The University of Abertay in Dundee today launched The Code Bar, a new service which allows game prototypes created by students to be purchased by developers and publishers who wish to complete them and take them to market. The goal of the project is to unlock valuable intellectual property created by students at Abertay University and …
New Look, New Logo
You may already have been enjoying the all new Scottish Games Network logo. The crisp clean lines, the reassuring solidity of the cube and the clever integration of the three primary letters 'S', 'G' and 'N' into the structure of the logo itself. It contains no gradients - the kiss of death for any logo …
Scottish Games Lounge: Live At Digital 2013
We've mentioned the forthcoming Digital 2013 event a couple of times now: connecting Scotland's digital and creative industries - talks, workshops, exhibitors - all the things you'd hope to see at a show focusing on technology, digital media and the creative industries. Now there's a new element within Digital 2013 - the Scottish Games Lounge... …
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Pixels On Toast Is Up To Something…
This arrived in Inboxes earlier this week. It's from Pixels On Toast, creators of the critically acclaimed Food Run and Word Crasher. They are clearly working on something. The question is... what? Something about a monorail? A zip? Quite a flat castle? We don't know. Founder, Kevin Ng, is something of an elusive figure, combining …
Guerilla Tea Publishes Game Created By Teens With Learning Disabilities
Ambitious Dundee-based developer Guerilla Tea organised and ran two workshops for teenagers with learning disabilities earlier this year. They've already shared some of their experiences here on SGN... The goal of the workshop was to show that creating games and working within the games industry is far more open and inclusive than many people might …
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Scotland IS Reports Skills Gap Looming In Scottish Software Sector
A recent report from software trade body, Scotland IS predicts that Scotland is facing a serious shortage of qualified staff within the digital media sector: Among the skills in greatest demand are software and web development, required by 66% of those who took part in the survey, with commercial and business skills sought by 53% …
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Develop Awards – Open For Entries
If you're a game developer, in the UK or Europe and working on games, then you may be interested to know that the 2013 Develop awards are now open for entries and intense, hand-core lobbying. Categories are gratifyingly broad and incorporate categories which will benefit every type of development studio, from the smallest indie through …
Name Hairy Dare
Let's say, hypothetically, you were at technically-minded wizard of interactive wonder. As all technically-minded wizards of interactive wonder, you have a ludicrously adorable little ball of fluff as a pet, confident and familiar. It's cuter than an Aibo, simpler to look after and doesn't need to be fed oil and paper, or have it's switch …
Want To Get Ahead? Get A Dapper Hat: Why Dare Matters…
Guest editorial from Dapper Hat Games' Ronan Quigley: Dapper Hat Games are a group of Abertay students who initially formed as a five person team consisting of Charlie McFadden, Stuart Martin, Nikita Bewley, Eilis Armstrong and Ronan Quigley for the purposes of applying to last year’s Dare to Be Digital competition, encompassing a mix of …
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Abertay Team Competing In ‘Make Something Unreal’ Competition Final
Epic Games’ Make Something Unreal Live is an international game development competition open to full time students at universities and colleges across Europe. 22 teams, comprised of over 170 students submitted game concepts which based on the theme “Mendelian inheritance: genetics and genomics” which spans concepts such as variation, mutation and other behaviors of the human genome. …
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