There are less than ten tickets left for the 2013 Dare+ workshop. It's an intensive one day workshop exploring every aspect of starting and running a game development studio. It's easier now than at any point in history to build and release a game, but achieving long-term, sustainable success is more difficult. Dare+ is running …
Jesse Schell To Speak At Dare To Be Digital 2013 (and the EIF)
We've been promising, teasing, tantalising and feeding little bits of information about this to the industry for the last several months, but we are now thrilled, delighted and quietly chuffed to confirm that world-renowned game design expert Jesse Schell is to speak at the Dare ProtoPlay festival in Dundee, as part of Dare Indie Fest... AND …
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Cross Creative 2013 Now Open – You Need To Do This People…
Cross Creative is one of those amazing, unique and pioneering projects that you can't quite believe exists. It's supported by several major organisations including Channel 4, Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprise and over the last several years, it has included participants from many of the country's leading game developers, animators, technology companies and creative studios. …
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Cancer Research Appoints Guerilla Tea To Build World’s First Mobile Game To Seek Cancer Cures
Here's a story which makes us excited to be part of an industry which is leading the way into the future and shows there's far more to 'games' than most people would credit... Guerilla Tea is a development studio based in Dundee. The company has worked on a number of altruistic projects in the recent …
FREE Game Soundtrack Pack – Get Your AudioSkin SFX NOW
In addition to be extraordinarily talented, the team at Euphonious are also extraordinarily generous. To celebrate the company's involvement in this year's Dare to be Digital competition, Euphonious is offering EVERY company the opportunity to download and use AUDIOSKINS sound effects, entirely free of charge. Visit the AudioSkins catalogue and browse/download to your heart's content... …
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Dundee Careers Fair – October 2013
An invitation to employers from the University of Dundee... I am delighted to invite you to the 2013 Dundee Careers Fair which takes place on Wednesday 23rd October 2013 in the Bonar Hall, University of Dundee from 11 am to 2.30 pm. The fair is open to all our students and graduates, regardless of level of study …
MolyJam Spreads Over Scotland
Jam! Jams! Not the fruit preserve, but the short form competitions for designers and developers, which allow, enable and encourage freeform jazz-like game creation. They've been springing up all over the shop, baby. From primary school children to charity, from professional developers to first timers, jams are becoming a phenomenon around the world, with Scotland …
Mini Games Jam – Read All About It
Amanda Wilson has written up a great summary of the one day mini game jam which took place last week, for primary school children. Amanda covers the whole process from design to development and judging. The whole entry is worth a read and shows exactly why games design and development is so important for kids, …
New From Stormcloud: Mr Shingu’s Paper Zoo – Out NOW For iOS
In an app store awash with clones, copies and tired retreads of existing genres, originality is all too rare. Games can quite easily aim for instant mainstream acceptance, losing any real identity in their race for the lowest common denominator, or can be defiantly aimed at 'real' gamers, so bullet holes and orcs abound. Which …
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Codeplay Software Form New R&D Division
Around the world there are research centres, hidden bases and laboratories known for their cutting- edge research and development: Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is but one famous example of a company hothousing innovation and research. Closer to home, Codeplay Software has today announced the formation of its own new R&D division. Led by Codeplay’s Head …