Melbourne-based independent game developer Harry Lee has won
the recent Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards. As part of his prize, Harry will win
$5000 in cash, a 12-month mentorship opportunity with the digital agency SOAP
Creative, and a trip to the South By Southwest music festival in Texas, USA, to
attend the music festival and meet leaders in the interactive content and
gaming field.
18 year old Harry Lee runs an independent games studio,
Wanderlands and last year released Impasse, a difficult and different puzzle game.
More recently, Lee made a mythology inspired platformer called Midas. Midas was
awarded four gold medals.
An active member of Melbourne’s development and community,
Lee is involved in many projects promoting play making and game literacy, as
well as hosting many informal game jams. Last year, he formed The Underground
Collective, a society of young game developers in Melbourne who occasionally
meet up to discuss, critique, and learn from current game development
practices.
You can check out Harry's work here.
There are four new categories in the SOYA awards this year,
including Animation, Interactive Content and Gaming - both worth a look if
you're an independent developer doing your own new and exciting stuff. Creative
categories close every month, so if you're interested in participating (and
winning) head over to the SOYA365 site now for more information.
The Interactive Content and Gaming category was only added
to SOYA this year and they were flooded with entries. Since SOYA aims to
further the career of young creatives, judges looked for entries that showed a
developer taking the initiative to create original, thoughtful, and creative work
with their own unique style.
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