Author: Diffie Bosman

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

IMY 300 | Game Design Projects (2023)

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!

Sector Zero won 1st place in the 2023 final-year expo

Group name: AteBit Games
Game name: Sector Zero
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Dhairiya Chhipa
  • Francois Smith
  • Ross Tordiffe

The game can be downloaded here.

Ode To The Forest won 2nd place in the 2023 final-year expo

Group name: Second Echo
Game name: Sector Zero
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Keelan Matthews
  • Tayla Orsmond

The game can be downloaded here.

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

Group name: Interpixel Games
Game name: Continuum
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Mark Grosvenor
  • Ayaaz Street

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: That Other Guy
Game name: The King’s Escape
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Danie Schoeman

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: SEA Vision Studios
Game name: Ahoy, Lassie
Technology: Unreal Engine
Group members:

  • Carl de Witt
  • Carlie van Wyk

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: Hash and Slash
Game name: Psyche Dive
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Lucinda Botes
  • Cassim Chifamba
  • Michael Tarr

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: Cambersoft
Game name: Oblivion
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Cameron Brammer

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: DiversiTARD
Game name: Realmbound
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Ashir Butt
  • Jackie Huang
  • Dian Lahouter
  • Areyeng Mpahlehle

The game can be downloaded here.

Group name: Unity & Triumph
Game name: Echoes of the Void
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Zivan Haripershad
  • Thomas Isebeck
  • Mashianoke Mashikinya
  • Matthew Penning
  • Matthew Verster

The game can be downloaded here.

IMY 300 | Game Design Projects (2022)

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

High Tide won first place in the 2022 final-year expo.

Group name: Not A Tree
Game name: High Tide
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Naderah Limbada
  • Paul Mouton
  • Charl Volschenk

HER won second place in the 2022 final-year expo.

Group name: Femme Fatales
Game name: HER
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Andrea Blignaut
  • Angela Goodhead
  • Ayla Inggs
  • Kiara Jaimungal

Euphony won third place in the 2022 final-year expo.

Group name: Reign Network
Game name: Euphony
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Ruan Lombaard

Group name: Segmentation Cult
Game name: Wild North
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Caleb Groeneveld
  • James Lake
  • Francois Viviers
  • Zelda Wiese

Group name: 3Minute Noodles
Game name: Raziel Rising
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Dharshan Moodley
  • Mayur Pillay
  • Matthew Reed

Group name: Poise
Game name: Symbol Miner
Technology: Unity
Group members:

  • Moloko Magwai

IMY 774 | Virtual reality experience projects (2022)

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

VR Hockey experience was created by Daelin Campleman for the HTC Vive using Unreal Engine

Shadow Builder was created by Werner Graaff for the Oculus Quest using Unity

Respite was created by Johannes de Clerq for the HTC Vive using Unity

Look Away was created by De Villiers Meiring for the Oculus Quest using Unity

Mine was created by Callum Harding for the HTC Vive using Unity

Rogue Mission was created by Dean Nortje for the Oculus Quest using Unity

Medieval Village Builder was created by Reinhard Stoop for the Oculus Quest using Unity