Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
There's a new App on the block - or should that be up on blocks - for your nearest Apple or Android device. Freewheelin' was developed by Glasgow's Chunk Games, but the design was created by a team of three (aged 16 & 17) from Earlston High School (in the Borders, near Melrose, for those …
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Pixels on Toast is the development studio set up by games genius Kevin Ng. Based in Edinburgh, Pixels On Toast is the studio behind games including Kick Flick Football, the forthcoming Food Run and the newly released Word Crasher. Or indeed the newly enhanced version for the latest iPad - Word Crasher Blitz. Billed as …
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It was all, like, excitement she wrote, when we saw the Edge Online headline. GTA? At the V&A? We imagined an interactive full 3D room at the new Dundee V&A HQ, but it turns out that it'll be part of a video at the London V&A celebrating British Design from 1948-2012. Tickets are a recession-proof …
It's a little last minute, but the Edinburgh Science Festival has a real live PIXAR veteran speaking tonight, as part of the event's technology strand... Computer animation comes about through a remarkable collaboration between scientists, technologists and artists. Top animation scientist Ronen Barzel, whose career includes a stint at award-winning Pixar, gives his take on …
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The past weekend saw the ever awesome Game In Scotland event take place in Dundee. A recruitment fair, networking opportunity, platform for new talent and general shindig for the games industry in Scotland, it introduced a whole range of entirely new companies, working across a huge range of new and interesting areas of interactive entertainment. …
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The 2012 Game In Scotland event is happening NOW in Dundee. If you're not here, you're missing out. LIVE on stage they have speakers from many of the country's most rapidly evolving games companies. Colin MacDonald, commissioning editor for games from Channel 4 opened proceedings and outlined how far ahead of the curve Scotland is …
This is a guest editorial from long-standing friend of scottishgames.net Phil Harris... “What is Conpulsion?”, I hear you cry? Well let’s answer you all then. Conpulsion is Scotland’s Premier Gaming Convention. We bring people from all walks of gaming together with roleplaying, board games, wargames, card games and, introduced last year, video games all featured at the …
Prior to this weekend's festival of games-related recruitment opportunity and wonder, Dundee's own venture-backed social gaming outfit Outplay Entertainment is looking for a variety of summer interns. Covering roles from art and programming through to community management, marketing and data analysis, there's something for everyone. The words 'talented' and 'creative' were mentioned, which certainly covers …
If you're in central Scotland on March 27th (next Tuesday), you owe it to yourself to come along to the first UKIE Scotland event focusing on accessing finance. Key speakers include Jo Twist and Andy Payne - the CEO and Chair of UKIE as well as representatives from a number of other organisations offering practical …
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If you work in the game industry and you're wondering why it's all gone very quiet down in London right now, It's the BAFTA Games awards tonight. The famous BAFTA masks will be handed out for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence, to games from all platforms and covering all manner of genres. Denki …
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