Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Logan Report is a deep dive into the whole Scottish tech ecosystem (including games), looking at how Scotland could provide greater support for tech businesses and create a more digitally literate, entrepreneurial and collaborative society.
When asked if they thought game publishers should take a stance on societal issues, an overwhelming number of the 4000 players who took part in the Gamer Sentiment Study on Diversity and Inclusion said they were either neutral on the issue or in favour of it. Whatsmore, that sentiment held true across all demographics, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or having a disability.
Dislectek is a new Unity plug-in that will make your game more accessible to dyslexic players. The plug-in was developed by Dundee’s Lowtek Games in collaboration with InGame and is OUT NOW the Unity Asset Store.
The connections players make with videogame characters are of great interest to Gabriel Elvery, an LKAS PhD funded researcher at the University of Glasgow. Elvery, who will be delivering a workshop at the upcoming Play Away Festival, is exploring how and why we become so attached to virtual worlds and their residents, and what we can learn from these interactions.
Girl Geek Scotland needs your help… Diversity is an ongoing issue in the technology sector. According to recent research, women make up only 18% of the digital technology workforce. That’s terrible. One of the mains reasons for this is female uptake in computing science subjects and interest in technology careers is low – even at high school. …
Please take two minutes to read this article – then share it with your friends and colleagues in the games industry… The Next Generation Skills Academy is carrying out a survey looking at diversity and equality within the games industry. They’re looking for women working in the games sector to help by filling in a survey …
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For many developers, their focus is on completing and launching a game.  User acquisition is the key.  Visibility in a crowded market is the major issue.  Once the game is on the market however, unless there’s a serious problem, the game can be… easy to ignore. That can be a huge problem. Especially for games utilising free-to-play …
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The government’s tax breaks for the creative sector (including video games, television and animation) comes into effect in April 2013 The tax relief should make it simpler for game development studios to lessen the risk of producing new games and enable them invest more in staff, it should also help graduates and independent game developers …
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2013 is rapidly becoming the year that games were taken seriously by Scotland’s government, media and creative industries. Â The latest good news comes from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. EIFF is the world’s longest-running film festival, with a global reputation for discovering and promoting the very best in international cinema. Â Alongside the film screenings, premieres …
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Back from lunch and into the fray with Are Computer Games Art?  Chris Bateman @SpiralChris International Hobo and Ren Reynolds (@RenZephyr) Virtual Policy Network got a good response from the audience. Hell, yes! We thought computer games were art. Hosted by Ren, he posed the question to Chris who started with Ernst Gombrich’s Meditations …
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