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Off the Map videogame competition for 2013
Three sub themes:• Stonehenge, including a proposed plan to rebuild
Stonehenge• Pyramids at Giza• 17th Century London, including a survey map made
months after the Great Fire of 1666
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John Leake, An exact surveigh of the streets lanes and churches contained within the ruines of the City of London, 1667. Maps Crace port 2.58
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2013 winning team: Pudding Lane Productions from De Montfort University, Leicester who created an interpretation of 17th Century Londonhttp://youtu.be/SPY-hr-8-M0 (Flythrough starts at 0:50)
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2013 winning team: Pudding Lane Productions from De Montfort University, Leicester who created an interpretation of 17th Century London
http://youtu.be/SPY-hr-8-M0 (Flythrough starts at 0:50)
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Gothic theme, tie-in with the Library's exhibitionTerror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination 3 October 2014 - 20 January 2015
• Fonthill AbbeyHome of William Beckford, author of Vathek
• Edgar Allan Poe’s Masque of the Red Death
• Whitby and its association with Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula
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2014 winning team: Gothulus Rift, University of South WalesCreated a Fonthill Abbey inspired game called Nix using Oculus RiftBlog: http://nixgamedevblog.blogspot.co.uk YouTube flythrough: http://youtu.be/8ESieZO4VHw
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2014 winning team: Gothulus Rift, University of South WalesCreated a Fonthill Abbey inspired game called Nix using Oculus RiftBlog: http://nixgamedevblog.blogspot.co.uk YouTube flythrough: http://youtu.be/8ESieZO4VHw
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2014 second winning entry: Team Flying Buttress from De Montfort Universityhttps://youtu.be/P6DLOZA5AGw
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2014 second winning entry: Team Flying Buttress from De Montfort Universityhttps://youtu.be/P6DLOZA5AGw
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Harry Clarke illustration for Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Masque of the Red Death
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2014 third winning entry: Team Shady Agents from University of South Wales, with their game Beneath The Crimson Moon
https://youtu.be/m3eM3daPm9U
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Alice’s Adventures Off the Map
Part of the British Library's celebrations
for the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland
http://gamecity.org/alices-adventures-off-the-map/
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Some work in progress: The Wondering Lands of Alice
Team Off our rockers:Amber Jamieson, Braden May, Dan Bullock, Denzil Forde, Freddy Canton & Luke Day https://youtu.be/uuG5sAtEZzs