Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Levels! Interested in studying games at the #1 TIGA Games Development Institution in the UK? If so, we have courses in Art, Programming, and Design. Clearing is happening right now, so give us a call on 0800 590 830

It's a new episode of Game Changers from our very own Sharon Coleclough, this time with Megan Carriker from Astra Logical, talking about publishing, marketing, and making environmentally conscious games. #podcast #videogames #indiegames shows.acast.com/game-changer...

That just about does it. After 4 years, I have graduated from @staffsgames.bsky.social, studying Computer Games Design BSc (Hons) with a first-class degree! I'm chuffed and could not be happier! 🥳 #gamedev #gamedesign #graduation #lookingforwork

Our very own Sharon Coleclough interviews Nina Kim, a senior designer at Rare, on the Women in Games podcast Game Changers! Nina talks about following your passion for games, taking every experience & using it, and how to deal with imposter syndrome! shows.acast.com/game-changer...

Last couple of weeks at @staffsgames.bsky.social we've been busy doing CPD and a Games Jam! My team indulged me in making a little game in PICO-8 that we think is quite fun and a bit silly. The theme was "Your time is now!". liedra.net/sk8rboy/inde...

As part of @staffsgames.bsky.social's Developer Mode series, I did a short lecture on The Ethics of Faffing About in RPGs. Why bother saving the world when you can pick flowers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBk7...

Pleasantly surprised all my favourite students attended my lecture today on Ron Cobb's Alien concept art. Lots of good questions. A good bunch of lads

Got a little too stuck into the @staffsgames.bsky.social CPD games jam and have been busy with it today (I'm the main coder on the team and PICO-8 isn't great for collab sadly) - we're doing an endless runner! Todo: collision checks, boosts, devil actually catching you (game over)!

GradEx today. Our annual exhibition of final year students' work. Industry judges award 1st, 2nd and 3rd awards in various categories. One of my final year project supervision students got first prize. Very proud

Well, that's that! After 4 amazing years, I am now finished at @staffsgames.bsky.social. But the learning doesn't stop here. Now it's time to move onto the next adventure!

First invite into the motion capture suite @staffsgames.bsky.social cannot wait to start directing in that awesome space!

We had @ryanlaley.bsky.social as a guest speaker today at @staffsgames.bsky.social, where he gave us some useful tips for @unrealengine.bsky.social and insight into the industy as a whole. It was a pleasure to meet him! #gameDesign #gameDev #IndieDev #university #gamedev #unrealengine #indiedev

We have a new Developer Mode video out, on Rapid Level Iteration: how to generate effective level ideas and pipeline them into Unreal Engine! Learn what this is all about from Mike Beardwood from our Games Design programme www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcAg... #gamedev #unreal #gamedesign

Next week is our Symposium on Virtual Worlds Research, Fri 9 May 08:30-16:45 on campus at University of Staffordshire. Keynote from Alex Harvey from RiVR with a mix of industry and academic talks. Register here! #ar #xr #vr www.staffs.ac.uk/events/2025/...

Are we in the Matrix? No, it's an image based scanning technique called 3D Gaussian Splats! Watch Anthony Martin with Davin Ward demonstrate how it works and the cool things you can do with it in the first episode of Developer Mode! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-8o...

We are thrilled to hear that our games students won two categories at the UKIE jam earlier this month: Overall Winner and Technical Achievement! 📄: www.staffs.ac.uk/news/2025/04... #universityofstaffordshire #games #gamejam #ukie

Gotta Catch Em' All! Check out the University of Staffordshire Pokémon Society in this feature-length society video, highlighting the society's activities and love for all things Pokémon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw1o...

We were extremely privileged to have Baroness Twycross from DCMS and our local MP Gareth Snell visit the SGI last week. They toured our facilities, experienced our students' work, and talked with students and staff at our award-winning Institute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV9L...

Anthony loves to blow our minds with his animations!

Here at the University of Staffordshire we have just concluded another round of our TIGA award-winning Mock Interview scheme. This year we hosted 360 interviews with 60 industry professionals from 17 companies. Find out more below! 📽️ Video: tinyurl.com/5n6v8txb ✉️ Article: tinyurl.com/yphk965e

There's a brand new episode of the #WomenInGames podcast Game Changers up - our fab colleague Sharon Coleclough interviews the incredible Mel Cummings about her curly wurly path to becoming a concept artist! shows.acast.com/game-changer... Listen now on all your favourite podcast platforms! #GameArt

Our latest Level of Detail episode is out for #PokemonDay! What's your favourite Pokémon? Mine's Marill, so snuggable, I even have one in squishmallow form! Find out which ones our academics and Pokémon Masters Chris, Mel, Jaimie and Kieran pick! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzPm...

🏆✨We are thrilled to announce that the University of Staffordshire has achieved Double Gold status as both a Unreal Engine Gold Academic Partner for our Games Art course, and for its Unreal Authorised Instructors!🏆✨

An amazing day on Tuesday as the Let's Talk Games event was held in Leamington Spa! The free education conference boasted an incredible line up of guest speakers and panels, granting students the opportunity to engage directly with industry professionals from a range of studios. 🎤🎮

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Oh hey, that's us! "When it comes to Computer Games, Technical Productions, and Animation, the courses at the University of Staffordshire are rated as some of, if not the best in the country” - MP Gareth Snell in the HoC yesterday www.tiktok.com/@uniofstaffs...

Congratulations to our student, Veronika Kondratiuk! Veronika recently won a gold medal at the World Skills UK 2024 competition in 3D Digital Game Art. This is a major accomplishment, and we are all very proud of her. More info here: www.instagram.com/p/DFKwyUpzeLF

Our course leader for Games Animation, Benjamin Rimmer, and Technical Specialist, Jake Parker, were able to speak to the BBC today all about Motion Capture, CGI, and their use in the new Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man. You can watch the full interview on BBC iPlayer here: shorturl.at/5FtIl

I am Jack's Medulla Oblongata

It's probably about time I introduced myself! Hi folks! I'm Luke, a games design lecturer at the University of Staffordshire, and I specialise in narrative game design. 🎮 I'm a cat dad to 2 void creatures, my favourite game IP is Tomb Raider, I paint Necrons, and Incineroar is the best Pokémon!

Games Design Lecturer, Jaimie Ditchfield has published an article to The Conversation UK about Astro Bot’s win at @thegameawards last week. You can check out the article below: theconversation.com/astro-bot-wi...

Our course leader for Games Design, Mike Beardwood, has released his first book, "Fundamental Level Design and Analysis A to B". Mike has been working on this project for many years and it's great to see it hit the shelves! You can grab a copy here: amzn.eu/d/iqqdqzB

Check out the incredible talent and creativity of our Games Art and Concept Art students in the latest showreel of student work. #wemakegames #universityofstaffordshire #3dart #conceptart #digitalart #gameart #gamedev #gamedesign

ICYMI: We were extremely proud to be named Best Educational Institution 2024 at the TIGA Games Industry Awards this past week! An amazing honour that reflects the team's skills and passion in creating the next generation of games developers! 🎉🎉🎉

Just won best educational institution at the TIGA 2024 awards ceremony:)

Best Educational Institution @staffsunigames.bsky.social very proud but low-key celebration

Congratulations to GR members who won TIGA Awards 🎉🎉including ⭐Simon Iwaniszak for outstanding leadership of Red Kite Games 🪄 @pitstop-audio.bsky.social best service provider 🎓 @staffsunigames.bsky.social best ed institution 🍾Rebellion Best Large Studio gamerepublic.net/news/game-re... #gamedev