UK Schools Computer Animation Competition 2010 !
Thursday, January 14 2010 @ 02:52 PM GMT
School of Computer Science - UK Schools Computer Animation Competition 2010
- We invite UK schoolchildren aged 7-19 to create an animated film using their computer, and submit it to the competition. On-line submission is now open!
- Entries can be from individuals, or groups (of up to 4 members).
- All entrants will receive certificates, and winners will receive prizes ranging from laptops to gift vouchers.
- Winners will be invited to the exciting Animation Festival and Prizegiving day at The Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester.
- Entries are submitted in 4 age categories (KS2, KS3, KS4 and 16-plus).
- The maximum duration of an entry is one minute.
- Animations must not be interactive - they must run as standalone animations.
- Entries must be created using one of the following programs: Alice, Scratch, Adobe Flash, Serif, and Greenfoot. We regret we cannot accept entries made using other programs.
- Read the full rules for the competition.
- Still got questions? Check the FAQs.
...and UK Queen honours games industry figures
The Queen's New Year Honours list isn't just designed to recognise military personnel and 'proper' business folk - 2010's list has just been published and It also recognises a number of games industry veterans you may have heard of, for their "services to the computer games industry".
Ex-Activision and Acclaim man and current Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), Sports Interactive founders Oliver and Paul Collyer were made Members of the British Empire (MBE), while Paul Jackson, formerly of EA and ELSPA, was given the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
