The 2nd Edition of the Team Game Development Competition had its final on June 24, 2018. 8 teams who presented demo versions of computer games, designed and made according to original ideas, participated in the event. The Competition took place under the patronage of Rector Prof. Eng. Stanisław Bielecki, Ph.D. The main prize was a cup funded by the Rector of the Lodz University of Technology.
The Jury consisted of 7 members, including 3 representatives of the computer games industry, 1 representative of the Polish Information Processing Society and 3 representatives of the Institute of Information Technology of the University of Lodz - the organizer of the competition. They were:
Maciej Miąsik - one of the "founding fathers" of the computer games industry in Poland, with almost 20 years of experience in the business. Responsible for titles that went on to become commercial successes, among them: "Electro Body", "FireFight", "Reah", "Schizm", "Schizm II", "Sentinel", and games from the series "The Witcher". Currently, he works at one2tribe - one of the leaders in the production of mobile and browser games in Poland.
Maciej Czerwonka ? Programmer and Computer Game Designer. Associated with CD Projekt RED in the production of "The Witcher" since 2003. Currently, running his own company "SleepWalkerGames" with 3 years in the business of computer games production.
Artur Ganszyniec - Chief Computer Games Designer in the series "The Witcher", since 2006 working at CD Projekt RED.
Andrzej Romanowski ? Secretary of the Polish Information Processing Society - Łódź branch and Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Computer Science
Dominik Szajerman ? Associate Professor at the Institute of Information Technology of the Lodz University of Technology
Jarosław Koszuk ? Associate Professor at the Institute of Information Technology of the Lodz University of Technology
Adam Wojciechowski ? Associate Professor at the Institute of Information Technology of the Lodz University of Technology
The jury decided to award the first place and the main prize to the "Paper Boy" team composed of: Marek Ropenga, Małgorzata Biniecka, Grzegorz Dziembowski, Łukasz Rogalski, Paweł Szymański and Wojciech Dziedzic.
On behalf of the Jury and PTI, additional distinction awards were also given:
- the GTT team composed of Andrzej Blumenfeld, Arkadiusz Topolski, Mateusz Bogusz, Maciej Długosz, Mariusz Menes for the very high technical level of their game
- the INSOMNIA team composed of Marcin Panasiuk, Grzegorz Kocjan, Jakub Stasiak for the unique and special atmosphere presented in their game
- Mr. Jarosław Malarczyk of the Rycerze Hardcoru team for the very professional game intro