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Moray Game Jam 2016

Event: Moray Game Jam 2016

Dates: 18th, 19th, 20th March 2016

Location: Elgin

Moray Game Jam returns for its third year. Sponsored by Hunted Cow Studios, Moray College UHI, and ScreenHI, in just over 100 days teams of upcoming game designers and digital artists will gather in Elgin to commence a 48-hour development haul-up competing to create unique and winning new games.

So start building your team soon.

See a video of 2014's Moray Game Jam here.

Keep an eye on the countdown and more announcements via the event's website, Facebook and Twitter.

WHEN	18th Mar 2016 00:00am – 20th Mar 2016 00:00am
WHERE
CAL	copy to my calendar
TAGS	ScreenHI, games, Moray Game Jam, gamejam, digital, UHI, Moray College, Hunted Cow Studios

Event details last updated: Mon 28 March 2016 5:05pm

Moray Game Jam Public Workshops and Mini-Gaming Playground

The third Moray Game Jam, running from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th March 2016, is set to be the biggest yet hosted by Moray College UHI.

This year, the Moray Game Jam will again offer workshops led by industry experts, which are completely FREE and open to the public. The workshops will run all day on Saturday 19th and in the morning of Sunday 20th March.

The workshops will provide hands-on learning opportunities and are led by industry experts such as Alan Emrich of Victory Point Games and Phil Harris, of One Thumb Mobile.

Saturday 19th March

9.30am - 11am Introduction to Digital Sculpting using Sculptris - SIGN UP HERE
11.15am - 12.15pm Creating 2D Art for Games - SIGN UP HERE
12.30pm - 1pm The World Around Us - SIGN UP HERE
1.45pm - 3.45pm Create a Match-3 game in Unity - SIGN UP HERE
4pm - 5pm Gameplay: Random Events, It’s not Always About a Pie in the Face - SIGN UP HERE

Sunday 20th March

9.30am - 11am iPhone/iPad App Development for Beginners - SIGN UP HERE
11.15am - 1.15pm An Introduction to 3D Modelling in Blender - SIGN UP HERE

Visit the Moray Game Jam website.

Please note, young people under 12 should be accompanied by an adult.

This year there will be an opportunity to try games created during the Moray Game Jam, a Mini-Gaming Playground will open in the Alexander Graham Bell Centre’s Conference Room, at Moray College UHI on Sunday 20th March, from 1-3pm.

The event re-unites the partnership between Moray College UHI, ScreenHI who deliver XpoNorth Screen & Broadcast – feeding into the main XpoNorth Festival in June in Inverness, Elgin-based games publisher Hunted Cow Studios, and this year joins forces with Business Gateway Moray.

Follow Moray Game Jam on Facebook and Twitter for updates, and to connect and create teams.

WHEN	19th Mar 2016 09:30am – 20th Mar 2016 13:15pm
WHERE	Moray College UHI Moray Street Elgin Inverness-shire IV30 1JJ
CAL	copy to my calendar
TAGS	ScreenHI, XpoNorth, XpoNorth Screen and Broadcast, Moray Game Jam, Moray College UHI, Hunted Cow Studios, Victory Point Games, One Thumb Mobile, Business Gateway Moray, games, gamejam, game design, gaming playground, workshops

Event details last updated: Wed 30 March 2016 9:04am