In the most recent issue of Develop, the industry magazine for the creators of video games, there's a regional focus piece looking at the games sector in Scotland. The piece pulls in quotes from a number of companies, including Rockstar North, Tag, eeGeo, Denki and YoYo Games. The article explores the impact on the games... Continue Reading →
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young game designer, in possession of a good idea, tends to do nothing with it. Â Ever. Â Except in the pub, when they moan to friends that they can't get funding, that games don't make money these days and that now they've mentioned it aloud, it will be... Continue Reading →
A week ago, the second Turing Festival took place in Edinburgh. Â The inaugural event in 2011 was astonishingly good. Â Diverse, eclectic and expert, it pulled in speakers and participants from a huge range of disciplines and, almost uniquely, seemed to focus on a speaker's ability and knowledge, rather than job title or employer. I spent... Continue Reading →
The team behind the Scottish Game Jam is back, with a new event and a new opportunity to create innovative games, but this time it's for a cause even more worthy than 'fun'. Jamming 4 Small Change is focused on the lives of young carers and incorporates them into the whole development process. Â Children -... Continue Reading →
The Scottish Games Jam is the local outpost of the massive Global Game Jam - an annual competition which challenges teams to build an original new game in only 48 hours. Organised by the Independent Game Developers Association, the global games jam has run since 2008. Â Last year, the jam attracted over 6,500 competitors, in... Continue Reading →
Breaking news this morning. Â The extraordinary posse at Proper Games are having a festive games jam. Â The company has split into SIX competing factions or TEAMS, who will now do battle to design and develop a brand new GAME in a matter of mere hours. Proper has created a Facebook page, which will chronicle the... Continue Reading →
Audio experts Euphonious has launched a brand new service aimed at independent developers, animators, film makers and other creatives, in need of professional, affordable audio for their new game/film/animation/other. AudioSkins offers a range of complete 'packs', which can be browsed (by audio style or game genre, cleverly), previewed, purchased and immediately downloaded. According to the... Continue Reading →
YoYo's latest release, Pollushot, is a simple physics-based puzzler in which the player must use a slingshot to stop fiendish pirates polluting the skies and take them DOWN! Pollushot takes YoYo's multi-format strategy forward, with a simultaneous release on both iOS (with optimisation for the iPad 1&2) and Android devices. The game features unlockable achievements... Continue Reading →
Creative Scotland, the organisation for promoting and supporting the creative arts (yes, all of them) in Scotland (oddly enough) has joined TIGA, the indepdenent game developers association. Creative Scotland emerged from the ashes of the Scottish Arts Council, which looked after the traditional 'arts', and Scottish Screen, which looked after film, television and latterly, games... Continue Reading →
YoYo Games has launched its brand new - and very slick - website. Â The new site outlines all of the company's activities, from the hugely popular Game Maker app, through to the online community of game makers and games, as well as the more recent publishing arm. YoYo has created a greal deal of momentum... Continue Reading →
