The department of Game Design at Uppsala University, campus Gotland
3D productions from 2004 and onwards. We recommend you use the tag cloud to the right to browse the student work.
With our Unreal Engine 5 Boss-run Demo “Dusk of Gods”, we set out to create an immersive multiphase boss fight, empowering players to use magic during combat and for swift movement across a compact yet beautiful map. This demo is a remake of a game showcased at last year’s GGC, lovingly recreated by a team of two game students eager to hone their Unreal Engine skills and delve deeper into its mechanics.
Maere is a 3D isometric single-player survival horror game. Assume the role of Maksim, a man plunged into darkness as his wife mysteriously vanished into a forest shrouded in sinister legends. Navigate through haunting landscapes and uncover the chilling secrets lurking within. Can you confront the old evil and unravel the mystery before it’s too late?
Returning from 2022. Memories of Misery (2024) is a cooperative puzzle adventure where you and your sibling must find a way to escape a mansion shrouded in mystery. Each room presents a unique theme and set of puzzles, requiring strong communication and collaboration to solve.
News Speak is a puzzle simulation game set in a dystopian authoritarian nation, where players act as censors in the “Ministry of Public Happiness.” Players edit news articles by replacing sensitive words with graphic signs, affecting public perception and the state’s politics. The game is set in a post-war country under a coercive new government that controls all media. The Ministry uses semiotics to censor content, preventing dissent. Players choose from graphic signs to replace words in news texts, such as replacing “beat” with an icon of a swinging bat or flowers. These choices influence public understanding and can either obscure the news to prevent unrest or maintain a semblance of truth, affecting the nation’s future. The game mechanics are inspired by the Newspeak language from George Orwell’s “1984,” and explore semiotics theories by Charles Sanders Peirce and information theory by Claude Shannon. Players face the challenge of shaping the narrative through strategic censorship, reflecting on the impact of language and control in shaping public consciousness. News Speak integrates these elements into its gameplay, challenging players to navigate the ethical and political dimensions of information control.
