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Global Gamejam Host 2016

Global Gamejam Host 2016

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-gamejam-2016-at-london-metropolitan-university-tickets-19671490959 Next year, Londonmet is one of the official hosts for the 2016 Global Gamejam, taking place in Shoreditch from 29-31 Jan. The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world’s largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world in physical locations. “The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same […]

London Met Games Tabletop Sci-fi and ...

London Met Games Tabletop Sci-fi and Fantasy Society

The GTSF (Games Tabletop Sci-fi and Fantasy) Society, founded by our games students, has won the prize for most members of a University Society! https://www.facebook.com/GTSFsociety/ President: Winter Milek Vice President: Robyn Andrews Co-Founder: Ana Margarida Mota Secretary: Quoc Luu Treasurer: Dimitri Xitas

Inventor’s Workshop Toyjam

Inventor’s Workshop Toyjam

On Tuesday 22nd September, Londonmet’s team of toy-makers and hackers took part in the first ever ToyJam, organised by Toy News as part of the Inventor’s Workshop. The team consisted of Games Programmers  Zion Siton, George Anderson and Dimitri Xita with Games Modelling and Effects students Winter Milek, Quoc Luu and Robyn Sarah Andrews. The […]

Brains Eden GameJam 2015

Brains Eden GameJam 2015

Team Londonmet were shortlisted again this year for their game “Penguin Fall”, developed in 48 hours as part of the Brains Eden GameJam 2015 at Anglia Ruskin University (http://www.brainseden.net/). This year’s theme was “displacement”, given to teams on Friday at 5pm. BSc Games Modelling, Animation and Effects graduates Matthew Isteed and Michal Chmielewski created graphics […]

Discovering Galapagos blog

Discovering Galapagos blog

http://blog.discoveringgalapagos.org.uk/drawing-galapagos-part-1/ BSc GMAE student Matthew Isteed has been doing an internship with the Galapagos Conservation Trust this year.  Read his blog posts on the experience of creating artwork for them.

Digital Toybox 2015 trailer

Digital Toybox 2015 trailer

Time for our annual summer show, here’s the link to BSc GMAE students’ new trailer.  Check the Summer Show page for more details – hope to see you here on 11th or 12th June! Summer Show 2015 trailer

Game Design prototypes

Game Design prototypes

Game design students showcase and test their prototype physical games.  See the flickr set here.

Tortoise Trackers

Tortoise Trackers

Londonmet games students Michal Chmielewski (BSc GMAE), Cosmin Stanescu (BSc CGP), BSc Computer Games Programming graduate Marcus Oldfield and course leader Fiona French attended “Re-discovering Galapagos Day” at The Royal Geographical Society last night to showcase recent work for the Galapagos Conservation Trust. (http://galapagosconservation.org.uk/event_listings/re-discovering-galapagos-day/) The students designed and developed a 3D Tortoise Tracking game over the summer, which will be part of […]

Brains Eden Gamejam 2014

Brains Eden Gamejam 2014

Zion Siton, Alex Owen, Ashrakur Rahman, Michal Chmielewski and Andrew Braid – this year’s Londonmet team at the Brains Eden 48 hour Gamejam at Anglia Ruskin University, July 2014.  The team developed “Scramble”, writing their own physics engine in Actionscript.

Digital Toybox 2014

Digital Toybox 2014

  This year’s summer show will take place on 5/6 June 2014, in the Graduate Centre and Blue Met Lounge on Holloway Road. We’ll finish with a flourish this year – our CLOSING PARTY is from 5-8pm on 6th June. There is a Faculty Employer Network and Enterprise Day event taking place on the closing day on […]

Game Design prototypes

Game Design prototypes

This year’s Game Design class produced some great board games for their “Prototype” assessment. Showing work from Stephen, Robyn and Leandro… Stephen’s game    

Brains Eden Gamejam 2013

Brains Eden Gamejam 2013

Londonmet team hit the Brains Eden Gamejam on 28th June, ready for 48 hours of designing and developing in Cambridge.  This year’s team was Max Morris, Marcus Oldfield, Alex Owen, Fergus Murphy and Harry Corke. The theme was “mountains” and their game was “Dwarficide”, link to follow… Follow the team’s progress at http://beardedbadger.com…

DIGITAL TOYBOX 2013

DIGITAL TOYBOX 2013

The annual summer show from students in the School of Computing, with a strong emphasis on games, media, mobile apps, electronic toys… Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/138718626323136/ Archives: Digital Toybox 2012 flickr pix Digital Toybox 2011 flickr pix

3D Printing and laser cutting

3D Printing and laser cutting

Metropolitan Works – new links with our digital manufacturing centre, based at Commercial Road. First attempts at 3D printing from second year BSc Computer Games Modelling and Design students working on their Digital Toy Design module – planes and lollipop trees from Mo, van bodywork from Amir.  Fergus did some laser cutting (below).  These will all […]

Game Design Prototypes

Game Design Prototypes

First year students play-test their prototype games…    

XX GameJam 2012

XX GameJam 2012

The first XX GameJam, in association with Ada Lovelace Day and London Games Festival, took place in Mind Candy offices on Oct 26 and 27, 2012, sponsored by UKIE. The theme was “Clockwork”. Second year Games Programming student Nikki Gordon’s team came second with “The Dastardly Carillon” developed in Unity … Nikki created all the sound effects […]

Brains Eden GameJam 2012

Brains Eden GameJam 2012

Londonmet Games team ADRENALINE MONKEYS (Stephen, Joseph, Bruno and Fergus) at this year’s Brains Eden GameJam at Anglia Ruskin from 30th June – 2nd July.

DIGITAL TOYBOX 2012

DIGITAL TOYBOX 2012

Faculty of Computing Summer Show in The Graduate Centre and Blue Met Lounge Launch Party: 14th June / 5-8pm Public Viewing: 15th June / 11-3pm PICTURES ON FLICKR

DIGITAL TOYBOX 2011

DIGITAL TOYBOX 2011

Faculty of Computing Summer Show in the Graduate Centre, Holloway Road. Launch Party on Thurs 9th June 5-8pm, public opening Fri 10th June 11-3pm. See the photos here: www.flickr.com/thinkmakeplay  

Digital Shoreditch 2011

Digital Shoreditch 2011

Digital Shoreditch Festival Games and art showreels from the games degrees on show to public and industry during this exciting week-long event.

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