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Becker College team wins MassDiGI video-game contest

By Chris Reidy

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 16, 2012

A team of five Becker College students won the grand prize in the MassDiGI Game Challenge; their winning entry is titled “Nano Swarm,” a game cited for its vivid graphics and the potential to be played on touch-screen devices such as the iPad. In the game, nano bots find themselves imprisoned under the watchful eye of guards wielding machine guns and flame throwers. Game players are tasked with devising a successful bot jail-break. Twenty-eight teams competed over the weekend for the competition’s top prize.

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