XX GameJam 2012

Brainstorming in Mind Candy office

The first XX GameJam, in association with Ada Lovelace Day and London Games Festival, took place in Mind Candy offices on Oct 26 and 27, 2012, sponsored by UKIE. The theme was "Clockwork".

Second year BSc Computer Games Programming student Nikki Gordon’s team came second with "The Dastardly Carillon" developed in Unity … Nikki created all the sound effects using Reason.
Fiona French mentored one of the other teams, helping to develop  "Tick Tock Terror".

Links: http://www.thinkmakeplay.co.uk/blog/?p=189

Press: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20186937

Ada Lovelace Day 2012

ALD 2012 at IET London

• Excellent short set from Helen Keen (This is Rocket Science);
• a tribute to the Shark Lady, Eugenie Clark, from Helen Scales, marine biologist and seahorse expert;
• theramin with robots from Sarah Angliss;
• Ada trivia from Sydney Padua, creator of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage ;
• witty ideas about the possibility of a female Brian Cox from Gia Milinovich;
• physics experiments with Suzie Sheehy;
• and streams of thought on our relationship with technology from Alice Bell ...
• ... compered by Helen Arney.