; Ben Hinchliffe; John Barnard; Michael Wood; Jamie Warden; Dale Rea-Taylor; Luke Fielding; Martin Baker, Ashley Rickman.)
Sumo Digital Award for Game Technology
- 1st prize Jet XS University of Huddersfield – Team Awesome
(Mark Brotherton; Karl Griffiths; Andrew Boothroyd; Edward Brown; Andrew Morgan; Samantha Testa; Ben Gouldstone; Daryoush Nekooi.)
The winners of the Best Team award – the Full Scale War team from the University of Huddersfield – were given a work placement at Rockstar Leeds.
Further details at: http://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/gamerepublic/student-showcase/
Photos of the event can be viewed at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30700599@N08/sets/72157617685250039/
(copied from http://www2.hud.ac.uk/ce/news/news-items/2009/0509-gamerepublic.php)
Youtube of the event…