X48 Gamecamp
Tomorrow and over the weekend, Microsoft and Channel 4 are running X48 gamecamp, where they get loads of university students (in game related subjects) and have them write a bunch of games (to a theme) in a marathon 48 hour session which are then judged and prizes given.
I’m going as a mentor, to help out. I think it should be an exciting couple of days and I expect to see some really interesting game designs. Almost wish I was a bit younger and could join in 
Pixel-labs are running it and will be tweeting and posting photo through-out the day.
Main website is here – http://www.x48gamecamp.com/
I’m looking forward to it, so if your going to be there I’ll see you tomorrow and if not please follow and give encourage via the wonders of the inter-web. Its going to be an intense couple of days for those taking part in the competition and should get some interesting results
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 @ 10:07 am 
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May 30th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Hi Deano,
They normally run a live webcam and offer the completed games for download. The themes last year were: watermelon, astronaut, and summertime. Even Yahtzee Croshaw of Zero Punctuation made an appearance as a guest judge 
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I read your post on the 48 hour game camp, and thought you’d like to know we have something similar in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, which I participated in last year. It is run annually in October, the website for last year’s is http://www.48hrgamecomp.com , and probably still has last year’s information on it until the comp gets a bit closer this year.
Just thought you’d be interested
- Josh
(of Friction Games