Student Games
Games created by student teams at Scottish universities and colleges.
ADORATE
DARE Academy 2025Fishbowl Studio · University of Abertay Dundee
ADORATE is a casual town-builder RTS where you take the role of an evil god amassing a cult of followers! Summon your idol and defend it. Establish a home for your culties. Drain their life force to cast spells and fend off incoming holy forces. Unlock new powers by specialising your followers.
Watch trailerCosmic Coda · University of Abertay Dundee
Enter a lost, dystopian future with beautifully drawn pixel art, a mesmerizing soundtrack, and polished movement designed with both casual and challenge focused players in mind. You are Emira, an agile android gone rogue from a machine-ran corporation intent on wiping out humanity. In this immersive 2D stealth-platformer hybrid, utilise classic platformer mechanics like momentum-based movement, dashing and wall jumping in tandem with robotic abilities like cloaking and hacking to outrun your past and escape the system that once controlled you.
Watch trailerGalactic Postal Servitude
DARE Academy 2025Riverboat Games · University of Abertay Dundee
Galactic Postal Servitude is a single-player, point-and-click deduction game set in a chaotic alien post office. As the newest employee, you're tasked with inspecting and approving or denying packages bound for strange worlds with stranger rules. Scan for clues, consult your trusty database, and try to keep up as regulations shift with each passing day. Accuracy matters. Time is tight. Mistakes are... noted. Winner of DARE Academy 2025 and DARE Academy 2025 Audience Choice Award.
Watch trailerHyperfix · University of Abertay Dundee
You're a goblin. Cause Chaos. Profit. Gobblin' is a first-person arena-style action game with time-trial elements, gaining trophies based on how quickly you complete the level. Eat food to craft magical dishes that can be used to knock out the enemies and move through the level.
Watch trailerFinal Prism Interactive · University of Abertay Dundee
Still Forgotten is a non-Euclidean narrative stealth game where memories and spaces don't quite align. Sneak through the corridors of your thoughts and find out who you really were. Memory Guards with reactive AI, Security Cameras, tense stealth gameplay loop, Non-Euclidean spaces to traverse, branching dialogue storytelling, and in-game cinematics.
Watch trailerBonny Bandits · University of Abertay Dundee
Synaptic is a 3D first-person shooter game inspired by the works of David Lynch in which the main character must explore an unsettlingly organic environment, following the trail of a glowing spark to uncover the secrets hidden within. Play through 4 different levels, shooting down targets with nostalgic bullets as you fill up your childhood journal. Features voice acted dialogue, 3 unique hand weapons, and an unsettling organic environment.
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