‘The Timekeepers’ from Sawston Village College
Submitted for publication in the Cambridge News
More than 300 school and college students from across Cambridgeshire have been working to create their own video games as part of FXP Festival 2021, a county-wide game design and development competition for young people aged 12-19.
Student teams were asked to work on three core elements of video game creation: game narrative, game concept and design, and the coding of a playable game.
Seventy teams submitted games for judging and teams from Sawston Village College, Ely College, St Peter’s School, Swavesey Village College and Sawtry Village College all collected prizes for their outstanding entries.
This year, teams had the opportunity to succeed across four categories, with prizes available for secondary and FE level teams. Awards included:
- Best in Class: ‘The Mengerists’ won the FXP trophy for best effort across all areas in the FE category and ‘The Timekeepers’ from Sawston Village College took home the prize for the secondary school level. As well as…
