Help us identify the next top games developer!
We have teamed up with Staffordshire University to bring Stoke ON TREND GamesJam 2021 to your city centre.
This digital games event, which is believed to be the first GamesJam - or games creation contest - known to take place in relation to a physical location, has seen a number of game prototypes created in just one week by aspiring designers, all of which are based on key Stoke-on-Trent themes, each recognising and celebrating an element of the city centre’s history and heritage.
147 Foundation Year and First Year students recently took part in this brand-new pilot project and in just seven days, in teams they pooled their creativity and skills to create games that paid homage to one of the seven themes which included: Piccadilly; Spitfire; Victoria Hall; Stanley Matthews; Catching a movie at Cineworld; The Blue Clock; and Ceramic Heritage, all in the hope of winning an unprecedented prize…
25 great games were submitted by the students within the incredibly short timeframe they were given, in true GamesJam fashion. The games may be a little rough around the edges but they each hold promise and potential and are a fantastic indicator of the budding talent within the games industry that our city and university is home to.
They are being made available to access via QR codes located in the city centre from 19 June to 11 July – with additional QR codes thrown into the mix which open exclusive discounts for city centre businesses.
Some games are playable via your mobile phone right here in the city centre, whereas some you will need to download onto your PC. However, they all do feature videos of gameplay so that you can get a taste for the game and see how it works; be sure to make a note of your favourites so that you can play them at home later!
A trail map which denotes all seven theme locations where QR codes can be found to access and play the games, plus the additional QR code locations where city centre business discounts can be redeemed, can be found here.
We need your help though as YOUR VOTE will help decide which game is the winner, earning its creators the ultimate prize...
The winners will have the opportunity to work in a studio style environment at the Staffordshire University Games Institute for a six-week period over the summer of 2021. They will have access to the University’s commercial licenses to turn their game into a commercially releasable game.
Have fun viewing, playing, rating, and giving your constructive feedback to help the students improve!
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