Coleg Ceredigion students amongst top three teams in UK Game Jam

Coleg Ceredigion students have been named as one of the top three team of winners in a competition called Game Jam, organised by WorldSkills UK.

Game Jam brought together students from across the UK to compete and demonstrate their skills in game design.

Taking part at Coleg Ceredigion were all students who are studying an OCR level three Cambridge technical extended diploma in IT.

The day-long event challenged participants to create and build their own obstacle course based on a game called Momentum.

Aled Richards, Coleg Ceredigion IT lecturer said: “The students showed excellent communication and teamworking skills in creating their games. It was great to see them getting fully involved in the competition and expressing themselves to build fun and challenging games.

“The students said that they found it was a great opportunity to learn the basics of using Unreal Engine 5 a professional game development platform. It was really enjoyable experience working with other students and having something at the end of the day that they were proud of and could download and play.”

As part of the course, students design and make a game and Game Jam has allowed them to achieve this whilst learning to use new software, developing new game development skills and it has also brought a sense of camaraderie into the classroom. 

Game Jam, organised by WorldSkills UK, brought together 27 teams in an immersive experience, following a set brief to design and develop a high-quality game, applying fundamental design skills and creatively implementing key features such as movement and speed.

Coleg Ceredigion were only two points away from first place and one point from second, with Barnsley College winning fist and The City of Liverpool College winning second.