DADIU

DADIU (Danish: Det Danske Akademi for Digital, Interaktiv Underholdning), als known as National Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment, is a collaborative enterprise between different educational institutions offering a specialization in creating computer games. Founded in 2005, it is located in Copenhagen and Aalborg.^[1] The secretariat is based at the National Film School of Denmark at Holmen, Copenhagen.

Program

The DADIU program is a specialisation and educates future game developers in different fields of computer game development and video game development. The students participating in DADIU come from universities and art schools in Denmark but are taught a joint curriculum. The DADIU programme is a full-time semester which take place each fall from August to December. Every fall semester DADIU accepts about 100 students to the program out of the many students who apply each year. The DADIU program contains both lectures, workshops, and game productions. During the three game productions with are the most important part of the DADIU program the students are divided into six teams which function as six real game studios. The students are accepted into a specific competence as part of the DADIU program. Every fall semester the DADIU accepted six Game designers, six Game directors, six Project managers, six Level designers, six Audio designers, six Art directors, and a number of Game Programmers, CG Artists, QA & UX Managers, Visual designers, and Animators into the program.^[2]

The students thus complete their ongoing studies but also receive a diploma certifying to the industry that they have completed the training at the academy.^[3]

DADIU Members

The students participating in DADIU come from the following art schools and universities which are all members of the DADIU program:^{[4][needs update]}

• Aalborg University (Interactive Digital Media, Computer Science and Medialogy)
• Aarhus University (Audio Design and Digital Design)
• IT University of Copenhagen
• University of Copenhagen
• Technical University of Denmark
• The National Film School of Denmark
• The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation
• TRUEMAX Academy
• University of Copenhagen (DIKU - Computer Science and Film and Media Studies)
• VIA University College (The Animation Workshop)
• Danmarks Designskole

Games

Games produced at the academy include^[5]

2015

• Game Changer ^[6]
• Space Bears ^[7]
• Uprise ^[8]
• Spoken ^[9]
• Blobbers ^[10]
• Clockwork Dream ^[11]

2014

• Dragon Journey ^[12]
• Let's Raid ^[13]
• Scouts ^[14]
• Wonder Wool ^[15]
• Greedy Grablins ^[16]
• Cloud ^[17]

2013

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2013:^[18]

• My Fear and I ^[19]
• Sun Towers ^[20]
• Saviour of Asgard ^[21]
• Punish Panda ^[22]
• A Darker Shade of Red ^[23]
• The Printer Guy ^[24]

2012

• Horizon ^[25]
• Trail of Regret ^[26]
• Hotah ^[27]
• Cantrip ^[28]
• Ion ^[29]
• Little Barker ^[30]

2011

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2011:^[31]

• Back to Bed ^[32]
• Wake Up Clone ^[33]
• A Mother's Inferno ^[34]
• Distorpia ^[35]
• Blackwell ^[36]
• Hell Driver ^[37]

Greenhouse program

The DADIU Greenhouse program functions as a pre-incubator program for former DADIU students and team who want to publish their games commercially and start a real game business or game studio. The DADIU Greenhouse program help former DADIU students and team half a year. The DADIU Greenhouse program provides meetings with mentors and experts from the games industry. This mentors and experts helps and advice the former DADIU students and team on business, strategy, finance, access to market, resource management, marketing, and PR.^[38]

Game awards

• Back to Bed - SpilPrisen 2015 - The Jury's Special Mention^[39]
• Blendimals- SpilPrisen 2015 - The Showcase award ^[40]