Newport Games Design gets three nominations for the Ffresh Awards 2012

Posted: June 11, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Alumni, Awards, Events, Student Successes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

We 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.

Thread Bear wins a Welsh Graduate Design Award 2011

Posted: November 1, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Alumni, Student Successes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jenny Peers and André Silva have won a Welsh Graduate Design Award 2011, in the Interaction Design category for their game Thread Bear.

Thread Bear is a 3D adventure game set in a squishy fabric world. You will help Bobby the panda travel through each level and sew up the rips that are affecting the balance of his fragile fabric world.

Thread Bear uses the UDK engine, the prototype build is currently playable on PC only at the moment. Further development is currently under way, for platforms such as the iOS and Xbox.

Download the Thread Bear playable prototype
Thread Bear Official Website

Newport Students and Graduates will be at GameCity

Posted: October 11, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Alumni, Events, Student Successes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Once 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.

    Pacman in the streets of Nottingham QUBE in the Lounge

Two Newport Games are on the short list for a Best of Welsh Design Award

Posted: October 5, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Alumni, Awards, Student Successes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We are very pleased to announce that two Newport games have made it onto the short list for the Graduate Interactive Award…

Thread Bear by Jenny Peers and Andre Silva.
Thread Bear is a cute 3D adventure game set in a squishy fabric world. Help Bobby the panda travel through each level and sew up the rips that are affecting the balance of this fragile fabric world.
For more info and to Vote for Thread Bear.

Mush by Henry Hoffman, Kate Killick (from Computer Games Design), Ahmed Zaman, Matt Dennis, Greg O’Brian (from Games Development & AI).
Mush is an emotional puzzle platform game for the Windows Phone 7, giving you control over how your character feels. Directly change emotions through drawing smiles and sad faces, rotating the world and shaking the phone. Experience happiness, sadness, confusion and anger as you explore the unique emotional themed worlds with quirky abilities defined by the characters mood.
For more info and to Vote for Mush.

The Best of Welsh Design Awards are part of the Cardiff Design Festival. The winners will be announced on Friday the 14th of October.