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DADIU (The National Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment) founded in 2005 is an academy located in Copenhagen and Aalborg in Denmark that educates students in the creation of computer games. [1] The DADIU program is a collaboration between different universities and art schools in Denmark.

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The DADIU Education and Program

The DADIU program is a specialisation and educates future game developers in different fields of computer game development and video game development. The students participating in DADIU come from universities and art schools in Denmark but are taught a joint curriculum. The DADIU programme is a full-time semester which take place each fall from August to December. Every fall semester DADIU accepts about 100 students to the program out of the many students who apply each year. The DADIU program contains both lectures, workshops, and game productions. During the three game productions with are the most important part of the DADIU program the students are divided into six teams which function as six real game studios. The students are accepted into a specific competence as part of the DADIU program. Every fall semester the DADIU accepted six Game designers, six Game directors, six Project managers, six Level designers, six Audio designers, six Art directors, and a number of Game Programmers, CG Artists, QA & UX Managers, Visual designers, and Animators into the program. [2]

The students thus complete their ongoing studies but also receive a diploma certifying to the industry that they have completed the training at the academy. [3]

The DADIU Members

The students participating in DADIU come from the following art schools and universities which are all members of the DADIU program: [4]

The DADIU games from 2015

The DADIU games from 2014

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2014: [11]

The DADIU games from 2013

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2013: [18]

The DADIU games from 2012

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2012: [25]

The DADIU games from 2011

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2011: [32]

The DADIU Greenhouse program

The DADIU Greenhouse program functions as a pre-incubator program for former DADIU students and team who want to publish their games commercially and start a real game business or game studio. The DADIU Greenhouse program help former DADIU students and team half a year. The DADIU Greenhouse program provides meetings with mentors and experts from the games industry. This mentors and experts helps and advice the former DADIU students and team on business, strategy, finance, access to market, resource management, marketing, and PR. [39]

The Award-winning games made during DADIU or by DADIU alumni

Some of the award-winning games made by the students are:

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References

  1. ↑ About DADIU
  2. ↑ "The DADIU Program". Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  3. ↑ "dadiu.dk - the education". Archived from the original on 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  4. ↑ Member Educations
  5. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Game Changer
  6. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Space Bears
  7. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Uprise
  8. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Spoken
  9. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Blobbers
  10. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Clockwork Dream
  11. ↑ DADIU Games
  12. ↑ DADIU GAME 2014 - Dragon-Journey
  13. ↑ DADIU GAME 2014 - Let's Raid
  14. ↑ DADIU GAME 2014 - Scouts
  15. ↑ DADIU GAME 2014 - Wonder Wool
  16. ↑ DADIU GAME 2014 - Greedy Grablins
  17. ↑ DADIU GAME 2014 - Cloud
  18. ↑ DADIU Games
  19. ↑ DADIU GAME 2013 - My Fear and I
  20. ↑ DADIU GAME 2013 - Sun Towers
  21. ↑ DADIU GAME 2013 - Saviour of Asgard
  22. ↑ DADIU GAME 2013 - Punish Panda
  23. ↑ DADIU GAME 2013 - A Darker Shade of Red
  24. ↑ DADIU GAME 2013 - The Printer Guy
  25. ↑ DADIU Games
  26. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Horizon
  27. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Trail of Regret
  28. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Hotah
  29. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Cantrip
  30. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Ion
  31. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Little Barker
  32. ↑ DADIU Games
  33. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Back to Bed
  34. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Wake Up Clone
  35. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - A Mother's Inferno
  36. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Distorpia
  37. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Blackwell
  38. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Hell Driver
  39. ↑ The DADIU Greenhouse program
  40. ↑ SpilPrisen 2015: Prizes for Back to Bed and Plantman
  41. ↑ SpilPrisen 2015: Prizes for Back to Bed and Plantman
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