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Dare Academy 2021 winners revealed
The winners of 51看片鈥檚 Dare Academy 2021 games design competition have been revealed at a finale event at V&A Dundee.
Student team Tub Club scooped a prize fund worth 拢20,000 for their game Valley Peaks, with industry expert and Abertay graduate Jess Hider, Senior Technical Designer at Rare, on hand to announce their success.
is a first person platform adventure with a unique climbing mechanic, which takes the player on an exploration of a miniature world filled with frogs.
Pictured above Jack Chateau-Loney, BSc (Hons) Computer Games Application Development and Jess Hider, Senior Technical Designer at .
The runner-up prize went to Wall Fox for their runner exercise game T-Wrecks, presented by Stephen Bain, IT and Finance Partner at sponsor Henderson Loggie, while Team Blu Clow took home the Dell UK prize for their sci-fi game, Escape the Uwuverse.
Team of the Year recognised team conduct and was voted for by all of the finalist teams, with Queer <Coded>, who produced road-trip game Homebound, receiving the prize from Alastair Smith, Senior Associate at sponsor Lindsays.
Other Dare Academy 2021 finalists included Team Crabertay and Fish Tin Games.
Tub Club team lead, Game Design and Production student Thomas Crowe 听said:
鈥淲e are over the moon to have won this year鈥檚 Dare Academy.
鈥淎ll of this year鈥檚 teams have produced incredible games and I鈥檓 really proud of what we鈥檝e achieved, particularly given the challenges of remote working that we鈥檝e all has to cope with.
鈥淚 really want to thank all of the Abertay staff, as well as our fantastic mentors and judges for making this a great experience 鈥� it鈥檚 been great to be part of such a diverse and challenging competition.鈥�
Tub Club receive a cash prize of 拢5,000 in addition to 拢15,000 worth of support and services from the InGAME (Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise), including organisational design and commercialisation support, priority access to InGAME facilities and testbeds, access to InGAME specialists and senior industry figures, and assistance to access future investment opportunities.
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