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2017/05/11 - Thu2019/08/20 - Tue - Comments Off
Arcade games
1st year, GGC 2017

Bull-Dog

Bull-Dog is a two player game made in Unity, comical cat and mouse style played in an arena environment resembling a farm pasture.

One player uses a helmet with horns and a Wii-remote gyroscope on it to control the bull character by tilting their head in different directions. The other player controls the dog character using a cycle handlebar with a Wii-remote attached to its center for the gyroscope as well. To win the game the bull player has to hit the dog player once to knock him out of the fenced in area while the dog player has to dig up all bones in the arena to win. There is a time limit that results in a bull win if it’s reached.

Bull-Dog features different types of interactions in the arena like the bull being able to charge and knock down trees, the dog can jump over obstacles and such.

Team:

Johannes Sundström – Producer,
Thomas Härdin – Lead Design,
Anna Lindholm – Lead Art,
Stella Nyberg Brodda – Art,
Evelina Paulsson – Art,
Tobias Vestlund – Lead Programmer,
Kevin (Bihi) Johansson – Programmer.

www.facebook.com/BullDogGame/

2017/05/10 - Wed2019/08/20 - Tue - Comments Off
3D games
2nd year, GGC 2017

Neon Skies

Neon Skies is a 3D, multiplayer game inspired by the game mode “Battle Royale”.
You are summoned to a futuristic jungle on a sky island along with three other players and your goal is to craft your own weapons and fight to be the last man standing. You are equipped with a stealth suit that lets you stay invisible to other players except for when performing important actions such as entering combat, harvesting resources or crafting weapons.

The game is built in Unity. For the graphical content we used Photoshop, Maya, 3Ds Max, 3D Coat and Substance Painter.

Team:

Håkan Johannsson – Lead Code
Fabian Lindin – Lead Artist
Erik Levin – 3D Artist
Marcus van Aller – 3D Artist
Filip Swärdh – Producer/Lead Deisgner
www.neonskiesgame.com/

2017/05/06 - Sat2019/08/20 - Tue - 1 Comment
3D games
2nd year, GGC 2017

Sound of Life

Sound of Life is a 3D first person game for PC, where you play as a rescue worker in a war-torn city.

The city has been bombed and you are the first to arrive at the scene. Follow clues in your environment while using a listening device to find buried people among the debris. But time is precious and every search counts. Listen carefully, explore and make the best out of your search attempts.

The game is developed in Unreal Engine 4. Other tools used are; 3Dsmax, Maya, Motive, Motionbuilder, Make Human, Substance Painter 2, Substance Designer 6, Visual studio, Git hub, Photoshop.

Team:

Malcolms Yllenius – Lead programmer
Emil Wahlund – Programmer, Lead Designer
Karoliina Hiidenheimo – Lead Artist
Kadar Ali – Artist, Texture Artist
Malin Runsten Fredriksson – Producer, Artist, Motion capture operator
Malte During – Music creator
Jesper Brunnström – Sound Effects

facebook.com/Sound-of-Life-431127820596951/

2017/05/05 - Fri2017/05/08 - Mon - Comments Off
Blog
outreach

Digitala Gotland 2017

Our local computer shop arranges an IT exhibition every year. For 2017 they rechristened it “Digitala Gotland” and moved down to Wisby Strand – literally across the street from campus. So they reached out and invited us to their show floor and scene program, which were happy to avail ourselves off. 🙂

A few of our students put up three new games for the public to try out, while Adam Mayes spoke, twice, about the promising research done on using games as therapy and a tool for social work.