Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
IGDA Scotland has announced its first ever Mini Game Jam, focused on primary school children. The organisation is working with researcher Amanda Wilson, who has worked for the last three years, with primary school age children, using the programming language Scratch. Amanda recognised a real need for younger children to be given the chance to …
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The BBC has announced its first ever cross-channel game, Fly-High And Huggy for CBBC and CBeebies. The games will be available across PC, mobile and tablet. This is the BBC’s first brand designed to appeal to both CBeebies and CBBC audiences – bridging the gap between the two Children’s channels. The cross-platform games will be supported …
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Me And The Giants, the game and app developer specialising in content for kids has released its back catalogue of educational game for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The company has released two of its app collections for Windows users: Tolva and Ting, a collection five neon-coloured, educational games and apps for pre-school children, featuring the …
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BAFTA's Young Game Designers competition is back for 2014 - and it's coming to Glasgow. BAFTA Young Game Designers is an amazing opportunity for young people to make games, find careers advice and get behind the scenes access to the games industry. Industry experts share their insights and guidance into the best ways to create …
Kodu Kup is a coding competition open to UK school children aged between 7 and 14 years old. Kodu Kup Scotland is a sister competition to the UK Kodu Kup designed to work with the larger competition, taking Scotland's different term times into account. The competition has been organised and run by David Renton, a Microsoft …
Glasgow's Tsumanga Studios acted as the judge in a game creation competition between high schools in Ayrshire last week. Thirteen schools took part in the competition and prizes on offer included: Most Playable game Best Graphics Best Design Best Commercial Potential Best Use of Technology There were £50 Amazon vouchers on offer for each category. Graeme …
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Edinburgh's Tigerface has been nominated in the annual iKids awards. The competition created to recognise the world's best interactive products designed for children. The company's Cosmic Reactor game, has been nominated in the Best Learning App for Tablets category. Cosmic Reactor challenges two players with lightning fast maths questions, has already picked up an editor's …
The call has gone out for entries for the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. This is a competition exclusive to Scotland, which is open to new creators and practitioners - students, new teams, start-up companies and the like. It allows those starting out in the screen industries to have their talent and creativity recognised before …
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Santa, the jolly old elf, the spirit of Christmas. Whatever your opinion of the coke-endorsing, child judging, toy distributor, you cannot argue that he works hard. On the holidays too. It's heart warming and deeply impressive that he manages to hit every household in the world (according to religion, income and willingness to conform to …
The team at Tsumanga have taken the road less travelled when it comes to games. They're working with a third party license, aimed at a younger female audience and featuring fairies. Winx Club is one of the most popular brands in the world for 9-13 year old girls. Created by Rainbow Studios in Italy, the franchise …