TIGA, the trade associationrepresenting the games industry, has hailed the quality which
emerged from a three-day game jam it held over the weekend at Modern Jago in
London.
23 teams took part in the TIGA
GameHackDays event to create hacks in a total of 24 hours. Our judges were
really impressed with the quality of games.
The winners were:
Best Flash Game:
Atcom & Sam Chau
Best Windows 8 game:
Team Jessica
Special Prize:
Simon West – IOJOE
Best Mobile Game: 1st Prize
Plant Pot
Best Mobile Game: 2nd Prize
One More Go
Best Mobile Game: 3rd Prize
Scrappy Games
The Non-Challenge Cup:
Dude, Srly
The Hacktacular Award:
Sam Chau
The Community Spirit Award:
Doug Pennant
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA
CEO, said:
“The energy
that the developers brought to the event was amazing and that proved to be the
real highlight of the weekend. Top quality games were being produced and it was
hard to pick winners. It is highly encouraging to see such talent emerging in
the UK and we cannot thank those who took part and those who supported us
enough. In particular, I’d like to thank our sponsors: Adobe, Microsoft, Nokia
and Twilio. Thanks also to the TIGA team who made this event such a successful,
especially Nisha Valand and Rich Lee. Everyone at TIGA is looking forward to
the next TIGA GameHack.”
About TIGA
TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s
games industry. The majority of our members are either independent games
developers or in-house publisher owned developers. We also have games
publishers, outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities
amongst our membership. Since 2010, TIGA has won 14 business awards and has
been nominated a finalist for 16 other awards.
TIGA's vision is to make the UK the best place in the
world to do games business. We focus on
three sets of activities: political representation, generating media coverage
and developing services that enhance the competitiveness of our members. This means that TIGA members are effectively
represented in the corridors of power, their voice is heard in the media and
they receive benefits that make a material difference to their businesses,
including a reduction in costs and improved commercial opportunities.
For further information, please contact Dr Richard
Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email: richard.wilson@tiga.org.