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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...
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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
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, 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...
Research
Stories
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...
Stories
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
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
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 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
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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Stories
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
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
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
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
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 has worked in the games industry for seventeen years and most recently served as a content producer and interim lead producer on South...
Stories
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...
Stories
Student work
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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Stories
Student work
‘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?