 Mediacollege Amsterdam wins international contest on game design.
AMELAND, 20080919 -- Mediacollege Amsterdam has become the winner of the international contest for gamedevelopers G-ameland. The students mastered more than 15 other teams during the contest last week on Ameland.
The team of Mediacollege Amsterdam won the first price with their game ' Little Sand Ameland'. A jury, composed of (inter)national captains in the field of game development, was impressed by the winning game. Jury spokesman and game designer Ernest Adams: " It is incredible that the team has made an entirely working game in only five days. It is easy to operate, and has become a very entertaining game ." Little Sand Ameland will soon be playable online for everyone.
The objective of the game is to save a sand castle of the rising waves by putting down new sand. Jury spokesman Ernest Adams: " Little Sand Ameland is a metaphor for the situation on the island, which is also under a constant threat of the sea. In the past villages on the island where destroyed by the sea. With that, the game also has an educational character."
The jury has granted the second place to Ameland - the Game. The player controls a bird which flies above the island. Only by eating the correct nutrition, the animal remains in the air. Jury spokesman Adams formulates the enthusiasm of all parties concerned: " It was an unique experience for both us as jury members, as for the tutors and students. Because we sat on an island for five days, the contact was very intensive and everyone has had the opportunity to learn. The tutors are proud that we have been part of this creative proces."
Albert Sikkema, organizer of G-ameland and head of training Communication & Multimedia Design of the Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden is very satisfied with the event: " I am delighted to see that everyone - both students and tutors - have amused themselves. "
With the announcement of the winner and the runner up an end has come to the event, G-ameland, which has been organised for the first time this year by the Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, with support of among others the province of Friesland, municipality Ameland and provider Kabel Noord. More than a 100 participants of five nationalities have worked for five days in 30 bungalows on the island Ameland on a game concerning the island and its nature. The game will eventually be used by the Amelander Nature Centre.
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