The 2024 All-Ireland Games Fleadh will take place on Wednesday, March 6, at the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Thurles Campus, Tipperary.
The Fleadh welcomes third-level students to participate in two of their competitions, with guest speakers also in attendance.
The main competition is Game Studio, where teams of up to six enter their own original games, which are then awarded prizes in different categories. The theme for this year's competition is 'start with nothing'.
There is also a Robocode event. Teams of three will battle it out in the real-time programming game, where the goal is to develop a robot battle tank to battle against other tanks in Java.
2024 All-Ireland Games Fleadh To Be Held In Tipperary
“As well as being a hotly contested competition, Games Fleadh is a unique opportunity for third level students to demonstrate their games to industry veterans and gain valuable feedback on their creations," said event organiser, and TUS Software Development and Games Programming Lecturer, Dr Liam Noonan.
The video games market is larger than the music and movie business combined, with revenues recently surpassing 180 billion dollars (approximately €165 billion) as reported by UK-based market intelligence firm Pelham Smithers.
Games Fleadh continues to be a fantastic networking opportunity for the Irish game development sector. We believe that it also offers a fantastic networking opportunity for teachers to engage with third level institutions and explore best practice in teaching coding concepts.
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Dr. Janice O’Connell Head of Department of Information Technology at TUS added: "The Games Fleadh is a fantastic event which integrates multiple different aspects of IT, innovation and creativity.
"Through the originality and imagination of Games, this unique event brings together industry, academia, current students, and future students. Special thanks to all our industry partners for their continued support, to the participants, and the staff in Thurles for making this event possible. Sincere thanks to Dr. Liam Noonan, who champions Games Fleadh every year."
