2018 Edition

Awards and scholarships

Best prototype – $8,000
Minors – UQAT Montréal

Best game design – $2,000
Eco Squad – Winds of Change – Polytechnique Montréal in collaboration with l’École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design (NAD)-UQAC

Best art direction and production – $2,000
Gloomi – Polytechnique Montréal in collaboration with UQAT Montréal

Best technical challenge and innovation – $2,000
Penguin Panic! – Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Best Quality of the “3C” (camera, characters and controls) – $2,000
Eco Squad – Winds of Change – Polytechnique Montréal in collaboration with l’École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design (NAD)-UQAC

Best user experience – $2,000
Minors – UQAT Montréal

Best creativity and theme integration – $2,000
Light Speed Legacy – École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design (NAD)-UQAC in collaboration with Polytechnique Montréal

Jury’s Special Award – $2,000
6 kilomètres – École de Technologie Supérieure in collaboration with l’École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design (NAD)-UQAC

Audience Award
Gloomi – Polytechnique Montréal in collaboration with UQAT Montréal

Participating universities

Concordia University

École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design (NAD)

McGill University

Polytechnique Montréal

Université de Montréal

Université de Sherbrooke

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

Université Laval

UQAT Montréal

Internships and jobs

Ubisoft guarantees to grant internships or jobs to at least 10 students participating in the Game Lab Competition. Last year, some thirty participants were hired in the Montreal and Quebec studios.