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The School of Games & Creative Technology,
delivering exciting industry-facing undergraduate + postgraduate games degrees at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Farnham campus, near Guildford.

The Rookies - Top 50 Global Schools Award 2024.
It was fantastic to launch our Yr3 Professional Practice unit for all our #Games degrees at UCA, and we were excited to host games industry recruiter, Darren Butler - TheGamesRecruiter as one of our guest industry speakers.

Great insights into the hiring process, does & don'ts =]
#indiedev #Games
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yesterday we launched our Yr3 Professional Practice unit for all our #Games degrees at UCA, and we were excited to host solo #indiedev Sam Claydon as ine of our guest industry speakers.

He shared a fantastic array of career insights, stories and his journey in #unity #gamedevelopment
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Love this Poster at out Epsom campus.

Lots of good energy!

#Games #indiedev
#gamedevelopment
#Arts
#mentalhealth
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Yes, the Early Bird tickets for GDLX26 #indiedev #games #festival are now on sale!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gdl-indie-...

#indiegames #gamesdevelopment
#gamesart
#GamesDesign
#Gamesanimation
At the University for the Creative Arts.
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Let's go!

Bring on 28th March and GDLX26 taking place at University for the Creative Arts, Farnham campus!

Over 50 amazing indie games on show, 3 talk stages, and a student art market in the quad!

It's going to be great!

More to follow.

#games
#indiedev
#Gamedev
#Arts
@gamedevlocal.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Well, that was another fantastic AdventureX narrative games conference!

Packed with engaging and Insightful talks with over 30 #indiedev #games on show.

Masses of passion, talented #gamedev vibes, bumping into old friends & a great afternoon of networking.

Thanks to London South Bank University.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Super proud of the UCA #Games student team that represented the University for the Creative Arts at the To The Moon #indiegames expo, Birmingham NEC.

Huge congrats for winning Yr1 of the University #gamejam @ To The Moon!

Props to #gamedev lecturer Assad Bokhari for making it happen!

#indiedev
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
During the Games for Change weekend, the UCA team (Dr Digdem Senzen, Dr Dilek Hocaoglu & I) presented our academic research and industry-facing Knowledge Exchange projects. We also gathered academics from various HE institutions to explore opportunities for collaboration.
#indiedev #games #research
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
What a fantastic and engaging weekend at Games for Change Turkiye in Istanbul, at the @bahcesehiruni.bsky.social University #buglab Tekmer.

45 participants took part in the 48-hour #indiedev #gamejam, exploring social impact and real-world change related to food waste.
#games #gamedev #unity3d
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Superb excited to be travelling to Istanbul today for the Games for Change Turkey Game Jam and Knowledge exchange symposium at Bahcesehir University.

Looking forwarding to being one of the #game mentors during the trip alongside Dr Digdem Sezen and Dr Dilek Hocoaglus.

#indiedev #gamejam
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
What are you playing at the moment?

I've just been playing The Darkside Detective (re The @slowgameclub.bsky.social), a rather witty and fun #indiedev #game

Late to the party, but I'm finally getting around to playing The @cultofthelamb.bsky.social ... incredibly fabulous on so many fronts! 😍 🫶 💯
October 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A little late, but here is the video from the GDLX25 indie games festival at the University for the Creative Arts (Surrey, UK)!

Enjoy =]

#games #indiegames #gamesdesign #indiedev #unity
September 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It’s been 2 weeks since UCA hosted GDLX25 - @gamedevlocal.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to bring nearly 50 fantastic indie games & the dev community together for GDLX25.

It was an extraordinary array of creativity, games & networking, drawing hundreds of indie game fans & players to the event.
April 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It's today and finally happening, GDLX25!

If you've not got a ticket, you buy a ticket on the door, Discout Code below =]

See you there.

##indiedev #Games #expo
#gamedevelopment #talks
#gamedesign #careers
April 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A fabulous first day in Breda, Holland, for the Virtual Production Gathering 2025, at Breda University for Applied Science. Great Edu talks presentations. I'm looking forward to the Industry Day tomorrow.

#virtualproduction #motioncapture
#education
#Industry
April 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Fun afternoon at the first ever New Games Plus, part of the London Games Festival, at the former Museum of London building (like a city castle with a road for a moat!).

A fabulous array of #indiegames on show over 2 floors =]

#NG+ #Games #gamedev
#indiedev
April 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Super stoked to receive a signed copy of Simon Brewer's (Supermassive Games) UI UX design for Games pocket mentor!

I am also very excited to be given a copy of the front cover art. Cool. Perfect for the studio!

#Games #indiedev #UI #UX #gamedev ##GamesDesign
March 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
No, this isn't deja vu; it's another 4 studios!

Ryan Laley Games – Mimic
South Westerly Games Ltd
Abyssal Foundry
Kate Shenton – SAVE YOUR HUMAN!

GDLX25 is taking place on April 12, the place to discover groundbreaking indie games.

Tickets: buff.ly/dcSfTjh
See ALL the games: buff.ly/tIIrgSA
March 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At some point, soon, I am going to get into these fabulous texts!

Lining up some sunny day, sitting on the train to work reading. #Woop!

Thanks to Andy Coley for his book on Leadership =]

#Games #gamedev #boardgames #gamedesign #leadership
March 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here are 4 more studios😍:
Wavelength Games
Sam Claydon Games
Innoloop
Rogues

Join us at GDLX25 to play games and meet their creators. Bringing together some of the most exciting indie studios.

Taking place on 12th April 2025.
Tickets: buff.ly/5jOH7Ne
See ALL the games: buff.ly/zJDUJmU
#indiedev
March 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A rewarding and engaging day yesterday taking part in the Building an Inclusive Games Industry workshops, presented by Cinzia Musio from the @codecoven.bsky.social

#indiedev #games #inclusivity
March 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome even more incredible exhibitors to GDLX25:

* Panda Cat Games * Miami Avalon * Outclaw * Moonfrost

EARLYBIRD TICKETS END THIS WEEK!
Taking place on Saturday, 12th April, 2025
Tickets: buff.ly/3D8Vc82
See ALL the games: buff.ly/1c5WzAs

#indiedev #games #gamedevelopment
March 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
GDLx25 - exciting indie studios, play their games, meet creators, a day of networking, industry insights.

12 April 2025 - discover groundbreaking indie games, meet developers, connect with the game development community.

EARLYBIRD TIX END THIS WEEK!
Tickets: buff.ly/3D8Vc82

#indiegame #vr #games
March 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
GDLX25 x UCA (Farnham) – A Perfect Match!

We’re beyond excited to announce that GDLX25 is happening at UCA Farnham!

EARLYBIRD TIX ENDS NEXT WEEK!

Don't miss out!

buff.ly/3D8Vc82

#games #indiedev #festival
March 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We are thrilled and excited to host Game Dev Local - GDLX 2025 - at the University for the Creative Arts (Farnham Campus).

Many thanks to Stuart De Ville for reaching out.

See you there.

Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gdl-indie-...

#gamedev #indiedev #games #university #arts #community
February 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM