Bournemouth University students working on PS4 game

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http://media.edge-online.com/wp-content/uploads/edgeonline/2013/03/mendelsfarm.jpg (http://media.edge-online.com/wp-content/uploads/edgeonline/2013/03/mendelsfarm.jpg)Mendel’s Farm is Static Games (https://www.facebook.com/StaticGamesDevelopments)‘ entry for pan-European development competition Make Something Unreal Live 2013 (http://www.unrealengine.com/msul/). Project lead Ryan Pinfield and his colleagues are down to the final four of the contest, which sees them demoing their game to crowds at UK technology event The Gadget Show Live in April.The contest – which earns the winner a UDK 4 commercial licence – could propel Static into full production of the game as a console title, according to 21-year-old Pinfield. “We are working with a next-gen engine and therefore we are developing a next-gen game. We can release it for PS4, but it can easily be made multiplatform and would also make sense on PC,” he says. “The iOS market is saturated. But the PlayStation 4 is a brand new console, which is exciting. We believe Mendel’s Farm can be a launch title. That’s a feasible target if we win Make Something Unreal.”Pinfield’s ambitions are laudable and far from unrealistic, according to the team’s mentor Jim Walker, an executive producer at UK developer Climax Studios. “There are things I can say and can’t say about PS4,” he explains. “Certainly I see nothing wrong with what Ryan is suggesting there. The timing is good and it may well touch on a number of things.“Mendel’s Farm is an interesting idea. And we did talk about whether there was any mileage in social mobile. But I think Hay Day touches on too many similar specifics and it’s important Mendel’s Farm has an identity of its own. And, besides, without shooting for the stars you are never going to get to the moon.”

http://www.edge-online.com/get-into-games/bournemouth-university-students-aim-to-release-ps4-game/