University of Cumbria students aspiring to a career in video games design will be hearing from successful industry insiders today.

Joined by college and school students from across Cumbria and beyond, 200 University of Cumbria students will be treated to a talk today from Meg Rouncefield who works at TT Games, most famous for its immensely successful Lego games.

She will be joined by Matt Phillips, who runs Manchester-based Big Evil Corporation, which specialises in designing new games for retro consoles.

They will be outlining their experiences working in the industry, providing insights to those keen on following in their footsteps.

The talk will close out the University of Cumbria’s GameJam competition, which challenges competitors to design a working game in less than a week – no mean feat given the fact most games take 18 months to build.

Taking place at the university’s Brampton Road campus and organised by games design course leaders Katy Little and Graeme Glease, today will see the games tested before the winners are announced.

Both students and alumni from the University of Cumbria’s games design course are competing for the top spot, as are teams from William Howard School in Brampton, Kendal College and Gateshead College.

University of Cumbria games design degree students and alumni are among those competing, alongside teams from William Howard School in Brampton, Kendal College and Gateshead College.