Games Development at Darlington

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For returning students your first lesson next week is as followed:

Games 2A Monday 12.30pm in DG86
Games 2B Tuesday 12.30pm in DF94

Everyone is in the same group as they were last year. See you all next week!

Can any Game 1st year Students make sure to add the Game Jam Google Classroom and make sure to post the teams they have formed already or if they need additional members.

Class code is: aatmfn

Congratulations to our former student Ashley Francis who worked on The Division that was released today, not bad for your first game. Make sure you pick up your copy soon :)

Just a reminder that there is a talk for Camp USA, tomorrow in the expandable rooms (EF156 - the back of construction) for 18+ students only.

Former student Ethan Graham has been shortlisted for an award at Creative Pool for his short film Gender Bender, which is a pretty big deal. So if you could vote for him, that would be awesome!

http://creativepool.com/renagency/projects/gender-bender-for-tirade-magazine

Gender Bender by REN, for Tirade Magazine Heavily stylised with a cinematic aesthetic, REN brings sociocultural issues of gender stereotyping forward with a short fashion film. Produced in association w...

Anyone that has played far cry will understand.

Great day testing out Eve Valkyrie with CCP Games.

After some testing of Eve Valkyrie, a well earned break courtesy of CCP Games.

Flash Back - Here is some past student work showcasing how the old media department looked before the refurbishment a few years ago.

Student Work

Some fantastic games being created very close by.

51 British Games to Look Out For in 2016 We've sifted through 100 British-made games planned for 2016, and these are the 51 to look out for.

Writing for Games - can you do it? Writing content for video games differs a lot from writing traditional "old-media" screenplays. We will look at the differences (as well as the similarities) here. Before that, here are five things you