The video games produced for this year’s Dare to be Digital, a UK-based computer games design competition hosted by the University of Abertay Dundee, are now available to download free online.
This, of course, includes the three winning games Colour Coded by Pixel Pirates, Quick As Thieves by Gentlemen of Fortune and Shrunk by The Butterflyers which are now the sole finalists for the BAFTA Ones to Watch Award.
Games created during previous Dare to be Digital competitions have gone on to be developed for the commercial market such as Coda Chain and ‘VegeMe’ for the iPhone which was previewed at Dare ProtoPlay this year.
14 teams of five students spent 10 weeks at the Dare Development Hothouse’ at the University of Abertay Dundee where they had access to top of the range equipment provided by an illustrious list of sponsors in addition to receiving mentoring from some of the top names in the computer games industry. This year, the teams came from as far as China, India, Norway and Canada, as well as the UK and Ireland.
As well as being invited to provide game ideas during the start of the competition and being invited to judge the games at Dare ProtoPlay, members of the public were able to follow the teams’ progress online via blog entries and video diaries.

PS: You’ll need to register on the site to download the games.