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"The &amp;#039;Off the Map&amp;#039; student competition has returned for a second year. Inspired by vampires, graveyards and Gothic horror, the new competition is a collaboration between Crytek, the British Library and Nottingham Trent University&amp;#039;s annual GameCity festival.  It will challenge degree-level computer programmers and game designers from across the UK to develop gaming-based entries using Crytek&amp;#039;s CryEngine technology. Participants can use content from the following themes, which are connected with the British Library&amp;#039;s exhibition:  \u2022 Engravings and drawings of Whitby, North Yorkshire - used by Bram Stoker as a setting in his classic horror story Dracula.  \u2022 Edgar Allan Poe&amp;#039;s 1842 Gothic short story The Masque of the Red Death.  \u2022 Fonthill Abbey - the once-stunning 18th-century country house in Wiltshire, of which only a fragment remains today.  &amp;quot;Possibilities for competition entries are endless, really,&amp;quot; said GameCity director Iain Simons. &amp;quot;They might follow a traditional format of adventure or shoot &amp;#039;em up, or come up with a three-dimensional fly-through simulation.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;Judges will be looking for the most innovative and interesting ways to interpret the British Library exhibits.&amp;quot; The first &amp;#039;Off the Map&amp;#039; launched in 2013 and tasked participants with recreating maps from the British Library&amp;#039;s cartographic collections. Pudding Lane Productions won first prize in last year&amp;#039;s competition. Watch a video showcasing the studio&amp;#039;s victorious project below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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