Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The call for for GCAP 2020 speakers is now open. Designers, developers and industry people from around the world can now submit concepts, ideas and topics for inclusion in the event programme which takes place on 5 - 7 October. GCAP is the annual conference for the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA), the industry …
The full programme for the XPO North 2020 creative industries festival has been announced. Tickets are free and available now.
Abertay’s School of Design & Informatics is no stranger to success. This March, their undergrad games degrees were named best in Europe - for the sixth year in a row. And now, their entire Graduate Show can be viewed online.
The first ever Interface 9, the virtual version of the popular Game|Dev|Drinks events, took place last Wedneday (May 6). Featuring an excellent line-up of speakers from across the industry, it was a chance for attendees to learn more about topics such as influencers, funding, self care and the Epic ecosystem. Organised, by Colin Macdonald, the …
Friday Forums - A new weekly showcase for Scottish creatives - is now open for applications from creatives in all sectors and forms of practice.
There's a new games industry event in Scotland and by joining in, you'll be able to help the NHS. Organised by the amazing Colin MacDonald and based upon his equally amazing Game|Dev|Drinks events, Interface 9 will pull together 9 x people from the games industry and give them each 10 minutes for a searing and …
While this year's Xpo North may have fallen prey to the ongoing lockdown, the team behind Scotland's best creative industries festival has been hard at work moving much of the programme online. Dave Taylor, one of the team at id software, (self described as the 'spackle coder') responsible for Doom and Quake, is holding a …
AI In Videogames: Chris van der Kuyl, Chair of 4J Studios answers questions about the use of AI in videogames as part of the (online) 2020 Edinburgh Science Festival
UPDATE: BAFTA GURU LIVE EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED Statement from BAFTA Scotland: We’ve come to the difficult decision to cancel our upcoming Guru Live Glasgow event on Saturday 28 March. We have been monitoring the advice from the government but as well as this, we have had to take into account speaker availability, attendance and …
UPDATE: EVENT CANCELLED As GDC succumbs to the next major international event to be cancelled thanks to fears over the Corona virus, the good people at the SGDA have got your back. The organisation is holding an event at InGAME in Dundee on the 16th March, offering a series of rapid-fire Microtalks, focused on a …