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Uclan Games design Student, Daniel Scholes, is a member of one of the BAFTA nominated teams from the amazing 'DARE to be DIGITAL Competition. Below is the transcript of a special interview with Daniel as he prepares to go with his nominated team - to BAFTA   British Academy Video Games Awards on Friday 16 March 2012.   Interview: Q - Why did you first apply to Dare?  A close friend of mine had heard of a team that needed an artist and pushed me to go for it. I’d always heard that Dare was a fantastic opportunity through staff on the course, but as I was still in 2 nd year at the time I thought about putting it off until I’d at least until I finished my degree, giving me the skill necessary to achieve the best I could while I was there. From my friends suggestion, I decided that I may as well and sent an email to the team directly. Q- How did you source your team? A friend of mine had heard that they were advertising and passed it along to me saying I should do it. As mentioned abo

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The contest is avalable on Toucharcade forums so you may have to be a member there first. Today we're going to give away 4 of our games for each winner. The games are Zoo Escape 3D ($1.99), Brain Memory, Catapult: Absolute Madness, iRolling Cigarette . We'll randomly choose four participants as long as you follow the rules below: Buy the game Tsolias vs Zombies 3D from the App Store ($0.99) and enjoy playing it. Rate and Review the game to support us. Leave a comment here and mention your review and your username . So, you buy one game and you get the other 4 for FREE ! The end date of the competition will be 23 Feb . Enter here : http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=123179

 Saija Sipila, a second year Games Design student studying at UCLan has designed a game especially for Kirsty Henshaw of Dragon's Den fame.  Kirsty Henshaw  first launched the Worthenshaws food range that is free from; dairy, gluten, soya, egg, nuts and artificial flavours or colours; due to Kirsty's son Jake (4 years old) having a nut allergy and being dairy intolerant. The reaction to the products was extremely positive so Kirsty and designlab developed the brand, producing an identity and professional packaging. Kirsty then appeared on Dragons’ Den securing investment from Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne, thus the Freedom range was born. designlab is aware that it is important to keep up to date with advancements in the ever-changing world of new media. Entertain your customers by providing a fun advertorial game, grasping viewers’ attention and increasing brand awareness. Kirsty enrolled the help of Bev Bush, Course leader, of BA (Hons) Games Design at Uclan to identify

Timur Mohamad, 23-year-old MA Games Design student talked about Games design from his point of view as a deaf student at his recent MA Final Show. Timur explained that many games rely heavily on sound to create a mood in a game and how this isn't helpful for a deaf gamer.  Timur's aim is to create games that will give a good an experience to both deaf gamers and those that can hear. Timur also wants to see more subtitles on games to give a more inclusive experience for deaf players. For his Uclan MA project Timur created ‘Omega Boost – Next Chapter,’ which is a futuristic game with robotic characters. Timur also successfully gained a BA(Hons) Games Design degree at UCLan last year. He aims to design and build games that widen accessibility for all gamers. Read more ....