Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Made With Numbers is a one man band, a company formed by veteran games programmer Alexander Illes, who decided that working on his own projects would be a fine idea. Alex has since worked on a game framework for future projects, alongside his first commercial release - Sky Without Sun: Target. Sky Without Sun: Target …
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IT has begun. Â Dare to be Digital 2013, the games design and development competition for students is now LIVE in the city of Dundee. Fifteen teams from all around the world have come together for the next nine weeks to build a new and original game, before demonstrating it in front of thousands of families, …
Glasgow's Tsumanga Studios announced they were working with the female tween-focused license Winx at the start of 2013. Â Now the company has released it's first title, Winx Sirenix Power, for both Android and iOS devices. If you're not a 9-13 year old girl, or don't have one in your immediate family, you may not have …
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We're always delighted to find out about a new company and working in and around Scotland's interactive sector. Â So please welcome Glasgow's Flipware and their first title, Cutant Mutant Invasion. The company was founded by former members of mobile development studios Tricast Media, creators of the first J2ME UI toolkit and Picsel Technologies, the developer …
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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 …
Rounding up the first week back at work in 2013, we have two stories highlighting the way the global video games market has changed - and how it promises to continue changing in 2013... First up, Minecraft. Â Every reader should, by now, be familiar with Mojang's LEGO-em-up. Â A combination of virtual world builder, role playing …
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Please welcome a new development studio to your friendly, futuristic Scottish Games Network. Â Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Binary Pumpkin. Alongside the appropriately awesome name, the company was founded by two veterans of the games business. Â Lol Scragg and Bruce McNeish were two of the founders of Cohort Studios and have worked on a …
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One Thumb Mobile is one of the country's most experienced mobile developers. Â Based in central Glasgow, the company has worked with some very large licenses, media and entertainment companies to produce branded games and apps for every variety of mobile. IN 2011 the company launched an original new massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG for those …
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If you're a dedicated retro-gamer, or if you're just old, you'll be familiar with the classic sports title, Daley Thompson's Decathlon. Â Originally publisher in 1984 (by Ocean, fact fans...), the game offered players the chance to compete in the ten Decathlon events as the multiply-medalled and incredibly idolised Daley Thompson. The game was famous as …
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Avast, shipmates.  A tot o' rum all round and cease yer keel-hauling of the cabin boy.  A shiny new version of Outplay's popular treasure matchin' Facebook title, Booty Quest, has hove into view for them new Apple and Android gadgets and now you can shiver your timbers on the go. OK, enough piratism.  Booty Quest was …
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