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GameMaker Challenge #2 At University Of Lincoln

 

First year Games computing students at the University of Lincoln have been taking part in a series of GameMaker Challenges: setting the objective of making original games based around one central concept.  They've already taken care of 'one button games,' and now it's the turn of the 1980s Atari-esque 'ASCII' character set and graphical output.

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The Round-up: Phishing for Xbox, Myspace Tom and The Minority Report

This week has been huge, so it's warranted the welcome return of the round-up: putting everything that happened last week on one page for you to digest.  We've had everything from The Sun, 7-inch tablets and Myspace Tom to HMV On Demand, William Shatner and a rocket launch.  Even a tricky question is answered: what happens online when you die?  So let's get started.

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Feature, Lincoln, games Jason England Feature, Lincoln, games Jason England

GameMaker Challenge at University of Lincoln

First year Games computing students at the University of Lincoln are taking part in a set of GameMaker Challenges: pitching them to make original games based around a key concept.  Towards the end of last month, the theme given for the first challenge was 'one button games,' and a handful were as the cream out of a very impressive crop of titles created.

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