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imagine-if-you-were-in-a-folk-tale

imagine-if-you-were-in-a-folk-tale

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 […]

Brains Eden Game Jam 2019

Brains Eden Game Jam 2019

We sent 2 teams to Anglia Ruskin this weekend to take part in the annual Brains Eden Game Jam – here are some pix they sent, all having an amazing time and producing some great games!

Brains Eden Gamejam 2018

Brains Eden Gamejam 2018

Another exciting year for Londonmet Brains Eden Gamejam teams – this year the theme was “unreliable”.

Global Gamejam 2018

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 […]

Brains Eden 2017

Brains Eden 2017

This year’s Brains Eden GameJam team – Erik, Winter, Oliver, Dominika, Andrew and Laura (+ Filippo and Lucien and Kim).  We entered 2 teams, who had a challenging and exciting time competing at the competition in Cambridge over one long weekend.  See more pix on the flickr page here.

Global Game Jam 2017 at Londonmet Acc...

Global Game Jam 2017 at Londonmet Accelerator!

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

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

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

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

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 […]

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.

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…

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.

Global Gamejam 2011

Global Gamejam 2011

Global Game Jam 2011 Ashley, Michael, Vlad, Jamie, Hua, Chris and Kamran took part in this year’s jam, developing “ESCAPE!” with UDK (Unreal Dev Kit).  

Global Gamejam 2010

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 […]

X48 Game Camp

X48 Game Camp

X48 Game Camp 2009 Jason Choo and Kamran Sarkar represent Londonmet at University of Derby X48 Game Camp and win a crate of energy! Screenshots from their XBox game EVO below:

Global Gamejam London!

Global Gamejam London!

Global Game Jam LONDON 2009 – 30 Jan to 1 Feb 2009 48 hours of Innovation, Creativity and Experimentation at Shoreditch Building, Kingsland Road.   Media links here

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