Students from the University of Brighton have collaborated with a professor at Stanford University, California, and his autistic daughter to create a new mobile game.

Marcus Brooks, 23, a third year BSc Computer Science (Games) student at the University of Brighton, has founded Greedy Gull Studios with classmates Matt Manser, 21, Joseph Loe, 20, and Matej Navara, 21, to create games for mobile phones.

The music for their first official game, which will be released on Saturday, December 7, is composed by American student, Chika Shimojima, 21, with the support of her father, Professor Atsushi Shimojima, 51, who is a visiting scholar at Stanford.

Mr Brooks said: “Our supervisor, Andrew Blake, met Professor Shimojima and helped set up the collaboration.

"Chika has composed some great music for the game which really adds to the fun.”

Course leader Andrew Blake, 45, said: “Atsushi and his daughter, who is regarded as a savant, have a particular interest in designing music for computer games.”

Greedy Gull Studios’ first game is entitled Super Awesome Line Game and is best-described as a cross between Snake and Tron.

The goal of the game is to navigate an ever-growing line around sharp corners at ever-increasing speed, without crashing.

Mr Blake said of the game: “It’s great! I think it is a quirky, frivolous bit of fun that quickly engrosses the player; exactly what such casual games should be.”

Miss Shimojima is a musical prodigy who, despite having autism spectrum disorder, is the driving force behind Chika-Pro, the production company she runs with her father.

Professor Shimojima said: “Chika has tremendous musical talent so we created this production group to connect her music to society.

"This is the first time Chika-Pro has collaborated with students from Brighton University.”

He added: “We are hoping to keep up the collaboration for further projects.”

Course leader Mr Blake is pleased with the project his students have created and said: “I think Greedy Gull is doing a fantastic job. I hope that they set a benchmark from which students in the future will be able to follow their own entrepreneurial aspirations.”

Super Awesome Line Game is released on Saturday, December 7 and will be available to download for free on Android and iOS.