Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
BAFTA Scotland's New Talent awards is an annual competition which recognises work from students, or those just entering the film, television and games industries. The competition has categories for actors, animators, sound designers, writers, directors, producers and of course game developers. New Talent is a unique celebration of emerging talent within the screen industries. It's …
Continue reading "BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards Nominees Announced"
October 2014 promises something new and awesome for gamers in Scotland. Game Expo Scotland is an entirely new event, being held in Edinburgh's International Conference Centre. The event takes place on October 4th and 5th 2014. The organisers are promising a selection of Triple A console titles from the world's biggest publishers, an indie zone …
Microsoft, Nokia and Unity are hosting a series of Porting Days across the UK, with one taking place in Glasgow on Saturday 29th of March at the Glasgow School of Art's Digital Design Studio, at The Hub, Pacific Quay. Attendees will receive a token for free registration to the Microsoft App Store. According to Microsoft: …
That's it. It's over. The first ever Moray Game Jam which is, as we may have pointed out, the most northerly game jam yet to take place in the UK, is all over. They came, they coded, they had pizza. Nine games were created. It was, by general acclaim, awesome. The theme of Ied The …
It's Saturday afternoon. The first ever Moray game jam has just past the first 24 hours and all nine teams are powering into their projects. The theme of the jam, is it changed the world and many of the teams have taken this in directions of inventions, medical discoveries or indeed the total destruction of …
Continue reading "Moray Game Jam – Saturday: Runners & Riders"
The Moray Game Jam, UK's most northerly game jam kicked off this afternoon, with over 40 competitors, split between nine teams, taking part in the first ever Jam to be held in Elgin's Moray College. The teams have 48 hours to create something epic, based around the theme of 'it changed the world', chosen thanks …
Like a cute, unnaturally passive, animated bear with a calendar conflict, WeeWorld are opening their doors once more to developers and business leaders working in the mobile space to talk trends, tech and business with the rest of the industry in Scotland. TL;DR When? - Friday, 14th of March Where? - 19 Blythswood Square, Glasgow …
Continue reading "Glasgow Mobile Breakfast Rises from Hibernation"
We want to reach those with a shared interest in how technology and open data could improve life for those living and working in Glasgow. People with imagination, vision and enthusiasm to collaborate and develop innovative ideas using open data and technology that could improve life for those living and working in Glasgow and have …
Continue reading "Rewired State’s National HACK THE GOVERNMENT Camp"
Scottish Development International is holding a market awareness event focusing on Doing Business in China 2014. It takes place in Edinburgh on Thursday 6th March 2014. The event should be particularly useful for companies taking part in the proposed Scottish pavilion at ChinaJoy (July 2014). The seminar is free and will be hosted by SDI, supported by CBBC (China …
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 …
Continue reading "…And Then It Was Over – Game In Scotland 2014"