I've blogged about this before but it is worth putting a conclusion to the story, especially seeing it's been a very successfull one. 4 students from Bournemouth University have come third in what is said to be the “world’s biggest student technology competition”, scooping $5000 in the process.
The Microsoft-endorsed Imagine Cup saw some 100,000 teams apply from around the world, according to event organisers. That number was whittled down to 140 teams (around 450 students) selected for the worldwide finals held in Cairo, Egypt. The design brief for the competition was to create “an inspirational and educational” video game to address and reflect the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (eight international objectives for reducing extreme poverty, child mortality rates and disease epidemics).
With that design brief in place, a team of four students at Bournemouth University formed dev group Sanguine Labs and designed a game called Defile of Eden, based on the basic theme that there are two types of people in the world; those who care for the earth and those who damage it.
I taught all four of the guys in their second year module (called Games) and I am very pleased to see them recognised on an international scale! Looking forward to having them back after their placement year, perhaps they can have another crack at this and win the first place then!
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