https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/articles/imagine-if-you-were-in-a-folk-tale/ London Met’s Game Programming and Games Animation teams took part in an all-day Game Jam with a folk tale theme, as part of the Imagine-If Festival. They chose stories from Germany, Lithuania, Greece, Holland, Cameroon, Arabia, Brazil and Japan. The Imagine-If Festival is held from 1-4 March to celebrate the legacy of educationalist Sir Ken Robinson, who […]
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Global Gamejam 2018
This year’s GGJ was held at Accelerator Building in Shoreditch again – it was another exciting weekend that saw current students working alongside professionals to create games in 48 hours. This year’s theme was TRANSMISSION. We were delighted to see some of our Londonmet Games graduates there – artists Matthew Isteed, Ana Da Mota and […]
Global Game Jam 2017 at Londonmet Acc...
http://globalgamejam.org/2017/jam-sites/londonmet-accelerator-global-game-jam This year’s Global Game Jam at Londonmet Accelerator is in full swing as I write this post. The theme is WAVES, released on Friday evening. Concepts have been discussed, teams have been formed and everyone is calmly working on their games, fuelled with pizza and pop. The twitch livestream can be accessed from the site […]
Brains Eden Gamejam 2016
This year, we sent 2 teams to the Brains Eden Gamejam, an annual competition to design and develop a game in 48h, open to students across Europe. TEAM ROCKET: Winter Mraz (GMAE), Dimitri Xitas (CGP), Quoc Luu (GMAE), Andrew Watson (GMAE) and Oliver Mobbs (CGP) TEAM AQUA: Steven Nagle (CGP), Erik di Biase (CGP), Giuseppe […]
GGJ 2016 at Accelerator
Erik, Dimitri, Ana and Quoc worked tirelessly all weekend at this year’s Global Game Jam, hosted by Londonmet at Accelerator. They were part of a team developing “A Clowny Day”, inspired by this year’s theme: RITUAL http://globalgamejam.org/2016/games/clowny-day The jam kicked off on Friday evening with a keynote and the release of the secret theme, then […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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…
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 […]
Global Gamejam 2010
London Global Gamejam 2010, at Quantm College Jamie Hamilton and Yanhua Ou take part, producing “Body Warfare”. You are a virus trying to infect red blood cells while avoiding b-cells and antibodies. You control the virus by moving the mouse to navigate the level. You must infect/absorb red blood cells while avoiding antibodies who will […]