Ubisoft Gamelab Competition
Students have 10 weeks to deliver a playable video game prototype that follows a theme, guidelines, and constraints given by a jury of Ubisoft professionals.
Each team can count on the support of two mentors from Ubisoft studios in Montreal, Quebec City and Saguenay. At the end of the competition, the jury selects winners in various categories and awards $22,000 in scholarships.
After winning the 2018 edition with our game Minors, I started mentoring other teams in an official capacity as a Ubisoft Mentor from 2021 to now.
As a mentor, my role is to enable students to achieve what they set out to do. Giving advice on design, and more, to get the best out of their ideas and the time they have to create their prototype.
Every year, I learn something new about mentoring students and how to better communicate feedback and advice.
Mentored Projects
Dream Painters (2024)
Dream Painters is a top down roguelike game where 2 players have to cooperate to create a circle with their respective trails around negative throughts to vanquish them.
Fellow Mentor: Pascal Dagenais
Best Artistic Direction Award Winner
Best Game Prototype Award Winner
Neon Racer (2023)
Neon racer is a game about speed. Do crazy stunts with your car to build boost and use it to escape the police.
Fellow Mentor: Pascal Dagenais
Audience Choice Award Winner
Snowfort Showdown (2022)
In Snow Fort Showdown, you play a group of friends in elementary school who decide to do a snowfight during recess. Collect snow to throw it at the other team while trying to destroy their snow fort.
Fellow Mentor: Pascal Dagenais
Best Artistic Direction Award Winner
Magnetrip (2021)
Best Game Design Award Winner
Using their unique powers, two magnetic bunnies must work together to navigate the world as they solve puzzles on their journey.
Fellow Mentor: Pascal Dagenais