GAME – Page 150 – The department of Game Design at Uppsala University, campus Gotland

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Media Coverage & Link Love

The three best things about school are June, July, and August.

Summer has started and everyone is fading away. So let’s take a moment and review all of the awesome things that have been written and recorded and published about this years conference. Apologizes for the mixed languages here – we do not discriminate when it comes to link love. 🙂

Dealspwn: Sweden’s Hidden Gaming Powerhouse

All great games have to start somewhere, and Gotland University gives their students a truly great start. Nestled in a disarmingly picturesque Swedish island, this small yet breathtakingly innovative game design course grounds applicants in the theory, even the ethics, of how to create the next generation of games – but practically applies this knowledge from the get-go.

PowerGamer: Den ljusa framtiden

Högskolan på Gotland har sedan år 2001 utbildat och slussat ut Sveriges representanter i spelvärlden och dess forna elever hittar ni idag på DICE, Blizzard, Ubisoft, Lionhead och Massive.
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Under tre, med möjlighet för fyra år så går eleverna under utbildningen GAME igenom alla de utmaningar som de efter sin examen att möta ute i den faktiska industrin och ställs inför precis samma motgångar, problem och eventuellt segrar som deras färdigutbildade kollegor tacklar varje dag.
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Tillsammans så lyser lärarna och eleverna på GAME starkare än solen. Kontrasten som uppstår mellan Visbys tysta och lugna leverne och den sprudlande och levande miljön som huserar inne i Wisby Strand när GGC 2012 sparkats igång är chockerande.

SVT Östnytt

Riksutställningar visits Gotland GAME Conference

PowerGamer Video-montage

I en fet bonanza speciale har vi samlat några av de intryck som Joakim Sjöberg fick sig under sin vistelse på Gotland Game Conference 2012!

Gotland University in Finals @ Swedish Game Awards!

SGA is the nation wide student-only games competition. The jury just announced the chosen finalists and Gotland University ended up with no less than THREE games nominated! First year project Clapper is nominated for Best Innovation. Post Mortem and Secrets of Grindea are both nominated for Best Game!

GL Gotland!

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All great games have to start somewhere, and Gotland University gives their students a truly great start. Nestled in a disarmingly picturesque Swedish island, this small yet breathtakingly innovative game design course grounds applicants in the theory, even the ethics, of how to create the next generation of games – but practically applies this knowledge from the get-go. From the very first year, developers (for that is what they are) split into teams and design imaginative, polished games […]

They learn the importance of teamwork and delegation as well as raw coding or design skills… and over the last decade, have produced games that rival even the biggest AAA studios in terms of quality, scope and good old fashioned fun.

Indeed, Gotland’s output has consistently been a highlight of my Gamescom coverage every single year.

Jonathan Lester, dealspwn.com

PHOTOS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!!!

Tillsammans så lyser lärarna och eleverna på GAME starkare än solen. Kontrasten som uppstår mellan Visbys tysta och lugna leverne och den sprudlande och levande miljön som huserar inne i Wisby Strand när GGC 2012 sparkats igång är chockerande. […]

När helgen når sitt kulmen i form av det fantastiska Gotland Game Awards, där de mest framstående spelen från mässan tilldelas pris i olika kategorier, är jag precis lika lycklig över vad jag har fått ta del av som jag är ledsen att det hela är över. Som utomstående är det självklart att skolan har haft ett fantastiskt år, vilket för mig presenteras genom de spelen som elever och lärare entusiastiskt ställer mig inför.

Joakim Sjöberg, powergamer.se

’nuff said. 😀

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Secrets of Grindea

Secrets of Grindea is an old-school RPG with co-op support for up to 4 players. It is a tribute to and sometimes a parody of the old SNES games so many of us grew up with and loved!

“In the world of Grindea everything is determined by one thing–how big your collection of stuff is. You take on the role as a young hero (or heroine) taking his or her first steps to become a famed Collector and help collect the most valuable rares in the entire kingdom. But is everything really as it seems? The hunt for rares soon turns into something bigger, a scenario where family, friendship and possibly the fate of the world rests in your hands.“

Secret of Grindea was also exhibited at Gamex 2012 in Stockholm.

Awards: Secret of Grindea won Public Choice and Best 3rd Year Project at the Gotland Game Conference 2012, as well as Game of the Year at the Swedish Game Awards 2012.

The Secrets of Grindea team at the Gotland Game Conference 2012

Secrets of Grindea is available as Early Access on Steam, and can be pre-ordered straight from the team!

Team:
Teddy Sjöström – Programmer
Vilya Svensson – Artist
Fred Ström – Animator
Secrets of Grindea Official Website

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Post Mortem

Two complete strangers meet each other in the afterlife and have to join forces to find their way out. The ghosts have the ability to switch places with each other at any time, which is useful to work their ways through various puzzles on the way.

Post mortem is a two player co-operative puzzle adventure. The players can at any time translocate (switch places instantly)