CI Lab: Games Go Guerilla

Games Go Guerilla? What does that even mean? Well, hopefully it’s an event which will showcase some of Scotland’s most interesting, innovative and intriguing indies – as part of the Beyond Festival.

TIGA Reports Scottish Industry Growth

TIGA has released new data indicating growth of 17% in employment within the games industry in Scotland between November 2018 and April 2020.

How to Make Data Fundamental to Your Future

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 …

Make Your Games Business Better

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.

Twitch: 5 Billion Hours Watched in 3 Months

It’s not just playing videogames that’s grown during the pandemic lockdown. Streaming has also benefitted with a huge rise in viewers. Market leader Twitch experienced 5 billion hours of viewing in only three months.

RPGLite: Roleplay Research Required

RPGLite is a free mobile game created by PhD students to help gather data into the way people play and learn games.

Help them out and try the game now – for Apple & Android phones (it’s ad-free too!)

Designing With Data Event Reveals Full Speaker Lineup

The full speaker lineup for next month’s Designing With Data: The Future of Videogames event has been announced. The keynote presentation will be from Dr Luke Dicken, the Director of Applied AI at Zynga, where …

Designing With Data – The Future of Videogames

What role does data play in designing, developing and running the world’s leading videogames? Data science company Effini has partnered with InGAME, the innovation centre for games and media enterprise in Dundee, to discuss and …

EVENT: Scotland’s Space & Creative Industries Collide

Scotland’s space technology sector is one of the country’s most exciting and innovative new industries. From microsat manufacturing and software to a growing number of space data companies and even rocket engine manufacturers, Scotland is …