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Thread ID: 111025 2010-07-10 23:01:00 Beta testers wanted for NZ games (urgent) sknightly (15881) Press F1
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1117730 2010-07-10 23:01:00 We need beta testers for three awesome locally-made student games - and feedback by this Thursday 15 July.

Three teams of Media Design School students presented at this month's Game Developers Meetup (gamedev.meetup.com) and we were pretty impressed by the quality.

MDS' Graduate Diploma of Game Development ends with a 6 month practical project, where teams of programmers and artist work together to make a game. This year they've opened the games up for a public beta - the challenge is that they need (intelligent) feedback by Thursday 15 July (or earlier) as Friday is their deadline.

You can download the Betas here: www.mediadesignschool.com

Someone described the games as:
Dead Steel: Modernized Alien Breed
Guardians of Eldvery: World of Warcraft meets Tower Defence
No More Gentleman: Left 4 Dead in Victorian England

They're all big PC downloads, made from scratch. It's the only 100% games-related degree in NZ, so give some feedback and support the next generation of Kiwi game developers.
sknightly (15881)
1117731 2010-07-10 23:41:00 OK.

Picked the 3rd - it's not big either......
pctek (84)
1117732 2010-07-10 23:49:00 Off to a flying start. Not. pctek (84)
1117733 2010-07-11 01:21:00 Who are you guys ? - you should introduce yourself - why is it urgent? This is your first post and you want users? Sounds like a promo tactic to me... kahawai chaser (3545)
1117734 2010-07-11 02:03:00 Sounds like a promo tactic to me...

Media Design School is highly regarded across New Zealand and the world for its specialised, cutting-edge courses in digital design. From our 3D animation qualifications to graphic design, game programming or creative advertising, each course is innovative and completely up-to-date with current industry practices. Our tutors are proven experts in their field, and our relationships with highly reputable creative, design and digital companies puts us above the rest.

Who cares? Free games, a bit of feedback to them, the one I tried wasn't too bad actually for a student.
pctek (84)
1117735 2010-07-11 02:23:00 I'd recommend some alternate mirrors or at least say how big each file is before I Download. If I can be bothered waiting for 333mb to ooze its way down NZ's shocking DSL ill try iy


For others to note:
Dead Steel is about 300mb
Guardians of Eldver is about 400mb
No more Genlemen is 500mb
The Error Guy (14052)
1117736 2010-07-11 02:51:00 www.meetup.com Renmoo (66)
1117737 2010-07-11 03:32:00 Let's see what happens... Agent_24 (57)
1117738 2010-07-11 03:59:00 Mine was 500mb, took 9 minutes.
Buggy though and I couldn't play it cause my gun insisted on aiming off to the side.....
pctek (84)
1117739 2010-07-11 05:49:00 You were lucky probably because you don't live an obscenely long way away from your exchange The Error Guy (14052)
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