On the 23rd of September there was a gaming and game development conference sTARTUp Gaming 2020 here in Tartu. The conference included a big expo area, where our students Daniel Nael and Tanel Marran showed the games they had made during their studies. There were several talks by both local and international game developers, including […]
During the Delta Opening Event on the 29th of January in 2020 our students and staff showed their best works to the public. The expo was in the lab room 2007 and the computer graphics computer lab room 2006. In total 16 authors showed 22 projects. The projects ranged from computer games and virtual reality experiences […]
Our students showed their games in the Robotex International 2019 expo. The expo lasted three days from 29.11 to 01.12 and took place in Saku Suurhall, Tallinn. The games ranged from action-packed platformer games and casual mobile puzzle games to tactical turn-based card games. The expoed games were: ShieldFormer by Karl Erik Karindi & team During […]
GameOn is a gaming and game development event in Lithuania. The event includes many interesting activities for different gaming related people. From cosplay and e-sports to game development conferences and presentations to indie games expo and game development awards. Our students Jens-Stefan and Kristo showed their games Vrena and Pompeii during the Indie Town games […]
On Saturday 21.09 there was the Euronics’ E-Sport Day event in Lõunakeskus. Our MSc student Jens-Stefan showed his game Vrena in that event and held a tournament to find the best Vrena team. There were 7 teams of 2 players who competed for the first place in the tournament. Vrena is inspired by oldschool competitive arena […]
In the Teaduslinn 2019 open air science fair our students showcased four games they had made during their studies. The showcased games were: Pompeii by Kristo Männa, Fall by Oliver Vinkel, Vara de Mara by Helen Õunapuu et al, Reality Shift by Aleksei Beljajev et al.
When measuring the performance of your application it is very easy to just look at Fraps and say that your frame rate is 60 FPS. Many students do this initially without thinking too much about what they are measuring or what does it mean. There is a case when just providing the frame rate is fine […]
In the Robotex 2018 robotics fair our students and graduates showcased some of the games they had made during their studies. The showcased games were: Reality B by Kalle Ever, ZAPbots by Daniel Kütt, Siim Raudsepp et al, Pompeii7 by Kristo Männa, Ball Tale by Siim Raudsepp.
When you have completed your journey, you show your discoveries to other adventurers. They will estimate how difficult a journey you faced, how well you have described the taken path in your map, and does your map fit nicely to the catalogue with the other maps of the same region. Defending Certainly the journey and […]
At this point we already have a quite solid picture on what the thesis should be: a narrative, which serves as a map from some fixed starting location to an aimed goal. However, there are a number of key aspects on how to write such a map. In this chapter it is perhaps more clear […]
The Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Lab at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia provides video game development, virtual reality (VR), and computer graphics education both inside and outside the uni and a study place for our students.
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University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science and CGVR laboratory recently hosted an event that brought together game developers of all skill levels, though, mostly focusing on beginners. This event saw a record-breaking 83 participants forming 16 teams — making it our biggest game jam yet! A Challenge for (Beginner) Game Developers The University of […]
It was amazing to be back at GameOn with our students and their games after several years. The last time we were, there was back in 2022 when it was organized together with Comic Con Baltics. GameOn is one of the biggest video game conventions in the Baltics. From the 18th to the 20th of […]