Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
A nation divided. Two opposing sides, united by a love of their country, yet torn asunder by irreconcilable differences and notions of what it means to be 'an American'. Ideology, political wrangling and corruption descending into hostility, conflict and open warfare... Not the forthcoming US elections, sadly, but the American civil war. A period of …
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If the weary burden of everyday life, personal decision making and taking responsibility for the hopeless mediocrity of your unexceptional, talentless little life is getting you down - or if you're a Hollywood A lister with pots of money and an increasingly anxious partner - then perhaps you should consider seeking guidance. Yes, guidance. From …
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Outpost Defense, the latest iOS release from the team at Dynamo Games has been created on conjunction with Scottish film production company Black Camel Pictures. Based on the newly released movie: Outpost II: Black Sun, which was released last weekend at Fright Fest, the game is part of a whole transmedia experience which features Nazi Zombies. Thousands …
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You may remember that Scottishgames recently introduced Steve Hammond into the fray as a guest columnist, giving you insightful and surprising tidbits into the Scottish game industry's origins. We've also had the wonderful Phil Harris reporting from this year's Edinburgh Interactive, reporting the gig like you were actually there! Now we add a new guest …
We are, of course, entirely objective here at Scottishgames. We love all of the developers and games companies in Scotland without favouritism or preference. There are a few companies though, who do get us quite excited when we hear they're working on a new game. We were lucky enough to see Bad Hotel in development, during an …
More muscles, more sweat, more grappling, grabbing, trash talking, chair slamming, pile driving, masks, trunks, mullets and MAYHEM. Yes, Wrestling Manager, the inaugural title from Serious Parody has been updated and iterated and improved and adds more moves, modes and umm, mayhem than EVER BEFORE... Wrestling Manager has been tweaked, updated and changed based on …
Back from lunch and into the fray with Are Computer Games Art? Chris Bateman @SpiralChris International Hobo and Ren Reynolds (@RenZephyr) Virtual Policy Network got a good response from the audience. Hell, yes! We thought computer games were art. Hosted by Ren, he posed the question to Chris who started with Ernst Gombrich’s Meditations …
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The team at eeGeo has broken cover and has a product out - LIVE - on the market, which utilises their rather awesome mapping technology. Recce London is an interactive map, which does a lot of the usual things we've become accustomed to, thanks to Google. Zooming, rotating, overlays showing local bars/restaurants/you name it... However, …
One problem which has plagued the evolution of music is the almost complete lack of instruments which can be played solely with the nose. Aside from the Polynesian Nose Flute (and arguably the drums) there are few dedicated instruments which don't leave the player concussed, bleeding and broken. Plus the nose flute, if you think …
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Moops is a brand new game for iOS which is out NOW. Today in fact. We've mentioned Moops in the past, when Tahir, the MD of Red Radiant, gave the world a sneak preview of Moops at the Game In Scotland event. We were excited then. Now, the completed game looks fabulous. As you'd expect …