Roger the pig got lost when he was little, and couldn’t find his way home. Raised by a family of ducks, he always longed to fly…come in Konrad Lorenz
 
Now his new family have all flown away, and you must help orphaned Roger learn to fly in a fun, physics-based puzzler by feeding him burgers and muffins, and launching him down a giant slide! Can you help Roger bounce his way to (almost) flying?
 
‘Roger the flying pig’ is a fun, pick-up-and-play casual game for iPhone, iPad and Android, priced at 59p and developed by a student at the University of Abertay Dundee.
 
Roger must be launched down a giant slide, and balloons containing burgers and muffins popped at just the right time to feed him – the more he eats, the further he will fly.
 
The burgers make Roger heavy and slide faster. The muffins help him bounce!
 
The physics-based puzzler has full OpenFeint and Apple Game Center integration for sharing high scores and achievements with your friends.
 
‘Roger the flying pig’ offers Arcade mode for competitive high scores, and a Challenge mode with a host of unlockable extras. Fun, rewarding gameplay and carefully staggered difficulty will keep you – and Roger – coming together for more!

For the second year, Wacom, the world’s leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and digital interface solutions, has teamed up with the University of Abertay Dundee to form a partnership around the institution’s renowned gaming development competition – Dare to be Digital.

The partnership has Wacom as lead sponsor of the event, as well as running its parallel competition called "Dare with Bamboo" inviting aspiring game developers to create a game for Wacom’s Bamboo Dock.
 
Dare with Bamboo Competition
 Wacom’s Dare with Bamboo competition invites students to create a game that is ideal to play with the Bamboo interactive tablet. The winning games will be available to download via the Bamboo Dock  – an icon that sits on the desktop of a computer and acts as a gateway to an array of applications.

Entrants will have a registration period closing on the 15th June. and then until the 15th July to submit their game.

Five winning games will be selected in early August, with the first prize standing at £1,000. The winner will be chosen by a special jury including Brian Baglow, head of Interactive Entertainment at Revolver PR, and producer at Blitz Games Studios, Neil Holmes.
 
Last year, Mark Jawdoszak won the competition with his interactive game Skin Ink. Players use the Bamboo to draw the outlines of a tattoo or even generate their own tattoos. The game is sensitive to the amount of pressure applied by the Bamboo pen.

Since winning the competition, Jawdoszak continues to work with Wacom to develop a second version of his game and provide feedback and consultancy to Wacom on various projects.

Wacom foresee the relationship continuing in the future, as Mark undertakes new projects with the pen tablet manufacturer.  Mark is currently technical designer at Gaslight Games.
 
The Bamboo range of interactive input devices merges multi-touch functionality with pen tablet technology into a single device. Supporting the Bamboo tablet range is the Bamboo Dock. Users can play games, sketch, add notes to documents, doodle on photos and much more with the Dock apps. The Bamboo Dock has been downloaded onto 500,000 computers across Europe.
 
Dr Louis Natanson, Academic director of the Institute for Arts, Media and Computer Games at Abertay University, said: “We're very pleased that Wacom is sponsoring Dare to be Digital again this year as an important partner by providing the competition with fantastic equipment for designing games, as well as supporting the Dare with Bamboo competition.
 
“Dare to be Digital is all about giving exceptional students from around the world the opportunity to build a game, gain recognition from the industry and present their game to the public at the Dare ProtoPlay games festival in August.”
 
Visit to register or find further information about the Dare with Bamboo competition.