Boast: QUT Games Project Download Links

Last Wednesday night we had our BGIE Industry Showcase in P Block @ QUT.  Great night, with heaps of gameplay.  But, even if you missed the event, you can play the games!  All the links to the student projects follow.  So knock yourself out and play my students' games.  You won't be disappointed. :-)

Archmage - http://www.indiedb.com/games/archmage/downloads/archmage
Endpoint - http://www.indiedb.com/games/endpoint/downloads/endpoint
Heroes of Yggdrasil - http://www.indiedb.com/games/heroes-of-yggdrasil/downloads/heroes-of-yggrasil
Overground - http://www.indiedb.com/games/overground/downloads/overground
The Skeleton War - http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-skeleton-war/downloads/the-skeleton-war
Curse of Excalibur - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TeamMonoXTreme.CurseOfExcalibur
The Library - http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-library-4dminds/downloads/the-library1
Solitude Station - http://www.indiedb.com/games/solitude-station/downloads/solitude-station-104
M is for Mutant - http://www.indiedb.com/games/m-is-for-mutant/downloads/m-is-for-mutant-101
Right To Rule - http://www.indiedb.com/games/right-to-rule/downloads/right-to-rule
Capacitor - http://www.indiedb.com/games/capacitor/downloads/capacitor2
League of Metal Men - http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-league-of-metal-men/downloads/the-league-of-metal-men
Cube Commander - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PlaceHolderProductions.CubeCommander2
Barnyard Revolution - http://www.indiedb.com/games/barnyard-revolution/downloads/barnyard-revolution-pc1
Icarus - http://www.indiedb.com/games/icarus-by-maximum-crinkle-games/downloads/icarus-v104

Good to also see the "The Skeleton War" and "M is for Mutant" have been featured on the banner of IndiDB and are still in the Top 100 after a number of weeks.

Way to go guys!

Ross

Boast: 2011 Final Year QUT Games Projects

This week I am very proud to present this years games published by our final year students within the QUT Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment. On Friday, 4th November, our students showcased their work at the State Library of Qld in Brisbane. Fourteen games were on display, and a great night was had by all. A special highlight was an excellent motivational presentation by Assoc. Professor Jeff Brand from Bond University.

The QUT Games staff award for best game went to Manastorm (Lust for Guts), while Halfbrick Studios (Brisbane developer of the Fruit Ninja game) gave their award to Awien Ambush. Photos of the event, by Michael Miller, are found here.

Matt Ford, Michael Docherty and I have been working very hard with these students for a year now, and we are VERY proud of the results. This year's cohort has exceeded all expectations.

Some highlights are:

• Stranded and Awien Ambush making the top ten on IndieDB - just to compare, Minecraft is the top game on IndieDB, this is a great achievement;
• Manastorm making the top fifty on Youtube Australia with just their trailer video.

But don't just take my word for it. The following are links to all our freely available student work. Download them for yourself, and have a play! :-)

Ross

http://www.indiedb.com/games/manastorm-lust-for-guts - macho spell casting wizard fps

http://www.indiedb.com/games/awien-ambush - home alone with lots of aliens

http://www.indiedb.com/games/art-of-defence - tower defence with amazing 3D environments

http://www.indiedb.com/games/schools-out - escape your science teacher's clutches

http://www.indiedb.com/games/stranded - escape a planet inhabited by deadly beasts

http://www.indiedb.com/games/synergy - collaborate to solve 3D platform puzzles

http://www.indiedb.com/games/abzorb - solve puzzles by absorbing physical attributes

http://www.indiedb.com/games/scrapped - robot puzzler with cool detachable arm

http://www.indiedb.com/games/stick-ninja - ninja combat with an insane grapple mechanic

http://www.indiedb.com/games/spectrum - solve puzzles by transforming into light itself

http://www.indiedb.com/games/morvennan - defend against zombies and take the trebuchet

http://www.indiedb.com/games/unleashed - hack and slash with skills, skills and more skills

http://www.indiedb.com/members/hover-game - hovercraft-based 3D shoot-em up

QUT Games: Slipstream Racing Game

New batch of students generating some great games at QUT as part of our Games Degree.

Slipstream have a fast action-packed racing game available from here, with some very impressive visuals. They have achieved great rankings on IndieDB. Nice work lads!

Check it out.

Ross

Link: QUT Game Students Media Article

A tad late, but here is a link to a newspaper article about our successful QUT Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment students. Article highlights some of the great work our graduates are doing on the world stage.

Well done!

Ross

News: QUT Students Win Games Award!

Great news! //No Comment, a student team from our QUT Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment, has just won the Best UDK Game award on the IndieDB website for their Sp.A.I. game.

The lucky lads now get to fly to Epic Games in the US to present their ideas to management.

Well done boys!

Ross

Links: QUT Game Students' Work

My students at QUT have just completed their final year projects. Some of them are absolute crackers; I'm VERY proud of their work.

I have included a list of the URLs for their projects that they set up as part of the deliverables required in the project unit. They all contain movies, download links for executables and team contact details.

BTW, they will be looking for work now. So feel free to contact them if you are looking for virtual world programming and content creation talent. :-)

Ross

Links to student work follow:

www.eternalduskgame.com

www.rockinmoses.com/cloud9

screwtapestudios.com/golfwar

www.pineapplefishstudios.com/

www.elementalistgame.com/

www.indiedb.com/games/bear-story

www.badsciencegame.com/index.html

www.indiedb.com/games/spai

sites.google.com/site/fungiochi2010/home

www.kungfuteachergame.com/

www.moddb.com/games/cannonball-clash

www.noahsjungle.com/

www.moddb.com/mods/silvercurls

www.acoenvi.com/