BAFTA success for students

A team of talented computing students are celebrating after winning a prestigious BAFTA award.

The students clinched the BAFTA ‘Ones to Watch’ award at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards, held at the London Hilton in Park Lane.

The successful team was nominated for the award after winning a national competition Dare to be Digital, a video games development contest organised with Channel 4.

The team, named DarkMatter Designs, consisted of four Wolverhampton students and one from the University of Birmingham. They designed Boro-Toro, a platform puzzle game which uses an innovative control system using Wii technology.

Stuart Slater, Principal Lecturer (Digital Media & Games), said: “This is great news and well done to a great team of students for their well deserved BAFTA, including two guys who now work at a leading games company, RockStar North.

“This adds to the continually growing status of the University as a graduation point for students wanting to enter the animation and games industry. We hope to continue ensuring that regional companies and graduates can compete in the global digital entertainment marketplace.”

Adam’s team mates are Owen Schwehr, from the School of Art & Design, who also graduated last year, Graham Ranson and Yves Wheeler, from the School of Computing and Information Technology, and Matt Booton, from the University of Birmingham.

The University of Wolverhampton is the regional partner for Dare to be Digital 2009.

The game’s website is http://www.boro-toro.co.nr/