Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Glasgow Independent Games Festival is a celebration of indie games brought to you by Hairy Heart Games & Hubworld - the team behind the Southside Games Festival. The new indie-centric event builds on that to deliver a bigger, better - and possibly weirder - event for 2024. According to the organisers: "We pride ourselves …
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The Indielab Games 2024 accelerator programme is off to a flying start with a cohort of ten game studios from across the UK. The studios taking part in this year's accelerator are Dragon Scale Studios, Rat Magic Games, Space Colony Studios, Evil Owl Studios, DragonfiAR Limited, Deadhead Games, Neon Wave Studios, Konglomorate Games, Madd Studio …
Unveiling the hard truths of starting a video games company: A guide for startups Henderson Loggie, the Dundee-based accounting and tax advisory firm which has supported games and game-related companies for over three decades, has released a comprehensive guide tailored for videogame start-ups. With insights from industry veterans, it offers actionable tips to turn a …
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Applications are now open to developers, game creators, and businesses to exhibit and demo their games Scottish Games Week 2023. Expo space is available at the two-day SGW Conference, which takes place at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Monday, October 30th & Tuesday 31st October and More Than Games, in the Corinthian Club in Glasgow …
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Edinburgh-based indie studio Ant Workshop celebrated their 8th birthday last week; a significant milestone, particularly for a smaller studio in a post-Covid world. The studio has grown significantly since its initial launch in 2015, releasing three games, with a fourth, Dungeon Golf, currently in the works. Worthy Work Kicking things off with their 2017 debut, …
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Judero, the latest title from Scottish developer Jack King-Spooner, has just passed its Kickstarter target of £12,000. The game follows the titular Judero, a celtic warrior who must explore a land inspired by the Scottish borders, populated with all manner of mythical creatures good and bad, to uncover the evil at work behind the scenes. …
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The brand new Tapeworm Disco Puzzle Playdate edition is OUT NOW, for the miniature lofi handheld - complete with worm cranking action.
Firestoke Funding: The new Scottish indie publisher, founded by Paul Farley, has raised £2.2M in a seed funding round led by Hiro Capital.
UKIE Hub Crawl Dundee is a free event on May 25 exploring the topic of 'Next Level Indies', featuring speakers from across the games industry
Playhead - a new time-twisting puzzle-platformer set inside a media players from Lowtek Games is now open to backers on Kickstarter