Author: Diffie Bosman

Horror Short Film Projects: 2019 Top 3

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

Third Place: Turn Out by Tolu Tagata

Group Members:

  • Jonathan Copeland
  • Bevan Holborn
  • Kateryna Reva

Second place: The Friend Circle by Area 51 Squad

Group Members:

  • Rani Arraf
  • Rhodeen Davies
  • Llewellyn de Vries
  • Madelyn Nestler

First place: Stitches by TTap Dev Productions

Group Members:

  • Tlou Lebelo
  • Tshegofatso Manthata
  • Percy Rapudi
  • Alexander Schmidt

Expo day 2019

Yesterday was the final-year project day where 3rd year students showed off the games they spent the year creating. Representatives from industry were invited to come talk to the students about their games and prospective employment opportunities. We are proud of the quality of work presented by the students.

The prizes awarded were as follows:

  • Best games:
    • 1st prize: Split by Coop (Rhodeen Davies, Olivia de Kok, Jason Louw, Kateryna Reva)
    • 2nd prize: Paths by Subscribe to PewDiePie (Pieter Braak, Jonathan Copeland, Xiao Li, Keaton Roux)
    • 3rd prize: Void Runner by SoloCorp (Michael Solomon)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Below are some photos of the day. The games will be posted soon.

VR Jam 2019

From 13 – 15 September 2019 we at the Multimedia Department at the University of Pretoria hosted our first-ever VR Jam. Taking inspiration from Game Jams and Hackathons, teams of developers were given a topic and three days to create a VR experience that explored this topic in their own way.

From 13 – 15 September 2019 we at the Multimedia Department at the University of Pretoria hosted our first-ever VR Jam. Taking inspiration from Game Jams and Hackathons, teams of developers were given a topic and three days to create a VR experience that explored this topic in their own way. Teams were given access to HTC Vive Pro headsets, high-end PCs to power them, and lots of pizza and snacks to power them through the weekend.

The topic for this VR Jam was: “Anything but first-person”. The result of the weekend was three games that explored this topic in very different ways. The judging panel was comprised of one representative each from University of Pretoria, Vega, 5DT, and InsideData Pty Ltd. The winning group went home with R5000.

We would like to thank our sponsors for the event:

We would also like to thank everyone who participated and stayed up late to create awesome VR experiences!

Proudly hosted by the VRI Lab: http://vri.up.ac.za/

IMY 774 | Virtual reality experience projects (2019)

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

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

Alien Implosion was created by Ray Leong using Unity

Neon Shooter was created by Kyle Oosthuizen using Unity

VR Bowling Turkeys was created by Takalani Sigama using Unity

Dr Strange was created by Marcel Myburg using Unity

Hunter Simulator was created by Kimi Beyl using Unity

Hammer Time was created by Monté Bouwer using Unity

Elemental Batting Defender was created by Golekane Thipe using Unreal Engine

Jumping Keys was created by Johanni van der Merwe using Unity

Sports Four VR was created by Nico Devonport using Unity