Detachable Subdivision
"Rivne Professional College of
National University of Life
and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine"
GAMEDEV IT MARATHON: FROM IDEA TO PROTOTYPE
Today, November 12, 2022, started "IT Marathon GameDev: from idea to prototype". The idea of the marathon is to unite students of all specialties of the college during teamwork. The fact that we are all one - VSP "Rivne Professional College of NUBiP of Ukraine" - will allow us to show worthy results of the work of the college staff, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Having changed historically from the Rivne Regional Agricultural School for the training of heads of collective farms and a one-year school of collective farm accountants to an institution of professional pre-higher education - a separate structural unit "Rivne Professional College of the National University of Life Resources and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine", the main mission of the educational institution: to create, systematize, preserve and disseminate modern knowledge to improve the quality of life of people; to train specialists of the European level - has not changed.
Therefore, today the institution was visited by Friends who helped start the IT marathon:
- Andriy Khmelnyk, Executive Director of Rivne IT Education (Rivne IT Education Cluster);
- Nazar Malanchuk, Director of UPRISE IT Academy;
- Denys Shentiapin, Animator Artist, Lviv;
- Dmytro Demchuk, game designer (Game Design);
- Stanislav Baldych, Unity Developer;
- Orest Boshchenko, Unity Developer, graduate of the programming department of our college.
Moderator Oksana Nikitska told the teams and participants of the marathon about the conditions for holding the IT marathon. It is taking place as part of the #RivneEduTalks series of events with the support of UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group.
To get the participants off to a good start, speakers shared their own experience in developing game applications. In particular, Dmytro Demchuk and Orest Boshchenko have their own business at GameDev, Stas Baldych, in addition to his experience working in game development companies, has developed a number of video lessons, Denis Shentyapin, an artist and animator with experience working in a large GameDev company, where he is a Team Lead. Denis was invited by Nazar Malanchuk, who has been collaborating with him for a long time.
STAGES OF CONDUCTING IT MARATHON GameDev: from idea to prototype
- November 12 – opening of the marathon, speeches by speakers;
- November 14-18 – workshops from the organizers, team work on ideas;
- November 19 – presentations of prototypes;
- November 19 – the process of determining the best teams by a professional jury;
- The participating teams chose the topic for creating the game prototype through a random draw.
CONDITIONS FOR CREATING A GAME PROTOTYPE
- generate an idea for creating a game;
- come up with a name and determine the type of game;
- think about the means needed to implement the game;
- describe the rules of the game;
- develop a “prototype” design or game mockup;
- create a presentation of the game;
- demonstrate the process of the game by team members.
So, the conditions for a successful start have been created! Therefore, we would like to wish the teams successful development of the game prototype and worthy presentation before a qualified jury on November 19, 2022.
On November 19, 2022, the final day of the GameDev IT marathon dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the college took place. All nine teams reached the finals, although not in full force. Certain difficulties associated with the war made adjustments to the development of game prototypes created by the participants. Despite them, we got a good result!
So, four divisions, nine teams, nine themes, nine game prototypes.
| Groups | Team | Game theme | Game name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11-O, 11-P | Dangerous object | Box | “Forest Box” |
| 21-O, 22-O | Flying cockpits | Deception | “Delivery” |
| 21-F, 21-M, 21-P | Crazy economists | Ritual | “Catch the orc” |
| 21-Z, 22-Z | Game Sense | Wastefulness | “Jabka Tolik” |
| 11-IP, 12-IP, 13-IP | Hainek Game | You are not you. | “Secrets of Ancients” |
| 21-IP, 22-IP, 23-IP, 24-IP | Simple Dev | Extinction | “Cost Of Life” |
| 12th, 21st | Non-stop | Mysteriousness | “Justify & Arrest” |
| 11-B, 11-D, 11-DZ | Hungry students | Infinity | “Endless Building” |
| 21-D, 21-B, 22-B | Atlantis | One whole | “Duck mum hunter” |
They were evaluated by professionals:
- Andriy Khmelnyk, Executive Director of Rivne IT Education;
- Nazar Malanchuk, Director of UPRISE IT Academy;
- Stanislav Baldych, unitydeveloper;
- Dmytro Demchuk, game designer;
- Vadym Mazepa, 2d animator (I ONE GAMES).
According to the following criteria:
- Creativity;
- Relevance of the topic;
- Prospects;
- Business interest;
- Group work;
- Design;
- Representation;
- User interface.
So, the presentation of the prototypes! A beautiful, warm, technically equipped conference hall. There is light! Moderator Oksana Nikitska told the marathon participants that the final is being held in this very hall, thanks to UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas GroupStepan Gerasymchuk, a representative of the bank, prepared special prizes for the team that will win in the “Audience Choice” nomination.
The teams listen carefully to the competitors, because the victory depends on how the prototype is presented! The students behaved responsibly and even tried to program the game using Unity, Scratch, Construct. The ideas of the prototypes are wonderful, unique. Unexpectedly for everyone, after the presentation, those present decided to hold such events on a regular basis.
Therefore, the jury discussed the presentations and decided the following:
- identified prototypes to be implemented through the software environment;
- interested in design approaches to game characters;
- interesting names of prototype objects;
- uniqueness of the idea;
- correctness of the development of the rules of the game.
The graduation ceremony was joined by graduates of the programming department, Serhiy and Artem, who treated us to Fabrika pizza. They offered valuable certificates and invited us to their place to taste the dishes.
Therefore, winner GameDev IT Marathon: girls from the team came up with the idea for the prototype FLYING CABINETSThe prototype of the game “Zavoz” that they presented impressed the most according to the criteria. Therefore, they received the WINNER’S DIPLOMA!
Congratulations to the winners!
