Horror Short Film Projects (IMY 320): 2025 Top 3

As part of the semester project for IMY 320, students had to write, film, and edit a short horror film. The top 3 was as follows:

Third place: 25th Hour by Blacklight Films

Second place: Baited by Hexed and Haunting

First place: Cradle by Theee Stooges

IMY 774 | Extended reality experience projects (2025)

For their Semester Project, IMY 774 students had to create an interactive Extended Reality experience.

Car Inspection Training was created by Jerome Lou using Unreal Engine

Grubble was created by Tim Whitaker using Unity

Monkey Dash was created by Stefan Tolken using Unity

Master Seal was created by Marcel le Roux using Unity

Quiet Brew Cafe was created by Thato Kalagobe using Unity

Drum Morph VR was created by James Cooks using Unity

IMY 300 | Game Design Projects (2024)

For their year project, IMY 300 students have to create a fully-realised digital game. Thanks to 24bit Games for sponsoring the prizes for the top 3 games!

Lob won 1st place in the 2024 final-year expo

Group name: Biltong
Game name: Lob
Technology: Godot
Group members:

  • Marcel le Roux
  • Stefan Tolken

The game can be downloaded here.

Cappy Quest won 2nd place in the 2024 final-year expo

Group name: Cherry Blossom Games
Game name: Cappy Quest
Technology: Godot
Group members:

  • Cherry Cheung
  • James Cooks
  • Rachel Kegge
  • Natalie Walsh

The game can be downloaded here.

Blobby won 3rd place in the 2023 final-year expo

Group name: CTRL-Z
Game name: Blobby
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Krista Matsila
  • Sechaba Ntshehi
  • Matthew Rottcher
  • Yantha Wolmarans

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: Bit By Bit
Game name: Escape of the Fallen
Technology: Godot
Group members:

  • Cole Toerien
  • Sange Tshakumane

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: Digital Domination
Game name: Mzansi Madness
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Sonaly Ambelal
  • Thato Kalagobe
  • Ntando Mazibuko
  • Chenoa Perkett

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: JTMS
Game name: Siege
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Shiza Butt
  • Tanaka Humbani
  • Jerome Lou
  • Mary-Jane Pandaram

The game can be downloaded here.

Tilt Brush Competition 2025

🎉🌟 Tilt Brush Art Competition – Winners Announcement 🌟🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the Tilt Brush Art Competition. We are so impressed with the artworks that were created over the three days.

Top 3 Winners

🥇 1st Place: Jordan Reddy

🥈 2nd Place: Brendan du Plooy

🥉 3rd Place: Leanne van der Horst

Whether you placed in the top three or not, every single submission showed amazing creativity and skill. Thank you for bringing your imagination into the lab and sharing your dreamscapes with us!

We’ve put together a YouTube playlist showcasing all the artworks from the competition that you can view here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmjmsMrdi44pm54vmIvsyHS7hLfvVIWAi&si=cbg-r8S1k8mOMryx

Once again, thank you to everyone who joined us in making this event such a success ✨

IMY 774 | Extended reality experience projects (2024)

For their Semester Project, IMY 774 students had to create an interactive Extended Reality experience.

Bounce was created by Michael Tarr using Unity

Merensky Library AR was created by Ross Tordiffe using Unity

Astrum VR was created by Cameron Brammer using Unity

Benchpress VR was created by Dhairiya Chhipa using Unity

VR Ping Pong was created by Jackie Huang using Unity

ArchVisVR was created by Tayla Orsmond using Unreal Engine

CS Curriculum Visualiser was created by Rida Darwish using Unity

Horror Short Film Projects (IMY 320): 2024 Top 3

As part of the semester project for IMY 320, students had to write, film, and edit a short horror film. The top 3 was as follows:

Third Place: The Haunting of Humanities Hall by Code Blooded Productions

Second Place: A Safe Space by ManthaRak

First Place: Whisper by Somethin’ Studios

IMY 774 | Virtual reality experience projects (2023)

For their Semester Project, IMY 774 students had to create an interactive Virtual Reality experience.

Tidying Up was created by Kiara Jaimungal for using Unreal Engine

Baking Me Crazy was created by Ayla Inggs using Unity

Trapped was created by Chanel Mulder using Unity

Distraction Room was created by Andrea Blignaut using Unity

VR Diski was created by Tshegofatso Sithole using Unity

Wackem was created by Ruan Lombaard using Unity

Out of Hand was created by Stewart Coetzee using Unreal Engine

World Forge was created by Thabang Matlala using Unity

Escape Room: The Pirate King was created by Thashil Naidoo using Unreal Engine