IGDA Scotland has announced its next event - and it's a big one. On Tuesday 8th of July, in association with Abertay University, the organisation is giving everyone who cares to come, a chance to hear from Ed Fries. If you've not heard of Ed before, he has been developing video games for more than thirty years. …
Announcing the noPILLS Game Jam
Like the wider industry, game jams are evolving. A number of jams, hacks and codeathons in the last few years have moved beyond the idea of merely creating content in a ridiculously short space of time and have instead focused on using data in new ways, or crowd-sourcing news ideas to help solve specific issues. The …
Develop Live – Edinburgh
Attention Scotland! In October this year, the first ever Develop Live event will take place in Edinburgh on October 2nd 2014. The one-day conference will comprise of a series of lectures and panels covering both international issues and matters close to the Scottish games development sector. On-stage content will be curated by the editorial team, making this …
BAFTA Scotland Masterclass – Axis Animation
BAFTA Scotland has created an animation masterclass featuring Axis Animation's Creative Director Stuart Aitken. The session will look at the creative processes behind successful projects such as Halo 4: Spartan Ops and the award-winning trailer for horror video game, Dead Island. According to Axis: A certified industry veteran with well over a decade of experience wrangling amazing visuals …
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Saturday Night Lectures Presents Chris van der Kuyl
As part of Dundee University's ongoing series of Saturday evening lectures, Chris van der Kuyl, the man behind VIS and 4J Studios, will be speaking on the 31st of May at the Dalhousie Building from 18:00-19:30. Chris is a highly experienced entrepreneur and chairman of both the Tayforth Group and 4J Studios. His expertise combines start-up, development …
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IGDA Scotland To Hold Mini Game Jam For Primary School Kids
IGDA Scotland has announced its first ever Mini Game Jam, focused on primary school children. The organisation is working with researcher Amanda Wilson, who has worked for the last three years, with primary school age children, using the programming language Scratch. Amanda recognised a real need for younger children to be given the chance to …
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IGDA Scholarships For E3
Daniel Waine, a recent graduate from University of West Scotland's Games Technology program has been awarded one of the prestigious IGDA Scholarships to attend E3 in Los Angeles next month. This means he'll be attending the show as an industry insider, gaining special access both on and off the show floor, receive one-on-one mentorship from …
Fly High And Huggy – Chunk Working With BBC On First Cross-Channel Game
The BBC has announced its first ever cross-channel game, Fly-High And Huggy for CBBC and CBeebies. The games will be available across PC, mobile and tablet. This is the BBC’s first brand designed to appeal to both CBeebies and CBBC audiences – bridging the gap between the two Children’s channels. The cross-platform games will be supported …
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Arduino Starters Book – IndieGoGo Now LIVE
You're aware of Arduino, right? It's the open source, electronics prototyping platform which lets artists, hobbyists and people who are not electronic engineers build and make things. It's rather awesome. Scotland's Mark Geddes s an old school programmer and Arduino fan. He's also a maker. And quite possibly, soon to be an author. Mark has …
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Last Chance – Tax Breaks Workshop
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE to come along to tomorrow's Tax Breaks roadshow organised by UKIE and the Scottish Games Network. Tickets are FREE and available through Eventbrite. The workshop takes place at TECHCUBE, Summerhall in central Edinburgh, starting at 6pm. Speakers: Moses Nyachae, Saffery Champness (tax advice) Anna Mansi, BFI (cultural test advice) Paul Gardner, Osborne …