Students from all over Poland will present their original prototypes of computer games, VR experiences and artistic works during the double final of the Polish Team Game Development Competition organised by the Faculty of Technical Physics, Information Technology and Applied Mathematics at TUL.
According to Assoc. Prof. Eng. Rafał Szrajber, representative of the organisers:
We would like to invite you to share with the students the passion of creating games, solutions for virtual environments and artistic activities. The presentation of games, playing and evaluating projects as part of the final, combining the works from 2020 and 2021, has taken a hybrid form, where the jury evaluates student projects remotely in the competition studio located at Lodz University of Technology.
The competition is an opportunity for experienced game developers not only to support young talents and share their knowledge, but also to create the future and the development direction of education and research in the games industry in Poland together with the whole community. In accordance with the idea of the competition, the teams will present original ideas for computer games, VR experiences and artistic works, and the jury will verify to what extent the participants managed to fulfil the roles and competences necessary to create high-budget games, modern technological solutions or outstanding design and artistic works in the future.
The main organiser of the event is the Faculty of Technical Physics, Information Technology and Applied Mathematics at TUL, together with its university partner: Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. The final of the competition is planned in the formula of 7 thematic tracks: Game Design, Game Development, Mobile Games, Virtual Environment, along with its inseparable element which is the Game Graphics Contest with categories: Character Design, Environment Design, Asset Design.
We hope that, as in previous years, together we will be able to host such a large number of students, companies and professionals - both in the competition studio and in the virtual space. The competition is a unique forum in Poland, bringing together lecturers, students, school students and companies associated with the creative industry. The winners and runners-up will receive numerous prizes funded by the companies.
- adds professor Rafał Szrajber.
Platinum sponsor of the competition was CD Projekt Red, technology sponsors were 11bit studios and HTC VIVE, gold sponsors were Movie Games, SUPERHOT and Render Cube Games and bronze sponsors were Afterburn, Robot Gentlleman, Vivid Games, Teyon. Partners were AMD, Wacom, Google for Startup and GameCamp as well as a wide range of institutions supporting the development of creative industries.
Honorary patronage was granted by the Minister of Education and Science, Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, Marshal of Lodz Voivodeship and President of the City of Lodz as well as Rector of Lodz University of Technology and Rector of Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz.