Submitted by Bryn
The Digital Pants group, who are in their final year of studies at Qantm College, took out the Best Unsigned Game (Independent) at this years Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP).
The competition saw entries for a number of other colleges and independent developers that were all of a very high quality. For the first time Southbank TAFE students were represented with a driving game built in ?Gamemaker?. AIE students were also there with a platform game built on a proprietary games engine. The group of over 20 AIE students had worked hard on the game which showed in the finished product. Unfortunately there can only be one winner and it was Qantm College's Digital Pants group that took out the honour. The announcement was made by Evelyn Richardson, outgoing CEO of the Games Developers Association of Australia, in the final address at this year inaugural Game Connect Asia Pacific Conference in Brisbane.
The group of 10 Qantm College programming and animation students has built the multiplayer third person shooter called "Final Justice" on open source engine technology (Ogre) which has been modified and refined, with the addition of other open source modules such as Novadex and Raknett, by Qantm College, for use by its students.
Congratulations to our students, all of which are now looking forward to the interviews and eventual jobs which they have gotten as a result of their win.
The Qantm College industry exhibition was also held in conjunction with the last day of GCAP. This event had all Qantm College's students showing off their work. It was a huge success with very positive feedback from the industry people who attended. A large number of students have either had their contact details taken by potential employers or have already lined up interviews. We know a few students have job offer on the night with a number of others that have already accepted positions. This is a great result for the students and college alike and affirms Qantm College's position in the industry - well done to all.
Big congrats to the Qantm guys, I worked on the Jungle Escape game (that was the AIE game) and it was a very close run thing, it was a shame in the end one of had to lose as both games were very polished and fun. Was good that both teams could have a chat and a drink afterwards too. Best of luck for the future.
Just a small note to the article, our team was no where near 20 students, it was only 13 for half the development, and just 10 for the last third of development. We did have alot more students at the booth but those were from the other teams in our class.
Big congrats to QANTM again, as well as the other entrants, to make the final four out of 15 quality entrants was a big achievment.
Sorry about the numbers - some one I spoke to on the booth commented that over 20 people had worked on it - but from your commetns aabove not all at the same time.
I agree well done to all - it is fantastic the level of professionalism that is coming out of the private colleges - keep up the good work.
Just a PS to the previous comments - Qantm will be providing articulartion from the AIE diplomas in to the Qantm Bachelor Degrees for those that are loking for undergraduate outcomes from your studies. When have have finalised the progression we will let people know tyhe exact details - it would be around 80 credit points (out of 240) depending on the program you are going into and the studies you have already done.
Winners don't do drugs!! :D