This is entirely wonderful. I've been banging on about marketing and supporting your game for years now. With what seems like little effect. So it was a real pleasure to find an excellent piece, written by the very smart Kristina Seznec, about helping the team at Lucky Frame with their press and marketing. You can …
Siege Games – Little Shocks
If you've been paying attention over the last week, you'll have spotted our latest, rather splendid banner, which comes from Siege Games, a new outfit in Dundee, founded by two former Abertay graduates - and a current student. The company is hard at work on a new title, Little Shocks, a game which challenges players …
Courier Business Awards Looking For Digital Entries
The Courier, independent broadsheet of note for the globally acknowledged tech cluster of Dundee has teamed up with accountancy wizards Henderson Loggie has launched a Business Awards competition, aimed at companies operating within it's 'patch' of Dundee, Tayside, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Angus, Perthshire and Means (look it up). The competition is aimed at finding local businesses …
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TRC Seeking Digital Media Project Manager
You may not have come across Glasgow's TRC media yet. The company is a charitable organisation, which delivers research and training programmes to the television, interactive and wider creative industries. Like it or not, the reality is that digital and interactive media is fundamentally changing almost every aspect of the creative world. From the way …
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Win Big With Game Maker – $35,000 In Prizes For Windows 8 Games
Dundee's YoYo Games, the company behind the Game Maker development software has launched a competition to reward developers creating games for Windows 8. If you're not familiar with Game Maker, it's a simple development platform, which allows anyone from the age of around 9 to build games, without having to know how to code, or …
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BAFTA PLAY – Glasgow, May 8th…
BAFTA PLAY is the first EVER BAFTA Scotland games event. It's taking place on WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY at Glasgow Caledonian University's Saltire Centre, kicking off at 6:30pm. It gives visitors from the film, television and games industries, a chance to meet and see the winners of this year's BAFTA New Talent Awards and the Scottish …
Minecraft Goes Retro. On A Disk, In A Box, On A Shelf, In A Shop…
The phenomenon which is Minecraft has taken the Xbox by storm. By the end of March 2013, IGN reported that sales had passed 6,000,000 copies. It's the fastest selling Xbox Live game of all time, the biggest selling Xbox Live game of all time and the Xbox version became profitable less than 24 hours after …
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Develop Award Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 2013 Develop awards have been announced, with a smattering of Scottish companies appearing in the list of 20 categories... Best use of narrative - The 39 Steps (Story Mechanics) Technical innovation - Game Maker (YoYo Games) Engine - GameMaker (YoYo Games) Creative contribution, Audio - Savalas Sound Creative contribution, Visuals - …
Scottish Women In Games – Launch Event
The brand new Scottish Women In Games group is holding it's inaugural event tomorrow evening at the DCA in Dundee. The group was created to support, highlight and address the issue of women currently working in the interactive industry, as well as encourage more women and girls to consider a career in the games sector. …