People in the games industry reading this will probably know about the 'Dare to be Digital' competition, anyone else will most likely never have heard of it, but rest assured, it's a big deal for people in my position.
They can explain it better than I can:
"Dare to be Digital is a video games development competition for extremely talented students at Universities and Colleges of Art. Teams of 5 students, usually a mix of artists, programmers and audio, assemble in a development hothouse for 10 weeks to develop a prototype video game, receiving daily support and weekly training sessions from industry specialists."
The reason I bring this up, is that I am entering along with 4 other guys from uni. Our group/studio is now collectively known as 'Bears with Jetpacks' and we're currently working on our application. Happily my group is made up of people I've worked with on a game over the last few months (Stefan, Amila), one guy I've worked with for the last 5 years (Tom) and someone who worked on a game with him for the last few months (Mark). So we're a pretty tight-knit bunch, and have a very real chance of getting to Dundee with our collective skills and areas of expertise.
For sake of security I won't outline our game idea yet (applications are in on Friday) but will put up our pitch and concept art as soon as we know no-one will steal the idea (and they would, you just wait till you see it.)
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