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DADIU (Danish: Det Danske Akademi for Digital, Interaktiv Underholdning), als known as National Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment, is a collaborative enterprise between different educational institutions offering a specialization in creating computer games. Founded in 2005, it is located in Copenhagen and Aalborg. [1] The secretariat is based at the National Film School of Denmark at Holmen, Copenhagen.

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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]

DADIU Members

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

Games

Games produced at the academy include [5]

2015

2014

2013

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

2012

2011

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2011: [31]

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. [38]

Game awards

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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 Games
  6. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Game Changer
  7. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Space Bears
  8. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Uprise
  9. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Spoken
  10. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Blobbers
  11. ↑ DADIU GAME 2015 - Clockwork Dream
  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 GAME 2012 - Horizon
  26. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Trail of Regret
  27. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Hotah
  28. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Cantrip
  29. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Ion
  30. ↑ DADIU GAME 2012 - Little Barker
  31. ↑ DADIU Games
  32. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Back to Bed
  33. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Wake Up Clone
  34. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - A Mother's Inferno
  35. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Distorpia
  36. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Blackwell
  37. ↑ DADIU GAME 2011 - Hell Driver
  38. ↑ The DADIU Greenhouse program
  39. ↑ SpilPrisen 2015: Prizes for Back to Bed and Plantman
  40. ↑ SpilPrisen 2015: Prizes for Back to Bed and Plantman
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