University of Huddersfield Computer Games

Student Showcase – Jay Walton

Duke — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:22:25 +0000

Another programming showcase.

This time Jay Walton. Jay was placed in Canalside Studios in his placement year and worked on Missing Reel (see here) and after working on some clever shaders for iPhone in his final year was employed by Rockstar Leeds.

It’s all in the one video…

… but shows work:

Year 1

The Dragon Knight – a DarkBasic game.

Placement year

Impossible Tusk – X48 2010 Winner of Best Art (See post)
Perlmania – a game developed for XBLIG and released! (See launch)
Seavolution – X48 2009 overall Winner! (see post)
Stargazer – an Xbox title that was soooo close to being finished

Final year

All Out War – Final year team project – note cool use of WiiMote to loop and control groups of units in an RTS environment!
Terrain generation/painting/tweaking
iPhone shaders

Guinness World Records announces 50 best video game endings

Duke — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:09:39 +0000

via Slashgear and Ripten

50. Resident Evil 4
49. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
48. Ratchet & Clank: a Crack in Time
47. Crysis 2
46. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
45. Call of Duty: World at War
44. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
43. Half-Life 2: Episode Two
42. Super Metroid
41. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
40. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
39. inFamous
38. Fallout 3
37. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
36. Gears of War 2
35. Bioshock
34. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
33. Sonic Adventures 2
32. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
31. Kingdom Hearts II
30. Mass Effect
29. Super Mario Galaxy
28. Sonic the Hedgehog
27. Metal Gear Solid
26. Assassin’s Creed II
25. Assassin’s Creed
24. Shadow of the Colossus
23. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
22. Kingdom Hearts
21. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
20. Super Mario Galaxy 2
19. Mass Effect 2
18. Grand Theft Auto IV
17. Portal 2
16. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
14. Halo: Combat Evolved
13. Halo 3
12. Pokemon Black and White
11. Super Mario Bros
10. Heavy Rain
9. Final Fantasy VII
8. Metal Gear Solid 4
7. Portal
6. Red Dead Redemption
5. God of War
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Halo: Reach
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops

Your thoughts?

Origin will be perfected in two years

Duke — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:37:36 +0000

EA exec Peter Moore has talked about the Origin download service from EA and how it needs work (see Slashgear). I only use Steam myself, although getting Battlefield 3 soon so I guess I’ll have no choice! What about you guys? Your thoughts on Origin/Steam and what it means…. are we going to have multiple digital download services!?

Updated showreel!

Duke — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:04:07 +0000

An updated showreel, just over 20 minutes, has been uploaded to youtube… enjoy.

List of Awesome in the works…

Duke — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:58:26 +0000

I thought it’d be nice to make a “List of Awesome”. Graduates who enjoyed the course, got a lot from it, and now work in awesome jobs. It’s very much a “work in progress”, but take a look at http://www.hudunigames.co.uk/list-of-awesome/ (there’s also a link on the right) and keep checking back!

The PS Vita Will Be Sony’s Last Portable

Duke — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:48:50 +0000

Another interesting view by Don Reisinger over at Engadget…. your thoughts?

Microsoft Kinect for Windows launched

Duke — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:35:42 +0000

Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since the Kinect for Windows SDK launched, has anyone done anything interesting with it yet?

Is anyone thinking about using Kinect on windows, or even what it could be used for?

Let us know in the comments what you think might be a good use for it!

Xbox 720 banning used games?

Duke — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:41:17 +0000

What a rumor eh? Imagine buying a game you aren’t satisfied with, and they’re not cheap, and having no recourse. You can’t sell it on, you can’t take it back for the used sales, it’s yours, whether you like it or not! What are your thoughts? My own view is if that’s the case then I won’t be buying the new Xbox!

It seems I’m not the only one who doesn’t like this rumor, check out the views of Matthew Karch on CVG.

Why Microsoft’s Kinect Is the Next Big Thing In Gaming

Duke — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:33:18 +0000

Don Reisinger has a piece on Engadget about why he believes Kinect is the next big thing in gaming, but not in a good way! Have a read here, and let us know what you think!

Find out what happens when aliens visit the University of Huddersfield.

Duke — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:41:23 +0000