Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
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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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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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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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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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 …
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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The 2012 Edinburgh Interactive Festival has been notable thus far for the stealthy nature of its programming. There are wonderful things happening, but they've chosen not to share them with you until they've been buffed to a mirror sheen and had extra special sprinkles added. Now that glamour, and zest has been finalised and the …
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Regular readers of industry bible, Scottishgames.net will know that we're fans of BAFTA In Scotland. They're a good bunch, who do much to support the screen industries in Scotland and who are genuinely trying to incorporate more interactive and games content into their programme, as well as building up membership in the games sector. Membership …
Engage Invest Exploit is an event run by Edinburgh University's globally respected School of Informatics, which offers start-up companies the opportunity to showcase their work to an audience of investors, business experts (and your editor, since the rest of the media gives not a fig). It's an event which is often overlooked and tends to …
The Prototype Fund, administered by the University of Abertay in Dundee has helped a wide range of digital media companies get started with grants of £25,000 and access to facilities and students from the university's numerous games courses. The next round of funding is due in the very near future and the prototype team are …