Bond University student captures global audience with iPad app

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An ipad app developed for over-active Gen Y kitties has reached a global audience of felines and curious pet owners with 25,000 downloads, cracking the number one spot on the free ipad game charts since launching one week ago.

The mastermind behind the Affection Collection ipad app, Bond University Bachelor of Computer Games student Saxon Cameron collaborated with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to design the app as part of his course work.

The app comes complete with a computer generated ball of yarn, a mission to protect the cheese from mice and an ambitious challenge that turns your everyday moggie into a virtual masterchef.

Bond University Associate Professor of Multimedia and Games Penny de Byl supervised Saxon’s project from development to delivery and explained the subject requires students to create an interactive experience for a chosen audience.

“The subject was run as a special topic at the end of last year and students were required to create a mobile game from scratch,” said Associate Professor de Byl.

“This includes designing the game, pitching to potential clients, managing the production, testing and an Appstore release.”

The opportunity to create this type of app is part of the Bond University Bachelor of Computer Games curriculum that encourages hand- on learning and industry interaction. As far as career ambitions go, the future isn’t all about paw prints and cats for 19- year- old Saxon. Due to graduate in September 2012, he has his sights set on a career in game development.

“My primary interest lies in serious game development and games for change, or in other words, games for a good cause,” said Saxon.

Bond University’s Bachelor of Computer Games teaches students the theoretical and practical aspect of interactive entertainment production and development.

The program takes into consideration aspects of advertising, journalism and multi-media with input from industry to ensure graduates are work-ready.

To find out more about the Bachelor of Computer Games or studying at Bond, visit International Regional Manager, Priya Kamineni at the Austrade/ Australian Government organised Australian Education Excellence Showcase 2012 to be held in Colombo 25 February 2012 at Taj Samudra Hotel. For more information on

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