an initiative by arebyte for young talent to explore creative ideas with digital tools.

XYZ is a yearly programme run by arebyte aiming at nurturing young talents to open paths into employment within the games & real time industries. The initiative is an ongoing collaboration with ELAM, focusing on developing their students’ creative digital skills and encouraging critical thinking. Industry partners In the past arebyte has partnered with art collective keiken, and tracking technology studio TARGET3D.

ELAM is an Ofsted Outstanding free school in East London dedicated to giving opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to enter the games & real time industries. Through collaborations with Sports Interactive, Creative assembly and Sony, ELAM ensures trainees get first hand experience of what working in games looks like. As University isn't an option for many trainees due to expenses, ELAM works hard to open more doors and provide to the industry its talented students. Recent successes include internships at Curve digital, Sports interactive and Modern Mirror.

Artistic Direction & Curation Module: Nimrod Vardi and Rebecca Edwards (arebyte)
Exhibition Design Module: Aanchal Saxena (arebyte)

 

ELAM STUDENT WORKS

CyberZero
Hashim Amin, Zain Almadani, Kristine Binas, Mohammod Galib Chowdhury, Dipa Ghosh, Jeremiah Tabudlong, Katie Vong, Alex Vuong

CyberZero is a 3D exploration game that immerse players in an alternate timeline where Earth succumbs to the allure of augmented reality. In this cyberpunk landscape pulsated by a striking synthwave soundtrack, the desire to craft a new identity takes precedence, shaping a world where realities intertwine seamlessly. As a technician, you navigate neon-lit streets of a sprawling metropolis.

  • 2D Design: Zain Almadani, Katie Vong

    UI: Katie Vong

    Programming: Kristine Binas

    Visual Effects: Kristine Binas

    Writing: Katie Vong 

    Animation: Kristine Binas, Alex Vuong

    3D Design: Zain Almadani, Mohammod Galib Chowdhury, Hashim Amin, Alex Vuong

    Sound: Dipa Ghosh, Jeremiah Tabudlong

Future Future
Ashton Bura, Dylan Hall, Hasti Mohammadi, Xena Pointer, Laine Powell, Alex Vuong


Future Future is a pixel-style game that unveils the secrets of the Verdant Jungle which once cradled a technologically advanced metropolis. A thousand years after a cosmic cataclysm destroyed a civilisation designed to distract and ensnare the citizens for covertly uploading their consciousnesses to a higher plane, the untethered descendants now uncover the remnants of their unfortunate past. 

  • 2D Design: Ashton Bura, Hasti Mohammadi, Laine Powell, Xena Pointer

    UI: Dylan Hall

    Programming: Dylan Hall

    Visual Effects: Ashton Bura

    Writing: Ashton Bura, Dylan Hall, Hasti Mohammadi, Laine Powell

    Asset Implementation: Dylan Hall

    3D Design: Laine Powell, Xena Pointer, Alex Vuong

    Sound: Xena Pointer

 

PARTNER

ELAM is an Ofsted Outstanding free school in East London dedicated to giving opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to enter the games & real time industries.

  • Head of Games: Curtis Leblanc
    Programming Teacher: Mohammed Elhaj Art Teachers: Alex O'rourke-Potocki and Brittany Sutcliffe Technicians: Chris Binns and James O'reilly Industry Enga

 

GUEST COURSE LEADERS

Game Development

David Blandy
Artist

  • David Blandy (b. 1976, UK. Lives & works in Brighton) makes work that slips between performance and video, digital and analogue, investigating the stories and cultural forces that inform and influence our lives. Collaboration is central to his practice, examining communal and personal heritage and interdependence. With research spanning multiple forms of archive, from fandoms to the archive of the body, historic texts to academic libraries, archaeology and ecological theory, twitch streams and film archives, Blandy weaves poetic works that explore the complexities of the contemporary subject.

    @david_blandy_

Marketing & Publishing

Shay Thompson
Presenter/broadcaster

  • Shay Thompson is a presenter and broadcaster in the games industry, known for her charisma, warmth, and professionalism. Her exceptional talent has earned her a reputation as a respected member of the industry and a go-to for speaking engagements and broadcast productions. She has collaborated with esteemed brands such as Bafta, BBC, McLaren, Xbox, Activision, Ubisoft, and others outside the industry.

Marketing & Publishing

Alexis Trust
Chucklefish

  • Alexis Trust is a highly experienced marketing and publishing professional currently employed at Chucklefish, an independent publisher and developer. With over 13 years of experience, Alexis has worked on a variety of award-winning indie and AAA titles, and has led successful community and public relations initiatives for notable companies such as XBOX, EA, and Samsung.

    In addition to their professional work, Alexis is also an active mentor to both students and fellow industry professionals. They have collaborated with the BBC to promote the industry to schoolchildren, and deliver lectures and workshops with various universities and development hubs such as Creative England.

 
 

XYZ 2023

ELAM STUDENT WORKS

F-R-A-C-T-A-L T-R-I-P
Aldo Mckinney

“Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to experience the world around you through a new lens? Immerse yourself in an experience that takes you to a world that goes undetected by the human eye.” F-R-A-C-T-A-L T-R-I-P is a video work that places the viewer in a trippy, hallucinogen-inspired space made up of moving and warping fractals.

Taj Future Fashion
Taj Shaun

“See what could be a glimpse into the future when it comes to fashion and garments. See digital fashion come to life.” Taj Future Fashion is a collection of digital garments created on CLO3d inspired by Science-Fiction and futuristic aesthetics. Viewers can wear the garments by using a filter.

Enhanced Boxing
Jayden Stephenson-Miller

Enhanced Boxing is a 3D video clip about cyborg boxers and how they throw away their capability of body enhancement to bring back “the old way of boxing”.

Liquidism
Cyril Jimenez

“You enter a hub to escape into outer space, through your journey you encounter another solar system called Kepler-1.”

Hivemind
Humza Mustafa, Clarence Veras, Kazi Jawad, Frankie Miller, Thomas Screciu, Enrikas Necelis, Daniel Hernandez, Tin Hunyh

“786, an A.P.H android of the future, wakes up from a nightmare of sorts while charging overnight. He wakes up so violently that the charging port from his nape breaks which means he can no longer charge. He needs to find a new charging port so he decides to look around the apartment he lives in.”

 

PARTNER

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GUEST COURSE LEADERS

  • Keiken is an artist collective founded by Tanya Cruz, Hana Omori and Isabel Ramos. Based between London and Berlin, they come from mixed diasporic backgrounds (Mexican/Japanese/European/Jewish).

    Keiken creates these speculative worlds through filmmaking, gaming, installation, Extended Reality (XR), blockchain and performance. Through these varied mediums they explore how societal introjection governs the way we feel, think and perceive.

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