Video Games of Class 2022/2023 – Gold Presentation
The time for the last of the four game presentations by our students from the Game Design, Concept Art and 3D Art programs came.
The Gold presentation is the final step through which one game goes in ARC Academy. During the last semester of their two-year study at the Academy, students give four presentations to a jury of professionals in the game industry. On June 17th, the final demo of the games took place, where our students had taken into account all the comments from the previous Pitch, Alpha and Beta presentations. With the improvements they’ve made, they managed to impress both our team and the judges.
This year’s graduates were divided into two teams: Actia and Mesozoic Mayhem. The two games are conceptually different from each other, which made it even more interesting to watch their development and gave an insight into the different market niches in which the two game projects can navigate.
Team Actia created a puzzle game with a magical main character who aims to fight evil in the face of corruption in his world.
The Mesozoic Mayhem team has developed an endless runner game whose main creature is a cute little dinosaur.
The day of the presentation of the final projects was preceded by sleepless nights and worries on the part of the students, but their mentor Evgeniy Tenev, lead game producer at Creative Assembly Sofia, encouraged them until the end.
The jury during the Gold presentation was composed of Georgi Dinchev – studio manager of Creative Assembly Sofia, Tanko Shokerov – studio manager of Gameloft Sofia, Borislav Bogdanov, art director at Snapshot Games and program director at ARC Academy, Hristo Chukov, art director, Ivaylo Koralski – co-owner of the indie studio Kyodai, Momchil Gindyanov, animator at Snapshot Games and Rosen Cholakov, game designer at Snapshot Games.
The jury was unanimous that the students had done much work and made great progress in just a few months.
We are proud of our students and want to share the emotions of the big day with you. You may enjoy the photos that we have selected for you.
If you want to experience the same excitement, create your own game and meet people who share your interests, you can apply to ARC Academy now.