Q.U.B.E. to be released on 16th December
Posted: December 2, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Releases, Student Successes | Tags: 16 December, Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Desura, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Playism, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment
It has been officially announced (via the Indie Fund website) that Q.U.B.E. will be released on the 16th December 2011. Q.U.B.E. will be available on on Steam, Desura, and Playism. It will be sold for £9.99/$14.99/€10.99.
The release is significant for both Indie Fund and the Computer Games Design at the University of Wales, Newport. For the both Q.U.B.E. is their first game to get a full commercial release.
The game was developed by Dan Da Rocha, Jon Savery and Dave Hall, they built the prototype as part of their undergraduate degree program (graduating in 2009). Then continued to develop it into a full game after their graduation with the help of the Indie Fund.
An interesting fact about Q.U.B.E.‘s development is that it has been developed without a programmer! The guys have only used UDK (the Unreal Development Kit) and its scripting facilities.
As usual Q.U.B.E. is getting some great press… Joystiq, The Sixth Axis, IndieGames.com, The Witness.net, DIY Gamer, Develop Online & DIY Gamer Preview
You can also vote for Q.U.B.E to be IndieDB’s Indie of the Year 2011.
Newport Students and Graduates will be at GameCity
Posted: October 11, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events, Student Successes | Tags: COAST, GameCity, GameCity 6, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Pipe Dream, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Student Project, Thread Bear, With The Dust Leave a commentOnce again students and graduates from the Computer Games Design course will be attending GameCity in Nottingham from 25th to 29th October.
This year we will be showcasing some of our graduate projects in the Lounge, all day on Thursday 27th October. There will be a variety of games, made by our students and graduates for everyone to try out.
The games on show include, With The Dust, Thread Bear, Pipe Dream, QUBE, COAST and Mundungo.
We had a great time at GameCity 5 and this year is looking like it will be another great one with loads of interesting events already in the GameCity Schedule.
Computer Games Design will be at playARK Cardiff
Posted: September 23, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events | Tags: Cardiff Design Festival, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, play testing, playARK, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Student Project, thinkARK, Wales Indie Leave a commentThe Computer Games Design course has been invited to exhibit student and graduate work at playARK – Games on 1st October 2011, 10am – 4pm at Chapter Arts Centre, so come along and have a go.
The games will be part of the Open Playtest session, there will be a selection of games from current students and graduates, including Q.U.B.E.
playARK is part of the Cardiff Design Festival.
Q.U.B.E.’s presentation at the Tokyo Game Show’s Sense of Wonder Night
Posted: September 23, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, QUBE Game, Sense of Wonder Night, SOWN, Student Project, student sucesses, Tokyo Game Show 2011, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a comment
The guys have just come back from showcasing Q.U.B.E. at the Tokyo Game Show. They were invited to present their game at the Sense of Wonder Night, to a select group of industry delegates.
Press Release: Toxic Games announces their first debut title, Q.U.B.E.
Posted: September 8, 2011 Filed under: Alumni | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, press release, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a commentPRESS RELEASE
South Wales, UK – 9 th August 2011– Toxic Games, a newly formed small independent developer based in Newport, South Wales founded by former classmates, began development of Q.U.B.E. as a student project in 2009. All three core members are game designers with no programming expertise. Thanks to the encouragement of academic mentors and industry professionals, and with the help of the Indie Fund for start-ups, Toxic Games went from student hobbyists to independent developers upon graduation from university. Toxic Games plans to release their debut title, Q.U.B.E. with the support of Indie-Fund in late 2011 to early 2012.
Q.U.B.E. is a first-person, singleplayer game that begins in a sterile, white cubic environment. The game presents the player with a series of brain-teasing puzzles, ranging from physics-based challenges and 3D jigsaws to platform-based trials.
With the aid of technologically enhanced gloves, the player manipulates and navigates a deep space training facility packed with cubes. The player can pull red blocks one at a time, extract multiple cubes of yellow all at once, use blue cubes for jumping, and push green cubes around the environment.
Q.U.B.E. has been nominated as a finalist in several game competitions including the Indie Game Challenge, The Escapist Extra Credits Innovation Awards and IndieDB’s Indie Game of the Year award: Best UDK Game.
Visit us at: www.qubegame.co.uk
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Q.U.B.E. at the Tokyo Game Show 2011
Posted: August 22, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Sense of Wonder Night, SOWN, Tokyo Game Show 2011, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a commentQ.U.B.E. will be on display at the Tokyo Game Show 2011 from 15th to 18th September in the Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba City).
Q.U.B.E. is also one of 9 games (out of 60 submitted) to be chosen to be presented at the ‘Sense of Wonder Night‘ (SOWN).
SOWN will be held on Friday, September 16 17:30-20:00 in Makuhari Messe – International Conference Hall, Room 201.
Q.U.B.E. in RockPaperShotgun
Posted: August 19, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Student Successes | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Indie Fund, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Steam, Student Project, Wales Indie Leave a comment
Dave Hall has been busy once again, this time being interviewed about Q.U.B.E. for and article in RockPaperShotgun.
In the interview Inside Q.U.B.E.: Toxic Games Interview Dave talks about how Toxic Games formed at the University of Wales, Newport, then goes into more depth about how they moved forward with development and obtaing funding from Indie Fund.
Q.U.B.E. will hopefully be realsed before the end of the year. For the latest news follow Q.U.B.E. on Twitter.
Recently Q.U.B.E. has also been featured on Voodoo Extreme 3D.
Q.U.B.E. at PAX
Posted: August 2, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, PAX, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, Student Project, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a commentDan Da Rocha from Toxic Games will be showcasing the latest build of Q.U.B.E. at PAX in Seattle from the 26th to 28th of August. Booth 6407.
Q.U.B.E. is also getting some great publicity after recently being shown at E3’s IndieCade, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWCDuyBshvs (from 4:30 to 5:30).
Q.U.B.E. makes it into Epic’s UDK Showcase.
Posted: July 28, 2011 Filed under: Alumni | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Dave Hall, Epic Games, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, UDK, UDK Showcase, Wales Indie Leave a comment
Q.U.B.E. has been selected to appear on Epic Games’ UDK Showcase.
The Q.U.B.E. showcase entry gives more details of the upcoming game, and Dan Da Rocha talks about why they chose UDK to develop Q.U.B.E.
Well done guys, we can’t wait to see the finished game.
Dan Da Rocha and Jon Savery will be giving a session at the Develop Indie Dev Day
Posted: June 22, 2011 Filed under: Alumni, Events | Tags: Dan DaRocha, Develop, Develop Conference, Develop Indie Day, Jon Savery, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, Newport Graduate, Q.U.B.E., QUBE, UDK, Wales Indie Leave a commentDan Da Rocha and Jon Savery will be giving a lecture at the Develop Conference in Brighton, from 19-21 July 2011.
They will be talking about their third year project Q.U.B.E., starting up an indie studio, getting funding from the Indie Fund and taking the game into full development.
The talk From Student to Indie, will be taking place on 21st July, at 15:15, as part of Develop’s Indie Dev Day.
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