triOS Tackles The Great Canadian Appathon!

 

It was an “energy-filled” weekend at triOS campuses across Ontario.  triOS Videogame Design and Development students were coding like crazy during the 48-hour Great Canadian Appathon contest.  The competition was presented by XMG Studio Inc. and challenged post secondary students to develop great mobile games.  Winners of the contest can take home up to $45,000 in prizes and job offers from XMG Studio.   

The Toronto campus was selected as an official HUB.  It had a comfy TELUS Lounge area, and hosted members from XMG who supported the participants with food runs, tossing them cans of Red Bull, and offering words of encouragement.  Alongside them were Matt Demers from the National Post and Clive Felice from City TV, who came to the Toronto campus HUB to check out the action.  triOS students from London, Kitchener, Hamilton and Mississauga also participated remotely.  It was great gaming across Ontario!

Later this spring, the top three finalists will battle it out at the grand finale held at Yonge Dundas Square in Toronto.  triOS students sparkled in the sea of coders and have a great shot at being finalists.

Check out the photos, tweets and articles featuring our great coders!

triOS in the news:

Great Canadian Appathon challenges developers to 48 hour contest

GCA: Simplicity key to smartphone video game success at TriOS

GCA: Video games becoming serious business at TriOS College

GCA: Collaboration and co-opetition in Waterloo

GCA: Desperation and despair as time runs out at TriOS College

Favourite Tweets throughout the Event:

·     Hearing rumours of side bets on which site can build the highest tower of empty red bull cans. Anyone want to place a wager on that?

·    New idea for next year's appathon: a nerd fight club ring to settle disputes.

·    Good morning GCA participants! So who pulled all-nighters and who slept on the floor like this triOS guy? http://ow.ly/i/9562

·    There’s enough Red Bull in the communal fridge to explode a man’s heart!

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