We rarely get to see any coverage of Scotland's presence at the Game Developer Conference, so thank you to Lazy Tech Guys, for posting their thoughts on the country's remarkable marketing efforts out in San Francisco. You can also check out this year's Game On brochure, that celebrates all things gaming. Or read about the …
Guerilla Tea – Beano iPrank
As part of Guerilla Tea’s ongoing relationship with DC Thomson, we were recently commissioned to develop a Beano prank app for iOS and Android as part of the Menacing Monday Digital Campaign being done in the run-up to April Fool’s Day. The app contains 5 humorous prank programs; Beano Bigmouth, Fart Finder, Super Soundboard, Menace-O-Meter …
Denki Releases Exclusive Teaser For New ‘Destiny Killer’ Game
Halo Creator Bungie and publisher Activision caused controversy last week with the information-lite teaser for the new persistent world shooter, Destiny. Flirting with the world's media and treating potential players as pawns in a strange global drip feeding frenzy of marketing may work for two of the world's largest games companies, but it lacks a …
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Glasgow Mobile Breakfast: Coffee & Croissants at WeeWorld
CEO of Glasgow based WeeWorld, Celia Francis, is calling for members of the mobile development community to gather for some brekkie and discussion regarding marketing and the mobile app development world. The idea came to her after attending this year's highly successful Turing Festival, which discussed the importance of creating an entrepreneurial community that shared …
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Exhibiting At A Festival – Lessons For Indie Developers
After a jaunt to the frozen North, visiting the far frontier of UK games development, we return with a guest post from the astonishingly resilient Colin Riley (aka @Domipheus) who took part in the first ever Dare to be Digital Indie Showcase at this year's Protoplay event. We say resilient because Colin ran his entire …
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Games And Gift Culture
You may remember that Scottishgames recently introduced Steve Hammond into the fray as a guest columnist, giving you insightful and surprising tidbits into the Scottish game industry's origins. We've also had the wonderful Phil Harris reporting from this year's Edinburgh Interactive, reporting the gig like you were actually there! Now we add a new guest …
Noise, Reality, Experience and Crowdfunding Zombies – Edinburgh Interactive (Session 5)
Who need lunch, as we take you into the afternoon. Getting Above the Noise With more than 500,000 games and applications on Android, iPhone and other devices, players and developers both need a way to find each other. You’ll meet three companies; GREE, Flurry, and Tapjoy, who are creating global networks and tools for …
Dragons, Zombies and A Day in the Life – Edinburgh Interactive (Session 4)
Yesterday Edinburgh Interactive closed, with a Dragons Den type affair; the idea concerning a pitch of a game or interactive experience to a panel of Ian Livingstone (Life President Eidos), Rob Woodward (CEO Scottish TV), Bill Liao (Co-founder coderdojo.com), Mark Phillips (Harbottle & Lewis) and chaired by Sean Dromgoole (GameVision/Some Research). The event was done …
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Terror Funding Leaves Dundee Games Developer Short, Arabs Thrilled
Dundee development studio Digital Goldfish, the company behind the Bloons games on iPhone, is to sponsor the shorts for Dundee United football team for the coming season. Fulfilling a lifelong dream (they tell us), the company's logo will appear on the shorts of the Dundee United team throughout the 2012-2013 season. Digital Goldfish are not …
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