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.

Best first-year animation | 2023

After learning some sound editing and animation skills, the first-years in IMY 120 were given a project in which they had to tell a story that begins with a verbal narration and ends with an animation. The best project is shown below. It was created by Kiara Hodgson.

Kiara Hodgson

IMY 120 | Digital self-portrait| 2023

To practice their skills with image editing, the first-years in IMY 120 were given an assignment where they had to creatively combine at least 15 different images to create a digital representation of themselves.

Kiara Hodgson


Brendan Du Plooy


Akhona Phoswa


Nolan Kuhn


Johnny Wilkinson

IMY 120 | Isometric artwork | 2023

While learning Adobe Illustrator, the students in IMY 120 were given an assignment to convert a room in their house into an isometric artwork. Here are the best submissions, in no particular order.

Louise Bruwer


Ben Van Zyl


Lineo Khabane


Kiara Hodgson