The line-up of games which will be shown at the Dare to be Digital Protoplay Indie Festival has been announced. It's looking awesome... There are over twenty new games in the showcase, including those developed by the Dare+ masterclass and titles from Abertay university's Mprof students. There's a great mix of local companies and developers, …
The Most Awesome Games Event In The World. Ever.
It may seem like there's a LOT going on in August. EIF is coming, Dare is rapidly Protoplying (yes, Protoplying) into something of real significance and now, the Turing Festival has a half day of interactive entertainment thought leaders, luminaries and speakers, all appearing in Edinburgh on the 23rd of August, for the astonishing price …
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Dare ProtoPlay Indie Fest Programme Confirmed – Wow!
The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be rather busy. We're not talking about the Olym-ic-, or the opportunity to be die of exposure at a picnic. We're talking about the games goodness and the head-to-head smackdown taking place between the incumbent Edinburgh Interactive Festival and the plucky upstart of Dare Protoplay and it's …
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Edinburgh Interactive Festival Programme
The final line-up for the 2012, tenth anniversary Edinburgh Interactive Festival has been announced. It's a who's-who of significant industry experts and innovative interactive loveliness. This year's keynote speaker is Seamus Blackley, who's looking into “The Future of Fun”. This promises to be an informative and insightful discourse regarding the future we are launched into, by …
New Event For Digital Media & Interactive Start-Ups
Dare+ is the brand new workshop for new companies in the digital media and interactive sectors. Created as part of the increasingly epic Dare to be Digital ProtoPlay 2012, Dare+ offers 20 participants a month long masterclass in building a creative business, covering everything from protecting your IP to finding finance. There's even an expert …
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Dare to be Digital – Indie Games Festival
If you're a regular reader of Scottishgames, then you'll be familiar with Dare to be Digital. The competition is unique and offers teams of students a chance to experience the sharp end of the creative process like no other event. Even better, the competition culminates in the Protoplay event. Three days of demonstrating the (hopefully) …
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EIF – Pitch A Game, Impress A Dragon, Get In Free
A week or so back, we mentioned that this year's Edinburgh Interactive Festival would feature a session called Thare Be Dragons, in which young, hopeful, aspiring game developers would pitch ideas to a panel of industry heavyweights, mavens and Simon Cowell-esque judges, in an effort to win the approbation and a bucket of free (pretend) …
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Governments Tax Breaks Consultancy – Get Involved
The government's proposed tax breaks system for the interactive industry has generally been considered a good thing. The devil, however, is in the details. Many developers are at least partially suspicious that the government will grant tax relief only to meda corporations, or make the process so hideously complex and tied into a spurious sense …
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Turing Festival, Edinburgh, August 2012
There's a new event in town. IN 2011, the first ever Turing Festival was held in Edinburgh. It was an eclectic blend of technology, digital media, design, interactive elements and featured some seriously good speakers (including your editor, at the last minute, after a VC fled...) Now the Turing Festival is back for 2012. The …
Interactive Scotland – Investment Masterclass – Glasgow, Thursday 14th June
Attention CEOs, MDs and entrepreneurs, Interactive Scotland is hosting an investment masterclass at Hillington Innovation Centre on Thursday 14th of June for companies exploring funding opportunities... Taking place from 9am-4pm, tickets are still available from Eventbrite. Speakers include: Ian McDougall, McDougall Johnstone – Getting your business Investor Ready Alan Bain - Scottish Investment Bank - Equity and debt finance …
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