Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Computer Games Journal is one of the only academic journals in the world focusing on the computer games industry and the issues facing the creators, technologies and innovators within this rapidly evolving sector. It was created and is edited here in Scotland by a team of respected academics including editor-in-chief Dr John Sutherland, Dr …
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After several delays and changes in venue, the SGN Launch event finally reaches Glasgow. Taking place on the evening of Wednesday 27th of November at GMAC in the Trongate, Glasgow, this is YOUR opportunity to find out our plans for the SGN, ask questions, provide input and help make the Scottish games industry better. Last …
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Believe it or not, it's nearly ten years since the Scottish Games Network first launched. In 2005 we created a simple Yahoo group to help the growing number of game developers keep in touch. It's grown since then to become a dedicated website and a community spread over all of the significant social channels. It's …
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Day two of the Dare 2013 indie festival took place on Friday 9th August. The theme of Convergence carried over from the previous day with an equally eclectic line-up of speakers and panels, examining issues around the ongoing evolution of the games industry. Like day one of the conference, there were some truly inspiring speakers …
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Cross Creative is one of those amazing, unique and pioneering projects that you can't quite believe exists. It's supported by several major organisations including Channel 4, Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprise and over the last several years, it has included participants from many of the country's leading game developers, animators, technology companies and creative studios. …
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Ten very different companies gave ten very different talks and presentations at the 2013 Game In Scotland event. As part of our exclusive coverage of the event, we're delighted to make those presentation files available to the world... Romana Ramzan - Denki - GIS2013RomanaRamzan David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi - David Hamilton - Ninja Kiwi - GIS2013 …
We were delighted to be invited to Guerilla Tea’s second workshop with Enable Scotland’s East Renfrewshire Local Area Coordination (LAC) Team; with some parents and LAC’s there with the kids. For those of you who don’t know LAC’s support people with disabilities to think about and plan for a life that makes sense to them. …
After a year which can best be described as 'challenging', Creative Scotland, the organisation tasked with supporting, promoting and helping Scotland's creativity is holding a number of 'open sessions' which will "encourage open debate on Creative Scotland and its place in a healthy and thriving future for the arts, screen and creative industries." The open …
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Piracy has been a part of the games sector since the early days of the home computer revolution. Things have moved on since the surreptitious trading of cassette tapes in school playgrounds. The advent of mobile devices, digital distribution and online gaming have created new ways for developers and publishers to monetise their games - …
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The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE) a partnership of Bath and Bournemouth Universities has secured funding to embed students within games companies to work on research and development projects. They're looking for good physics, maths and computer science students, as well as companies willing to work with them. It sounds like a great opportunity for …
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