Dare to be Digital winners
Abertay University's international student design competition concluded yesterday, with three games emerging victorious (and in doing so earned themselves a coveted nomination for the BAFTA "Ones to Watch" award).
The winners were as follows:
Starcrossed, for Windows Phone 7 by Kind of a Big Deal (team leader Kimi Sulopuisto, Petri Liuska, Andrew MacLean, Minttu Meriläinen, Vili Viitaniemi)
Pixel Story, for PC by Loan Wolf Games (team leader Martin Cosens, Luke Harrison, Ashley Hayes, Thomas McParland, Benjamin Rushton)
Project Thanatos, for PC and virtual reality headset by Raptor Games (team leader Hugh Laird, Andrew Coles, Tom Kemp, Tom Laird, Alexandra Shapland)
Johnny Minkley, BAFTA Games Committee member and Dare judge, commented: "I'm hugely impressed with the standard of all the games on show and the professionalism and passion of all the Dare to be Digital teams.
"It was a hard choice for the judges, but all three BAFTA nominees are strong games and very different games. It will be a really tough decision for the judges to pick the final BAFTA winner at the Video Games Awards next March."
Over 40 games were played over the Dare ProtoPlay weekend, including the 15 student entries. Over 10,000 people attended the event in Dundee.