Games at the Show - Balance of Control

Welcome to our Games at the Show feature in which we will be talking to the creators of some of the games being shown at the End of Year Show. Today we have Balance of Control by Saiful Islam and Matthew Hoong.

What's your game called and what is it about?

Our game is called Balance of Control and it is about keeping the peace in the city streets from the two rival gangs.

Games at the Show - Aurora

Welcome to our Games at the Show feature in which we will be talking to the creators of some of the games being shown at the End of Year Show. Today we have Aurora, created by Samuel Barker and Shan Blackwood, with sound by Sam Conran.

What's your game called and what is it about?

Aurora is a romantic experiential game for two people. The particpants must coordinate to generate and ignite solar winds to compose a unique aurora.

Games at the Show - Apocalypse

Welcome to our Games at the Show feature in which we will be talking to the creators of some of the games being shown at the End of Year Show. Today we have Apocalypse, created by Jonathan English, Kin Chan and Jenny Rowe.

What's your game called and what is it about?

Apocalypse, it's a collapsing city with obstacles crashing down blocking your path to escaping.

Games at the Show - Fun Guy

Welcome to our Games at the Show feature in which we will be talking to the creators of some of the games being shown at the End of Year Show. Today we have Fun Guy, created by Supreet Kaur, Sam Aldridge, TzePing Tung and Pedro Guera.

What's your game called and what is it about?

Our game is aptly called Fun Guy, our main character is a mushroom with a mission. The dastardly rockers  have stolen the entire colour from 1960’s London, leaving it lifeless and drab, a shell of its former dashing self, and Fun-Guy is going to inject colour using his trusty guitar and hippiness.

LCC Games Podcast - Ep. 16 - Happy Father's Day!

First thing's first: come to our End of Year Show! Check out our post about it here!

Shan and Omar join Sam to talk about Peter Molyneux's 22Cans, financial morality and ultraviolence in games, scary! But it's not all heavy stuff as we give a shout out to all the gaming dads for Father's Day, talk about Tropico 4 and recommend Botanicula.

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Hosts: Sam Barker, Omar Bobat, Shan Blackwood
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com/

LCC Games Podcast - Ep. 15 - Indie/Mainstream Mashup!

E3 is upon us, so we talk about that for far too long. We also recommend a few games we played at the Indie Games Expo, including hand-sketched puzzler The Bridge and one-button addictiveness Swift*Switch.

We also tell you about our end of year show, at which you'll be able to play all of our delightful games we've discussed on the show and many more! Check out our post about it here.

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Hosts: Sam Barker, Dominic Aldridge, Peter Holley
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ORIGINATORS - End of Year Show!

As the university year has come to an end, we begin working towards the end of year show, and we are inviting all the fans of the LCC Games Podcast to join us! We will be showing some of our best games to the public and we can't wait for you to play them. We might even persuade you with beer!

We'll be showing:

• Aurora, a romantic experiential game for two people.
• Apocalypse, a collapsing city with obstacles crashing down blocking your path to escaping.
• Fun Guy, a retro, rockin' platformer with mushrooms and music.
• Balance of Control, a game about keeping the peace in the city streets from the two rival gangs.
• Also: Blox - a dynamic platformer, Test-a-Ball - a challenging ball game, Fuzz - a cute strategy game and many more!

The private viewing is on Thursday June 28th from 6 - 9pm and the exhibition will continue until the 5th July. It will also include students' work from the Animation, Graphic & Media Design and Media Practice courses and many more! Let us know you're coming using the event on Facebook!

All of the details about the show can be found on the LCC website. We look forward to seeing you there!