Apr 24, 2020👾 WSA Games Virtual Arcade LAUNCH 🚀 — 24th April 2020Today we officially launch our final year virtual Arcade — WSA Games https://wsagames.com — In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that all our face to face events have had to be cancelled we rapidly moved our user testing online. So now anyone can download, play and…Games Design1 min readGames Design1 min read
Jul 8, 2019Games Design & Art 2019 Programme FilmThe games industry need more designers and artists. We are seeing growth in smaller independent teams that are agile and able to develop innovative games across numerous platforms. Technology such as Unity, Steam, Unreal and the app stores have unlocked the ability for anyone to make and distribute a digital…Education2 min readEducation2 min read
Mar 12, 2018IBM Watson + WSA — Game JamBack in November (2017) Games Design & Art students worked with IBM and their speech to text system Watson to develop a game build on this technology. …Game Development7 min readGame Development7 min read
Mar 2, 2018Year 3 — final semester 17/18We are now a few weeks into the final semester for Year 3. They completed the first phase of this mammoth year handing in at the end of Jan an extensive portfolio of research culminating in a game project proposal for semester 2. Through a series of research exercises, collaborative…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Jan 25, 2018Year 2 — Semester 1 / Jams and GDDsWe are now nearing the completion of our first semester with our new 2nd year cohort. It has been an exciting time and there has been a definite buzz in our studios with game ideas and pitches being shared and discussed on a daily basis. For many of our students…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Jan 9, 2018BA (hons) Games Design & Art Events 2018Games Design & Art have a host of events coming up in 2018. Following is a list of events throughout this year from BA (Hons) Games Design & Art students. Please save the dates, all welcome and please do bring friends too. Our events are all about you the player…Game Design3 min readGame Design3 min read
Dec 9, 20172017/18 Year 1 — Project 1, The BarbicanWe are now almost at the end of Semester 1, but it has been a very busy time to our students! This year, our first-year students had the opportunity to undertake their first project using the Barbican location as an inspiration. In our Games Design programme at Winchester School of…Design2 min readDesign2 min read
Mar 8, 2017Final Major Project’s 2017Biostasis — Education game helping kids understand eco systems — I have recorded a series of podcasts with the final year games design & art students at Winchester School of Art to allow them to tell you briefly about their projects and how you can keep up with all the news on each them. Please subscribe http://dctr.pro/podcast to the inkubator podcast using you favourite podcatcher (I recommend Marco Arment’s Overcast https://overcast.fm/)Podcast1 min readPodcast1 min read
Mar 8, 2017Final Major Project’s 2017Ethereal — 3d Sci-fi adventure game — I have recorded a series of podcasts with the final year games design & art students at Winchester School of Art to allow them to tell you briefly about their projects and how you can keep up with all the news on each them. Please subscribe http://dctr.pro/podcast to the inkubator podcast using you favourite podcatcher (I recommend Marco Arment’s Overcast https://overcast.fm/)Podcast1 min readPodcast1 min read
Mar 8, 2017Final Major Project’s 2017Denizen — 2d Platform companion puzzler — I have recorded a series of podcasts with the final year games design & art students at Winchester School of Art to allow them to tell you briefly about their projects and how you can keep up with all the news on each them. Please subscribe http://dctr.pro/podcast to the inkubator podcast using you favourite podcatcher (I recommend Marco Arment’s Overcast https://overcast.fm/)Podcast1 min readPodcast1 min read
