Do you want to work on your own project in collaboration with XGS?

Do you have a game idea, or have you participated in a Game Jam and created a super-cool game? Ask yourself what you can do with it.
Do you have a gamified application idea and would like to level it up?
Do you have a game tech solution idea and would like to bring it further?

Xamk Game Studios is offering beside our yearly internship a simplified Incubator program that can help you to find some answers, tools and gadgets. Get a good understanding of what is needed to boost your idea further.

The incubator is running at the same time as the XGS internship, so you can gain additional support by joining our Masterclasses, testing your idea with the available gadgets, getting valuable feedback from others – and finding an answer to challenging game business questions.

Join us and sign up:  XGS Makers Incubator 2024 Application.  

We can create a plan together and launch your next unicorn

Welcome to the Xamk Game Track event.

Xamk Game Track is an annual event primarily held in Kotka during the month of November. The event allows students and our stakeholders to showcase their products and services. Each Game Track event features a fairly extensive SHOWROOM area specifically created for this occasion.

In the SHOWROOM area, the latest features of gaming technology are presented, allowing every visitor to try out various gaming tools such as VR, XR, artificial intelligence, and many others.

We welcome visitors and individuals interested in gaming technology to join our event and explore new possibilities.

Xamk Game Track is not just about the SHOWROOM – we also annually invite industry professionals to explore and share their success stories with us. The keynote sessions cover different topics each year and are highly international. These sessions allow our students and participants to learn tips and tricks that support their development and steps into the gaming industry.”

2. Case:  Gerontology Education – Xamk

You graduate from the Gerontology (AMK) training as a multidisciplinary expert in senior and elderly work and a promoter of good aging.

The training focuses on supporting the well-being and functional capacity of aging persons and promoting health.

As a gerontologist, your competence is based on the gerontological competence and aging competence acquired during the training. In addition, you will learn to apply and develop different methods of promoting health and functional capacity in elderly work, such as exercise work methods.

Game Technology: VR (Virtual Reality). Unreal Engine and 360 degree camera experience

Overview

Intended to help social work students experience a home visit to a client in a VR environment using 360-degree videos.

A home visit simulation helps the end user learn best practices when performing a home visit to a customer.

Introduces students to VR technology.

Target group and customer

Our main customer is a social work lecturer and students from Xamk, who commissioned the idea from Xamk Game Studios. We also use Virtual Dawn’s tools to implement the VR game. Our research is done by Xamk Game Studios.

Story and Characters

Home visit sim 360

Home visit sim 360 is a virtual reality educational game. The game simulates a social worker’s home visit. The player takes on the role of an employee who is visiting a customer. The purpose of the game is to teach students how to make a home visit and introduce students to virtual reality technology. Virtual reality glasses make the immersion in the game stronger than traditional educational games.

VR vs 360

Home visit sim 360 was made in two different versions. One was made with 360-degree videos and the other with 3D models. The 3D version focuses more on touching virtual reality than the 360. The purpose of the project was to compare the weaknesses and strengths of the two.

3. CACE: BackAPP – Naprapathy education – Ville Pauna

The Naprapathic physician is a rehabilitation professional who specializes in research, treatment, and prevention of musculoskeletal diseases.

After graduating as a naprapathy physician, you will master the basics of anatomy, physiology, and manual medicine, as well as research and treatment methods for musculoskeletal diseases. Naprapath training gives you extensive knowledge and expertise in the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal diseases, as well as the ability to make responsible and independent decisions and work.

Game Technology: AI (Artificial Intelligence, Unity, 3D-modelling

Overview

An easy-to-use mobile application for adults with chronic non-specific low back pain

• Progress monitoring and performance feedback
• Exercises with clear instructions and options for intensity level
• A rotating 3D model with animations
• Mood and pain monitoring
• Calendar and reminders
• Simply easy, fun, and motivating

Target Group and Customer

• All adults, no matter how familiar they are with exercise
• The exercises are suitable for everyone
• People with chronic non-specific low back pain
• People who want to prevent pain
• Healthcare professionals
• The best user is an already motivated person
• People who have already received a diagnosis

INSTAGRAM: BackApp

4. CASE: DualSense by Sony – Game Programming Education – Xamk

The content of game programming engineering education is constantly being developed in close cooperation with the game industry and the companies and professionals operating there. During the training, you will acquire comprehensive game programming expertise, which can also be directly used in any software development.

After completing your studies in game programming, you will be able to design, implement, and test games. International events and networking are an important part of gaming industry culture, and during your studies, you will have the opportunity to participate in several gaming industry events and network with industry professionals.

Game Technology: DualSense Controller, Haptics

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5. CASE: Haptic Feedback – Game Technology Education – Xamk

Game technology engineering education

The content is developed in close cooperation with professionals working in the game industry and in companies and communities that utilize game technologies. Technologies and the game industry are constantly developing, so acquiring, internalizing, and applying new knowledge is important for an engineer specializing in game technologies.

Studying gaming opens the door to international, very interesting, and challenging playing fields. As a rule, English is used as the working language of the gaming industry, and all material is produced almost without exception in English. The teaching materials are based on internationally known sources.

Game Technology: Haptic Feedback, VR (Virtual Reality)

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Haptic feedback engages more of the user’s senses to provide a deeper and more immersive experience. Products that offer haptic feedback often provide different sensations corresponding to visual and audio stimuli. (www.buildin.com)

Overview

The Game

The Royal Dragons

The haptic feedback project is a mech sci-fi VR game that uses haptic feedback to create the tactile experience of controlling a giant machine on a desolate planet. Explore the sensations emulated by the technology and test how haptic feedback affects VR-related simulation suspicion.

Haptic events include feedback:

• from walking
• of firing weapons
• hitting targets.

The goal is an introductory demo that presents the capabilities of Haptics’ haptic feedback devices to consumers.

Target group 

• Teenagers over 14 years old
• Persons who have acquired the equipment
• Professional players
• Streamers

Generally, people who are looking for a close experience with haptic feedback technology. Anyone who wants to improve their gaming experience. Students and/or organizations who wish to explore technology.