Games

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Games
  • Virtual Production Gathering 2026: register now!

    Virtual Production Gathering 2026: register now!

    Tuesday April 14, Wednesday 15 April and Thursday April 16 2026 Breda University of Applied Sciences will host the Virtual Production Gathering. Join...

    • News
  • Meet our alumni in Japan

    Meet our alumni in Japan

    Our president of the board, Jorrit Snijder, returned feeling very enthusiastic after meeting some of our alumni in Japan last October. We were very...

    • Stories
  • BUas develops VR tool to resist alcohol temptation during festive season

    BUas develops VR tool to resist alcohol temptation during festive season

    With the festive season approaching, traditionally a risky period for people recovering from alcohol addiction, researchers of Breda University of...

    • Research
  • The Final Print wins 'Best Student Game' at Dutch Game Awards 2025

    The Final Print wins 'Best Student Game' at Dutch Game Awards 2025

    The Final Print, a narrative investigation game developed by BUas student team Dummy Detectives, has taken home the prestigious Best Student Game...

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    Virtual humans meet real emotions: the VHESPER research project

    When the Cradle research team —part of the Academy for AI, Games and Media at BUas— received an unexpected query about tears two years ago, they...

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    Creating games was my ultimate dream

    Emanuele Ardolino was born in Italy and grew up dreaming of becoming a film director. Over time, he got hooked on art, earned a master’s in Art...

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  • Join us for Global Game Jam 2026 at BUas

    Join us for Global Game Jam 2026 at BUas

    Breda University of Applied Sciences is excited to announce that we're once again hosting a jam site for the world's largest game creation event...

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  • Applied research in action: Using AI, games, and immersive media to solve real-world challenges

    Applied research in action: Using AI, games, and immersive media to solve real-world challenges

    Within the Academy for AI, Games and Media (AGM) at Breda University of Applied Sciences, research, development and innovation go hand in hand. The...

    • Research
  • Taking entertainment video games seriously

    Taking entertainment video games seriously

    The Creative and Entertainment Games professorship is about creating knowledge and insights related to commercial and artistic video games. Some might...

    • Uncover
  • Breda University of Applied Sciences climbs The Rookies top global creative schools 2025 rankings

    Breda University of Applied Sciences climbs The Rookies top global creative schools 2025 rankings

    Breda University of Applied Sciences has once again earned its place among the world’s leading creative institutions in The Rookies Top Global...

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  • BUas Games student Valentina Malavasi to appear on Houdini Hangout podcast

    BUas Games student Valentina Malavasi to appear on Houdini Hangout podcast

    Valentina Malavasi, a talented games student at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), is set to appear on the popular Houdini Hangout podcast...

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    Breda launches Dutch Game Week: The Netherlands’ new capital of gaming

    The annual Game Week has a new name, and even bigger ambitions: Dutch Game Week. From 27 November to 4 December 2025, Breda will, for the third...

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  • Building a custom voxel engine and game: An interview with Max Coppen and Sven van Huessen

    Building a custom voxel engine and game: An interview with Max Coppen and Sven van Huessen

    Two programming track students at BUas, Max Coppen and Sven van Huessen, recently worked on the game Zentera with their custom-built voxel game engine...

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    • Student work
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    AI Literacy in Gaming - A Transformative Force

    Whether we like it or not, AI has become a transformative force in the gaming industry. With AI-powered procedural generation, adaptive NPC behaviour...

    • Expertise
  • Gaming Has Evolved into a Learning Tool – It’s Much More Than Just Entertainment

    Gaming Has Evolved into a Learning Tool – It’s Much More Than Just Entertainment

    On 9 September, it was exactly 30 years since the very first PlayStation was launched in the United States. Over the past three decades, gaming has...

    • Expertise
    • News
  • Pizzapocalypse developers start their own studio Monkey Strike Games

    Pizzapocalypse developers start their own studio Monkey Strike Games

    Students from Breda University of Applied Sciences have achieved remarkable success with their student game Pizzapocalypse, earning nominations for...

    • Stories
    • Student work
  • Anouk Bachman on her role as producer on South of Midnight

    Anouk Bachman on her role as producer on South of Midnight

    Anouk Bachman has worked in the games industry for seventeen years and most recently served as a content producer and interim lead producer on South...

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  • Re:Shift Games: Building tools and games from the ground up

    Re:Shift Games: Building tools and games from the ground up

    At Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), a group of fourth-year Creative Media and Game Technologies students are pushing boundaries, both as...

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    • Student work
  • BUas student game Atan wins prestigious BAFTA student award!

    BUas student game Atan wins prestigious BAFTA student award!

    In an incredible achievement, Atan — a student game developed by a talented team from Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) — has won the BAFTA...

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  • ‘Being able to walk around in your own creation is so cool!’

    ‘Being able to walk around in your own creation is so cool!’

    Kevin Bastiaenen graduated as a Visual Artist in 2019. He creates fantasy worlds, but not for games. But what does he do?

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