Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Yaldi Games, a new game development studio has claimed the Converge Creative Challenge prize at the 2020 Converge awards. Elena Höge, a Design and Digital Media Masters graduate from the University of Edinburgh, and the founder of Yaldi, won the award for its first title, Wholesome, an original new game which focuses on foraging real-world …
A new report from the Data-Driven Initiative (DDI) has highlighted the value of data to businesses working within the creative industries, and outlined a number of ways in which creators, practitioners and companies can use data more effectively. While the white paper is focused on the creative industries within the Edinburgh city and region deal …
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Dundee could be the home of a new 4,000 seat esports arena, based at the city's waterfront, following an agreement between the Dundee city council and the Northern Lights Arena Company (NLAE).
Make Your Games Business Better: Two new courses offering vital creative business skills to Scotland's freelancers, founders, startups and small businesses have launched. Find out more here.
A development update from the team at Game DR on the development of their game to help educate children and young people about Covid-19.
Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development International have organised a webinar to discuss Scotland's games ecosystem. Featuring speakers from 4J Studios, Abertay University, Epic Games & the UK Games Fund
InGAME Insights is a new series of events hosted by Creative Dundee, in partnership with InGAME. The series will focus on the future of Dundee’s creative sector, with a focus on games and interactivity. While building a successful games business can be tough, 2020 has been particularly challenging for those working and starting out in …
What does it take to run a successful crowdfunding campaign? A new online event from RGU will hear from two successful entrepreneurs and crowdfunding company Seedrs on how to plan and run a campaign which works.
The University of Abertay has been awarded £276K as part of the 'From Isolation to Inclusion' project, which will explore how technology can help tackle loneliness and social isolation.
There are big changes afoot at the Scottish Games Network. Find out more about what's in the pipeline from the founder and editor, Brian Baglow