Sunday, Monday, Happy Days

Phew. Cor blimey. That was a gruelling two days, and also the most fun to organise and be at. Congratulations to all of the teams for some of the hardest work we’ve ever seen, as well as the most intense and imaginative. Without futher ado, here’s who won and what with:

First Prize – Huddersfield Green’s Seavolution.
Prize: Student Passes for Develop Conference including travel and accomodation + a Flip Mino each.

Second Prize – Huddersfield Orange’s Involved.
Prize: A Flip Mino and a £50 Amazon voucher each.

Third Prize – Team Newport’s Bellis Perennis.
Prize: A Flip Ultra camera each.

Best Artistic Achievement – Huddersfield Orange’s Involved
Prize: ‘The Orange Box’ XBox game including Portal.

Best Technical Achievement - Team Teeside’s Charles Darwin’s Magical Voyage
Prize: ‘MegaDrive Ultimate Collection’ of classic Sega games for the XBox.

The Game That Diverged Furthest From The Theme - Team Teeside’s Charles Darwin’s Magical Voyage
Prize: A copy of On The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin.

Best #x48 Tweet – RT @heenix And this one time, at XNABandCamp, I broke my code >.> #x48
Prize: An XBox Racing Wheel.

Cheesiest game – Team Hull’s Evo Fighter
Prize: Some damn fine cheeses.

Most Experimental Game – Huddersfield Black’s Chronofix
Prize: A kite each.

Best Unfinished Project – The Derby & London Met Team’s EVO
Prize: A crate of Relentless energy drinks for those extra hours ;)

We’ll be posting all of the game information as soon as we’ve sorted through it and been to see our mums. Keep your eyes peeled, and get on the RSS if that’s how you roll.


X48 Awards Ceremony from Richard Birkin on Vimeo using a Flip Mino.

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7 Responses to “Sunday, Monday, Happy Days”

  1. Marcus Lynn Says:
    March 22nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    I just wish to extend my congratulations to all the teams, from bright eyed enthusiam, the proceeding intense concentration, the 3am hour of dispair and then the revitalising belief and conviction in their goals, EVERY team amazed me.

    It was a great honour to be part of this and watch the teams themselves evolve during the competition while writing a game about evolution.

    I look forward to seeing you all again, either at another game competition or in the industry itself.

    Until Then

    Marcus ‘Rockband’ Lynn
    Lionhead TD
    Microsoft

  2. Marcus Lynn Says:
    March 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Excuse my spellings of enthusiasm, despair and revitalizing , typing fast is not my strong point…

  3. Ben (Orange Team) Says:
    March 23rd, 2009 at 3:20 am

    Was that 3am hour of despair a referane to use by any chance? haha! What a lack of sleep can do to you eh? :)

  4. Nick F Says:
    March 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 am

    What Marcus said.

    You guys were great – X48 has inspired me to crack the whip today and ask why we spend YEARS making our games instead of days (or, for a AAA project, weeks).

    Apparently, sleeping and a lack of Red Bull on tap has something to do with it. ;)

    Nick Ferguson
    Producer, Microsoft Game Studios LIVE

  5. Deano Says:
    March 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    Well done everyone, some great games were made in little time.
    Hope to see everyone soon either in the industry or another thing like this :)

    Deano

    Deano Calver
    Lead Programmer, Splash Damage

  6. Ben (Orange Team) Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 11:55 am

    Just like to say cheers to the guys from industry that took the time to come down and help us, hope to see you guys in the future some where :)

  7. Jay (Green Team) Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Well Nick anytime you want some professional help with making a game in less than 48 hrs feel free to give us a call hahaha.

    Like ben said, it was really cool that you guys took time out to mentor us, all your help was greatly appreciated.

    Thanks again.

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