“Rocking around the Christmas tree…”

Ok, there was no Christmas tree, but there was cupcakes and mountains of yummy cake to be had. It was sugartastic and as organisers we hoped that gave enough buzz to keep GameCrafters going for 11 hours. Creativity has been pushed to another level and even travel from afar like a 3AM bus ride from Derry, you guys are crazy, Zombiesaurus!).

Cupcakes by The CupCake Bloke

Cake by Eimear’s Cakes

The sandwiches were by Sweet Cicely.

The theme for the day was

“Always winter but never Christmas.” ― C.S. Lewis

So it was a Christmassy-type of theme, most people kind of guessed anyway. :-)

Here are the winners

Honourable Mention - Ciaran (Prize: Rory StoryCubes)

Best Multi-Player - Sergio (Prize: Rory StoryCubes)

Best Audio - John (Prize: Headphones thanks to GameStop Ireland)

Best on Theme - Snozzcat (Prize: PS4 Controller)

Best Visual ("Most Polished!") - Santa's Clothes (Prize: Quadcopter)

People's & Judge's Choice - Pewter Games (Prize: EGXRezzed Tickets for the team)

You can find the rest of the games crafted at https://bit.ly/dub-gc-4 (NOTE: Teams please update your entry with more game details, link to playable game (if any), more screenshots, and about yourselves.)

A big thanks and congratulations to everyone who took part and helped out. And yes, GameCraft is now incorporated as a not-for-profit organisation called GameCraft Foundation. Without all of your support, this wouldn’t have happened. We are deeply grateful for a fantastic community. Don’t hesitate to contact us with ideas, feedback and even about sponsorship. We love to talk. Email: globalgamecraft@gmail.com

Any photos, please share them with us to our Facebook page, tweets, and our Flickr group.

A big thanks to Digital Hub for hosting our event, and to our sponsors, Enterprise Ireland, Exit Games, Swrve, GameStop Ireland and Rory StoryCubes.

And here are the tweets (#GameCraft) I found and storyfied it all: