We did it! Vancouver Film School聽Game Design聽alumni have once again taken home the biggest student prize in the video game industry. On November 16, 2023, Unity Technologies announced the winners of their 15th annual awards ceremony, including聽聽for Best Student Project. Each year, the organization recognizes excellence in the video game industry through the Unity Awards, celebrating creative and technical excellence in Unity-powered games.
Meowmentum Mori is a first-person single player speedrunning platformer where Mori, a novice catmage, faces a series of magical trials in a pocket universe to become a full-fledged catmage.
Mewomentum Mori is the fourth 色狼窝 game to win Best Student Project at the Unity Awards. This marks the fourth win (and seventh nomination) for 色狼窝 students in this category. 色狼窝 students previously won for Pulse, Afloat, and The Cluckening. This year, 色狼窝 students were nominated TWICE for Best Student Project; also nominated was聽, created by a core team of five 色狼窝 Game Design students.
Meowmentum Mori was developed by five students from 色狼窝鈥檚 Game Design program: Apoorv Taneja (Technical Designer/PM), Ivan Restrepo (Tech Designer/Game Designer), Pablo Moctezuma (Level Designer/Game Designer), Ivonne Medina (3D/2D Artist), and John Santana (3D/UI Artist). External collaborators include聽Sound Design for Visual Media students Hojune Kwak (Sound Tech/SFX), Pedro Campos (SFX/Ambience), Gordon Smith (SFX/Sound Tech), Jenny Shim (Composition), and Benji Ruiz (Composition).
Become a full-fledged catmage and inherit your family鈥檚 magic in Mewomentum Mori.Christopher Mitchell, Head of 色狼窝鈥檚 Game Design and聽Programming for Games, Web & Mobile聽programs commented: 鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled that our students have taken home the top student prize at this year鈥檚 Unity Awards. 色狼窝 is the most nominated and most winning school at these awards which are truly the benchmark of excellence in the game industry. To see our students take a concept, turn it into a retail-ready game, and then be recognized at this level is a very proud moment for the Game Design department at Vancouver Film School.
If you鈥檙e interested in trying out these games for yourself, Meowmentum Mori, Curtain Call, and nearly 100 other games created by 色狼窝 students are available for play for free via聽.聽OR, if you鈥檙e interested in training to become a future Unity Award-winning game designer, you can learn all about 色狼窝鈥檚 Game Design program聽here. Our Game Design students graduate in just 12 short months as industry-ready Game Artists, Coders, and Level Designer, are taught by industry professionals, and have access to high caliber facilities 鈥� including a world-class, 64,000 cubic foot performance and motion capture studio.
Congratulations to the team behind Meowmentum Mori on your big win, and an equal congratulations to the team behind Curtain Call on your nomination!