2025 #wsagames
Your father Xiang, the king of Zenxun, was betrayed and killed by his right-hand man, the general and ex- war hero, Han Zhuo. He stole the throne and began a reign of tyranny. It has been nineteen years since that day, since the day your mother managed to escape to a secluded village and raise you in secrecy.
- Keyboard
- Windows
Within the storm-lashed halls of Wraithlight Tower, the art of alchemy is not merely studied—it is lived, breathed, and feared. As a newly inducted apprentice, you arrive eager to learn under a master of the craft, only to find the tower shrouded in mystery. The alchemist is absent, a fellow student has vanished, and the very walls seem to whisper secrets best left unheard.Unravel ancient texts, brew forbidden tinctures, and choose your allies carefully—or become another mystery lost within the walls of Wraightlight Tower.
- Keyboard, Mouse
- Windows / Linux / macOS
A girl has gone missing, and you are the only one that can find her. You play as a private investigator who has been employed by the desperate parents of the missing girl as their last hope to find out what happened to their daughter. The police have failed them, so it’s up to you to uncover the truth of what happened. Your only lead? Her bedroom filled with cryptic clues, personal artifacts and a trail of obsession.
- Keyboard
- Windows
Stars Align is a game where you take on the role of petty gods in a meaningless quarrel over who is the strongest. They’ve decided to do so by attempting to make the largest and most impressive constellations in the night sky. Players will have to place down tiles to create an interconnected web, allowing for their cosmic power to properly flow through the stars.
- Board Game
Flipside is an immersive exploration game about an old flip phone that isn’t from our world. Explore the game’s open-ended structure by finding secrets and overcoming challenges, all wrapped in the context of a phone and its operating system. The player is dropped into the experience, and just like sneaking a look at someone else’s phone, simply go to wherever catches your eye.
- Keyboard & Mouse, Phone
- Windows / MacOS / Android
With the XII tech. helps taking down Monsters in dungeons, this world does not seem to need the Professional Adventurer Parties no more. You are playing as Ying Su, a high-schooler who is having her dream of being an adventurer taken away with the appearance of XII Tech.
- Keyboard
- Windows / macOS
Welcome to the most chaotic tournament this side of the afterlife! Presented by your lovable host, the Grim Shrieker, dive into the monochrome arena of Limbo to compete in the Soulstealer tournament against three other friends, for the ultimate luxury of bragging rights and time-off reaper work.
- Keyboard and Mouse
- Windows / macOS
Get to know the sushi craving, feline residents of a secluded island! In this game, you play as the Mobile Android for Kitty Indulgence (M.A.K.I.); a friendly sushi delivery robot, designed to help an island community wherever you can. There are two parts to the core gameplay loop. Firstly, the player will take control of an arcade-style claw in a snug kitchen. Once some sushi has been created, the player can drive a little remote-control truck and use it to deliver the sushi to the fluffy residents of the cat village.
- Keyboard, Controller, Joystick
- Windows
On a dazzling stage amidst blinding lights and an electric crowd, someone has captured your heart. Will you give everything you have to express your love? A cute and colourful interactive narrative experience with a dark twist – support your favourite idol and become the most dedicated fan.
- Keyboard
- Windows / macOS
In a world teetering between awareness and mystery, journey across the sprawling wilderness filled with awe-inspiring landscapes and enigmatic encounters. Take on the embodiment role of a young explorer in a nomadic tribe as you live on a normal day, resting on a “self-claimed” best spot to overview the daily acts of the tribe on a distant hill.
- Keyboard
- Windows / macOS
Taverns Keep is a tense and unpredictable single-player social deduction game set in the raucous taprooms of a medieval fantasy world. You play as a crafty patron among a lively crowd of AI controlled characters each with secret agendas, hidden motives, and a willingness to bluff, deceive, and betray.
- Keyboard
- Windows
Strife & Serenity is a story-driven action-adventure experience set in a fractured Uni-Verse, where the very law it was built on, has been broken.
- Keyboard, Controller
- Windows / macOS
Butterfly Machine is a 3D puzzle game about a robot learning to change itself. Nestled deep within a decaying computer system, the robot sets out on an unfamiliar journey and must continually build and rebuild its internal logic on the path to the root of the world.
- Keyboard
- Windows / macOS
This is a unique board game based on a niche puzzle chess variant. Its core mechanic revolves around the priority of piece sizes — larger pieces can swallow smaller ones, but the smallest piece can defeat the largest, creating a cyclical balance.
- Keyboard + Mouse
- Windows
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Games Design Staff
Games as Culture, Games for Purpose, Games as Art.
Adam Procter
Programme Leader
Each year we have a vibrant online Arcade where you go come and test our games and provide feedback on itch.io as we develop them for launch at our Summer Shows at Winchester School of Art and in London.
Marie Jarrell
Lecturer
The student teams have only been working on these games for less that 10 weeks yet I am confident you will be impressed with the quality of each game. You can follow more on social media via the hashtag #wsagames
Seth Giddings
Professor
Our Students are really pushing their games with a real focus on the ideas behind each project and the concepts they want to express. Please do visit https://winchester.games where you can read in depth about each project with student blogs, websites and social media links.
Vanissa Wanick
Senior Lecturer
Our students not only make the games but these games are designed to talk to players and provide commentary on the world we live in, I am confident you will not only enjoy the games but see the depth of research and thinking that goes into each project.
Emma Reay
Senior Lecturer
Our brilliant students have worked incredibly hard to put together this arcade showcasing their final year projects. We’re very proud of what they’ve achieved!
Amy Godliman
Teaching Fellow
The student teams have only been working on these games for less that 10 weeks yet I am confident you will be impressed with the quality of each game. You can follow more on social media via the hashtag #wsagames
Ross Popovs
Technician
It’s been such an incredible time working on all of these projects. Each student (without fail) brings their own edge and individuality into their projects in a way that is really wonderful to see. I’m immensely proud of how far they have come technically and wish them all the best of luck in future endeavors #wsagames