22/11/2010 Awards
Since our institution is an Art school we are part of a particular tradition: prices and awards. Art is often acknowledged through prices. And although we are more interested in solving problems through creative solutions, prices are still nice, especially for the students involved.
First, there were the Dutch Game Awards. Three games made @ KMT ranged in four awards; Vogels (Birds), a game that got a ‘special award’. The game helps people recover from brain injury in combination with a dedicated device to retrain motorprogrammes. Paper Cakes, a collaboration with tablet maker Wacom (‘best student game’ and ‘best original game design’), and I must say, a blast to play. And a game made at our faculty some time ago, but fortunately living on as a business is Mijn Naam is Haas, an educational language game for young kids (‘best serious game’) originally in collaboration with Radboud University Nijmegen.
First price at bi-annual Conference on Fun and Games 2010 in Leuven
Students Game Design and Development received first price in a Game Design Competition for their entry Reflection, a puzzle platform adventure game.
Price winning game Vogels (Birds) was also nominated for a Wozzie Award.
Personally, I felt honoured when the audience at this venue felt my 15 minute talk should come out first, although it was a terrible close call with Bjorn Prins, who’s talk on mindfullness and his charming (Belgian) deep voice brought us in the here and now in the most splendid way.
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