At last year's Dare to be Digital competition and ProtoPlay event, visitors and competitors were carefully followed by a dedicated camera crew from HeadLight Scotland, who were on site to carefully record and capture the whole experience. Now, all of their hard work can be seen on national TV, when the three-part series runs on …
Dare to be Digital 2011 – Open For Entries
The 2011 Dare to be Digital competition is now open for entries. Â The competition is open to students from any university or college of art, either complete teams of five, or individuals willing to join a team. It's no secret that Scottishgames.net is a HUGE fan of the competition. Â It's a unique opportunity for teams …
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Scottish Games Jam – Coming Soon
2011 promises to be quite the creative wonderland for game designers and developers. Anything which encourages new talent, new games and more innovation gets our whole-hearted support. The first development-related event of 2011 is rapidly heading our way. The 28th of January marks the start of this year's Global Games Jam - a worldwide game …
Professor Frag Is IN!
Play2Improve, the company behind FPS Trainer, the new online service which teaches gamers to compete more effectively in online FPS games, is holding it's public world premiere on MONDAY 20th December, at HMV's Gamerbase on Princes Street in Edinburgh... FPS Trainer, the brand new online service which combines sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based coaching technology with …
Artist In Residence – Stewart Hogarth
This week's defiantly retro banner comes from the games industry's very own indie king, Stewart Hogarth. Formerly of Denki, Stewart now works with the decidedly cool Chunk in Glasgow, where his design skills are clearly flourishing. We're delighted with the new look and would like to thank Stewart for his hard work and in-depth knowledge …
Scottish Government Seeks Game Developer For Commonwealth Games Design Competition
The Scottish Government has launched a game design competition which will tie a student designer and a development studio together, to create a game for the 2014 Commonwealth Games website. While details of the student design side remain uncertain, it looks like students from universities around Scotland will be asked to submit concepts for a …
Artist In Residence 001 – Searra Dodds
One of the things we're planning to keep the new Scottishgames.net looking fresh is a weekly update of the banner at the top of the site. Anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and artwork for use there and we'll credit everyone who has a banner used, with their own post and an entry in the …
AppJam & AppConference – LIVE
Over in Dundee's famous Discovery Point, the first International AppConference and AppJam are taking place. The conference has a full line-up of speakers across all the various app platforms and covering everything from games, to lawyers, publishers and possibly even a platform owner (one of which per day may keep a doctor away - the …