IT Sligo wins two awards at national Games Fleadh
IT Sligo won Best in Animation and Best in Games Design at Games Fleadh 2018 at the LIT Thurles Campus recently.
The Best in Animation, went to IT Sligo students Hound Hunt, Daniel Reilly, Joseph Kennedy, Clodagh Dooley and Patrick Lawless and Best in Game Design, went to G-Team, James Mahady, Daniel Szczodrowski, Konrad Dryniewicz and Philip Darcy also from IT Sligo. Former President of IT Sligo, Prof. Vincent Cunnane handed out the prizes as he is now LIT President.
IT Dundalk won the Robocode Final, IT Carlow were crowned Game Studio College Champions while four teams from LIT Thurles also won major awards.
More than 300 people, including secondary school students and their teachers, attended the all-island games design and development competition for third-level students.
Supported by Microsoft Ireland, EA Games, First Data, Game Sparks, Smyths Toys Superstores, and the Irish Computer Society, the 15 th annual Games Fleadh took place at LIT’s Thurles Campus which is home to the B.Sc in Computing in Games Design and Development.
While Storm Emma forced a change of date for this year’s event, it couldn’t stop it reaching the next level of success with the most nail biting Robocode final in its 15-year history.
In all 26 teams took part in various game design and development competitions. The entries were viewed, played and tested by the public including the significant number of second level students and teachers. They were at the event to learn more about how coding games will help them master the new Leaving Certificate Computer Science module. Judges from EA Games, Romero Games and First Data reviewed all Game Studio entries.