Night Trap, 25th anniversary release

A game that for many sealed the fate of full motion video (FMV) games is now seeing a release as a 25th anniversary version according to the Eurogamer site (see here).

This is Night Trap (many gamers of a certain vintage age like myself will of course recognise the name immediately) and you will be able to play this on a PS4 or PC (via Steam).

Worth a cursory glance to see why FMV defined, for a while at least, an era of gaming in the 1990s. 

A game going on a music tour?

I thought this was a very different piece of news; according to the Develop article here, the soundtrack of the seminal Dear Esther game is now going on a live tour in the UK, with the music performed live but also the game itself participating in the performance.

The performances are from late fall this year till Feb 18 and well worth going to if you are a fan of this now classic game and soundtrack.

Unfortunately Fortunate Organisms game

If you're looking for a great casual game on Steam this summer I'd really recommend UFO (Unfortunately Fortunate Organisms) which is a game that has come out of a games jam competition here at Bournemouth University, by Rebourne Studios. 

The studio includes BU BSc Games Technology graduates (who by the way are working on their Rite of Life game currently, I believe I have blogged on this before).

The game can be found here and is excellent fun and very modestly priced too; I'd wholeheartedly suggest you give it a shot if you're on Steam.

Upcoming open days at Bournemouth University

We have three upcoming open days (21st and 28th of October plus 18th of November) at Bournemouth University (for our music and games degrees at the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Creative Technology Department but also generally for all other degrees too); for this (and booking on them) see here.

This is a great opportunity to visit us but also hear more on details about the variety of undergraduate courses we run here at the Department and University.

SIGGRAPH 17 poster online

The SIGGRAPH poster I am the co-author on; which I referred to in a prior blog post, is now online at the ACM Digital Library (the conference itself is currently ongoing at the time of writing this).

This includes a video showcasing the results, for this see here.

ICONS 2018 TPC

I have been invited to take part in the Technical Program Committee for the upcoming ICONS 2018 conference (which stands for International Conference on Systems), which is to take place in Greece in April 2018.

More information on the event on its official site here.

Cyberworlds 2017 short paper

I am the co-author on a short paper which was recently accepted for publication for the upcoming Cyberworlds 2017 conference in September. 

The paper is titled "OpenGL|D - A Multi-user Single State Architecture for Multiplayer Game Development".

More on the event on the official conference site here.

Edutainment 2017 award

Delighted to say that our publication at the recent Edutainment 2017 international conference, "An Investigation into Usability and First Time User Experiences within a Mobile Gaming Context" won the best short paper award.

This was a great result indeed; and the conference itself which we hosted here at Bournemouth University was also very productive and enjoyable.

Fully funded PhD position at Bournemouth University

Similarly to the previous post our Department tonight has another deadline for applications for a post, this time for a fully funded PhD studentship. The topic is in game narrative (and authoring tools for that) and the funding is for three years.

See here for more details.

Principal Academic post at Bournemouth University in Games Design and Development

As the deadline for this is tonight I would like to promote the opening we have in the Creative Technology Department, here at the Faculty of Science and Technology at Bournemouth University, for a Principal Academic in Games Design/Development.

More on the position and means to apply here.