The recently created University of the West of Scotland Game Development Society recently held its first ever Game Jam. Taking place from 31st January - 2nd February 2014, the jam was organised by Martin Grant and Stephen Mcgroarty of the UWS Games Dev Society. The jam pulled in Computer Games Technology and Computer Games Development students …
OUT NOW: Tap To Flap (iOS & Android)
After the incredulity, disbelief, shock, confusion, growing anger, dismissal, disdain, death threats and disappearance, followed by thousands upon thousands of words analysing and explaining away the unexpected success of Flappy Bird, the truth is that we still don't know the truth. We don't know why the game succeeded like it did. Why, out of the …
…And Then It Was Over – Game In Scotland 2014
That was fun... Game In Scotland took place on Saturday afternoon. This year's event moved out of the grim and slightly sticky Fat Sam's nightclub, which had been its home for the last eight years and moved it into the spring sunshine in Abertay University's brand new games centre of excellence. The 2014 Game In …
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OUT NOW Gridlock On Gamestick
Ludometrics has been busy. The company is hard at work on its new PS Vita game, Bodycheck. The second part of the teams' developer diary is now live and online over on The Vita Lounge website. Ludometrics has also just announced that it's retro arena shooter Gridlock is now available for the new GameStick micro …
OUT NOW – Paper Ocean – Aquatic Origami Awesome Showers From Stormcloud
In 2013, the team at Stormcloud unleashed Mr Shingu's Paper Zoo, a brand new and original origami game, created for the latest generation of touch screen tablets and smartphones. The game allowed children, families and players of all ages to fold and create a whole menagerie of animals such as lions, pandas and hippopotamuses, before …
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Europe’s Largest PlayStation Teaching Lab Opens At Abertay University
Scotland is an awesome place to study game design, development and production. The country boasts four universities producing games graduates, along with two schools of art and seven colleges offering game development HNC and HNDs. The pioneer in Scotland's academic landscape is Dundee's Abertay university, which created the world's first Computer Games degree, the Dare …
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Moray Game Jam – Open For Entries
Entries are now open for the Moray Game Jam. Scotland (and the UK's) most northerly jam EVER takes place on the 14th - 16th of March at the University of the Highlands and Islands' Moray College. Teams are being sought to design and create a new and original game in only 48 hours. The prize …
Give Game Of Glens The Go!
Ruffian's Game Of Glens is in the final throes of Square Enix's new Collective crowd-sourcing programme. The game is one of three titles which may receive funding and publishing through the Final Fantasy/Tomb Raider publisher. Visitors to the Square Enix website can vote for one of three projects they'd like to see proceed to full …
Artists: Zapcoder Wants You
Artists: Looking for a way to build your portfolio, or get your work out and into games? Got a whole stack of sprites you created for an old project which never got off the ground? Zapcoder, the Glasgow-based company which is creating an app which will allow anyone to build and create their own games …
Robot Overlord Picked For Chartboost Boot Camp
Scotland's Robot Overlord Games is one of only nine teams worldwide to be accepted into the Chartboost University programme, being held in San Francisco in March 2014. The programme is an intensive one week training regime created specifically for companies working in the video games industry. It includes lectures, mentoring and visits to local companies. …
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