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HKU Games Showcase

On 16 January 2026, third- and fourth-year students of HKU Games are presenting their latest projects. Come see and play the latest games, installatations and digital performances.

About Showcase​

At HKU Showcase on Friday 16 January, students of HKU Games present their latest creations.

This annual event gives you a sneak preview of the upcoming graduation projects. Discover what ideas they are developing for their clients and play the latest innovative games. Get swept away in immersive interactive experiences, enjoy original multiplayer games, or think of cozy games and thought-provoking interactive works and installations about relevant social issues.

Drop by, get to know the youngest generation of designers and explore new worlds. Everything you see may be watched, played and experienced.

Friday 16 January
14.00 – 18.00
Ina Boudier-Bakkerlaan 50, Utrecht
Free admission

Some examples

  • Magazijnmeester is a location-based adventure mobile game. Parents or grandparents with children take a walk through the Dutch city of Veenhuizen. We take them back to the year 1910, where they work as a warehouse manager. Along your way you stumble upon assignments, stories and choices. Be careful what you choose and make the right decisions. Will you prioritise the wellbeing of others, or your own? At the end of the game, you will see how well you performed.

    Creators: Elfie Boumans, Kirsten Westerhuis, Ivar Nuij, Danique Veldscholte, Joey van Gool.

  • For a Moment is a short narrative game about how suppressed trauma can return resurface in your life. In a dream-like world, you experience how youw inner tensions are growing, until your only option is to face your fears. An intimate and visual journety about confrontation, acceptation and letting go of painful memories.


    Creators: Fanaar Rashid & Flin van Asperen.

  • Don't Blink is a thrilling mobile game where monsters start moving as soon as you blink your eyes. In a dark and deslote research facility you venture deeper and deeper into the unknown. The further you go, the more dangerous the monsters you encounter.
    Each run challenges you to keep a grip on your focus and timing, while the tension is slowly mounting. Don't Blink plays on your instincts and turns an everyday reflex, blinking your eyes, into a permanent source of danger.

    Creators: Kaylee de Wit, Lucas van der Sloot, Siem Thonen en Joshua Bastiaans.

More about HKU Games

At HKU Games is all about the art of video games: the most complex, engaging and modern form of art. One that cannot exist without a player. Games have a huge transformative power and make an impact on individuals, the work field and society.

The study programmes of HKU Games are the only ones in the Netherlands that are embedded in an art academy. This is reflected in our education, where the basis is formed by traditional creation processes and human-focused design methods, called player-centered design. This design process is focused on the experience, on evoking emotions and stimulating reflection.

At HKU Games you learn how to design games. You can choose to focus on designing the gameplay, the interactive visuals or on the programming of games. At HKU, you are fully free to experiment and learn-by-doing

Team up with HKU

Would you like your organisation to team up with talented students, alumni or researchers? HKU offers lots of options, among which internships, projects, or research partnerships.

Read more about working together with HKU