Special Prize Winners at Microsoft’s X48 Game Camp
Posted: March 22, 2010 Filed under: Awards, Student Successes | Tags: Andre DaSilva, game camp, Game Jam, Giant Ego, Henry Hoffman, Krunch Bunch, microsoft x48, newport computer games design, Student Project, Wales Indie, x48 1 CommentHenry Hoffman & Andre DaSilva members of Team Krunch Bunch from Newport, have won the ‘Ooh Shiny Shiny’ Special Prize for dazzling the judges at Microsoft’s X48 Game Camp, with their game Giant Ego.
Giant Ego is a game for mobile devices, where you play as a personification of the human ego, with faceless peers rushing into view to either insult or compliment you. The compliments and insults fly on to screen from the sides, ensuring a hectic rush to keep your ego balanced as you try to progress by negotiating the ever changing environment.