Student Blog - Gamecon

Over the last few week and months, we have been planning our second annual Games convention. During the last holiday we held our 3-day games convention at the college.

For this games convention, we used a variety of games from a wide range of different consoles. We a managed to get different 2 table tennis tables, a 2 vs 2 Counter Strike game and the college flight simulator. Also a special guest from Teesside University came who brought their Oculus Rift DK1 (Dev Kit 1) and gave us all some information on the different courses that they offer in this field.

For £1, you were entered into a raffle to win a Sega Mega drive and it let you come and play the different games that we had to offer J Students had a racing experience with a wheel and pedals that Mark allowed us to use ( THIS WAS HARD… LET ME TELL YOU NOW)

Also Dominos sponsored us and gave us 10 free pizzas A DAY…. Yes, that’s right 10 free pizzas A DAY. This turned out to be  one of the most popular things about the event J.

Over the 3 days we ran different competitions such as ;

·         Time Trial Sonic Levels

·         Mario Maker levels

And many many more

After the 3 days, we managed to make an overall total of £208 which was a massive increase on how much we made from the first year!!

Thomas Black

Game-con 2016

Hartlepool College of Further Education students gave up their half-term to raise money for Changing Futures North East to support young people across the town. Inviting students from college and local schools, as well as families into the college, college student ambassadors and staff dug out their games consoles and put on a great games event for all ages!

And it wasn’t all just retro systems as Hartlepool College showcased their cutting edge flight simulator, used to train Aerospace Engineering students at college. Teesside University, who work in partnership with Hartlepool College also supported on the day, bringing along games design students and their Virtual Reality system. 

The fun didn't stop there with competitions, raffles and FREE PIZZA from Domino's - everyone seemed to enjoy their 3 days of gaming. Winners of the competition were announced on Friday just before the final total of £208 was announced. Changing Futures NE came along on Friday ready for us to announce the final total and to have a look around at the range of games the students had organised. 

The event was a huge success and everyone seemed to leave pleased whether they'd reminisced their childhood (including me, who enjoyed playing Crash Bandicoot again) or learning how to play a new game. 

We would like to say a massive thanks to everyone who came along to the event and to everyone who supported and sponsored us! We couldn't have done it without you and we hope to see you all next year :)