Newport Games Design gets three nominations for the Ffresh Awards 2012
Posted: June 11, 2012 Filed under: Alumni, Awards, Events, Student Successes | Tags: Andre DaSilva, Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Ffresh, Ffresh Awards 2012, Fresh Awards Shortlist, Henry Hoffman, Jenny Peers, Jon Savery, Kate Killick, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, Thread Bear, UDK, Wales Indie, With The Dust 1 CommentWe are very pleased to announce that three Newport games have been shortlisted in the Games & Interactive Media category and the Ffresh Awards 2012.
With The Dust, Thread Bear and Q.U.B.E. have been short listed, the games and interactive media juror David Banner has written encouraging comments about all three games.
The winner will be announced on Friday 10th February.
Students’ Game featured in Edge
Posted: June 2, 2010 Filed under: Awards, Student Successes | Tags: Andre DaSilva, EDGE, EDGE MAgazine, game camp, Game Jam, Giant Ego, Henry Hoffman, Krunch Bunch, microsoft x48, newport computer games design, Student Project, Wales Indie, x48 Leave a comment
Our recent X48 Game Camp competition winners Krunch Bunch, have had their game ‘Giant Ego’ featured in the June 2010 edition of EDGE Magazine. The team talks about the visual references they used to develop the art style and about the technical chalenges of building the game in such a short period of time.
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.
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