Kite Game by Bev Bush

http://gamejolt.com/games/kite-shooter/208265

The Great Northern Creative Festival 2016

The Great Northern Creative Festival is on next week - there is lots on which would be of interest to you.
Check out this link for more info
https://thegreatnortherncreativefestival.wordpress.com/

This is a university wide event at UCLan, so it is not just limited to Games Design.

Game by Nellie Sandblom as published on Scirra Arcade.

Game by Nellie Sandblom as published on Scirra Arcade.

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Alumni Robin Willians work results in demand for GTA vehicle.

Hello!

you might be interested to see Robin Williams, (a recent graduate from Uclan Games Design) has reworked an already existing GTA vehicle to bring to life: a widebody Porsche.

He created a 'would-be' DLC trailer (Tuners & Outlaws) to make it appear as real as possible. Since posting it onto YouTube and Facebook it's gathered almost 1 million views between them in the space of just a week; 550k on Youtube and 350k on Facebook at the time of writing.

The reception has been nothing like he could imagine. The vast majority of people believing it's a real DLC due to be released, unless they're told otherwise. Thus, resulting in an uproar for demand directed towards Rockstar Games. Rockstar have recently released a Biker DLC as a result of a popular fan-made video gathering 450k views in 6 months and petition gathering 18,000 signatures. However, his video passed that mark in just 5 days and the petition already has 5000 signatures.

The car Robin modeled (Maibatsu Revolution) appears multiple times throughout the video.  See images of the car with varied modifications below including the widebody Pfister Comet (RWB Porsche inspired car).

The video also features cars with a wide track width and camber and includes a chopper bike with Nitrous canisters; a few additional touches made via 3D modelling to make it appear more believable. Now that Robin fully understands how vehicle models work in the RAGE engine, he finds modelling for GTA quite straight forward; he was able to manipulate and model the widebody kit and spoilers for the Comet and import them in just a few hours.

Tuners and Outlaws DLC video:

YouTube (recommended - higher quality): https://youtu.be/6ijIddV8O3E

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gtawiseguyofficial/videos/1087776768008621/

Plus

The DLC petition & pitch:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/gta-5-tuners

Also, try watching a selection of the Rockstar trailers for comparison:

Bikers DLC: https://youtu.be/L6ef3e3_QcQ

Cunning Stunts DLC: https://youtu.be/0A_35Z4eQfg

Finance and Felony DLC: https://youtu.be/0A_35Z4eQfg

Excellent NSS Uni Stats for Uclan BA(Hons) Games Design.

Check out our Ba(Hons) Games Design Uni National Student Survey stats for last year - we got some really good results!!!!

To see the stats on the Unistats website, click the following...

LINK

We very heartened that the Games Design course achieves such commendable responses from our students. 

Induction week for BA(Hons) Games Design Uclan.

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the BA (Hons) Games Design course.

On Monday we commenced our Induction week which involved introducing students to staff, an overview of the course outline, timetable and campus layout.  During the week new students had the opportunity to explore Preston as part of a group game design project meet and work with some of our Year 2 and Year 3 students. 

On Thursday 22^nd Sept. we organised a Games Course coach trip to EGX, the UKs biggest gaming event - https://www.egx.net/egx . 

It was an exciting and inspirational day for us all.

9 Uclan Games Design Alumni are credited on Lego Starwars Force Awakens.

UCLAN team assemble at TT_Games Ltd.
Congratulations to our Uclan Games Design Alumni, Steven Thornton and Edward Marsland for their part as Level Directors in the making of 'Starwars the Force Awakens' Lego game.
Richard Greer as Assistant Game Director, David Woodman as Lead Artist and Chris Wyatt - also a level director. 
Congratulations also go to our Uclan Games Design Alumni, Vytas Jan and Will Hunter and Robert Duckworth and Theo Clarke for their credits on the game.