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located in

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that educates students in the creation of

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. The DADIU program is a collaboration between different universities and art schools in

The DADIU Education and Program

The DADIU program is a specialisation and educates future game developers in different fields of

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and

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. 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

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, 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

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, and a number of

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s, CG Artists, QA & UX Managers, Visual designers, and

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into the program. 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.

The DADIU Members

The students participating in DADIU come from the following art schools and universities which are all members of the DADIU program: *

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(Interactive Digital Media,

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and Medialogy) *

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...

(Audio Design and Digital Design) *

IT University of Copenhagen The IT University of Copenhagen (Danish language, Danish: ''IT-Universitetet i København'', abbreviated ITU) is a public university and research institution in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is specialized in the Academic discipline#Multidisciplinary, ...

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's fi ...

* The National Film School of Denmark *

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- Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation * TRUEMAX Academy *

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- Computer Science and Film and Media Studies) *

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The DADIU games from 2015

* Game Changer * Space Bears * Uprise * Spoken * Blobbers * Clockwork Dream

The DADIU games from 2014

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2014: * Dragon Journey * Let's Raid * Scouts * Wonder Wool * Greedy Grablins * Cloud

The DADIU games from 2013

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2013: * My Fear and I * Sun Towers * Saviour of Asgard * Punish Panda * A Darker Shade of Red * The Printer Guy

The DADIU games from 2012

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2012: * Horizon * Trail of Regret * Hotah * Cantrip * Ion * Little Barker

The DADIU games from 2011

The following games have been produced in connection with the DADIU program in 2011: * Back to Bed * Wake Up Clone * A Mother's Inferno * Distorpia * Blackwell * Hell Driver

The DADIU 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.

The Award-winning games made during DADIU or by DADIU alumni

Some of the award-winning games made by the students are:
Back to Bed
- SpilPrisen 2015 - The Jury's Special Mention
Blendimals
SpilPrisen 2015 - The Showcase award SpilPrisen 2015: Prizes for Back to Bed and Plantman
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References

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External links

DADIU's site
Education in Denmark