ONE WEEK WARNING: Enter Dare, Win Awards, Kickstart Your Career

There’s just under ONE WEEK to go before entries close for the 2013 Dare to be Digital competition. If you’re a student and are even remotely interested in working in the world of video games, …

BAFTA New Talent Award Winners

The BAFTA Scotland New Talent awards took place in Glasgow’s rather lovely Oran Mor on Thursday night, with a glittering and star-studded ceremony. The New Talent awards are a unique competition within BAFTA, which nurtures, …

Games Needs Girls – Dare & BAFTA Winners Call For More Females In Games Business

Families should play more games together and more girls should consider a career in the games industry, according to Swallowtail Games‘ Sophia George. The company has just launched its first title, Tick Tock Toys, for …

Dare Winners Scoop BAFTA Ones To Watch Award

In addition to fame, glory, a cheque or two and the respect of the games industry as a whole, the three teams who won last year’s Dare to be Digital awards in August last year …

Hebridean Productions Launches Bitzkrieg On Xbox Live Indie

If you’re not a resident of Scotland, a reader or an isolationist of breathtaking arrogance, you may not be fully aware of the Outer Hebrides.  They’re an island chain off the western coast of Scotland …

Dare To Be Digital 2013 – The World’s Biggest Game Creation Competition – Now Open For Entries

Dare to be Digital is BACK for 2013.  If you’re a regular visitor to the Scottish Games Network, then you’ll know we’re big fans of the competition (disclaimer: the good people at Dare regularly ask …

Exhibiting At A Festival – Lessons For Indie Developers

After a jaunt to the frozen North, visiting the far frontier of UK games development, we return with a guest post from the astonishingly resilient Colin Riley (aka @Domipheus) who took part in the first …

Protoplay 2012 – Day 2

Previously on Protoplay… Having never missed a Protoplay since its inception, PP:2012 will be my 6th, and I’m fortunate enough to have seen it from pretty much every angle available, staff helper, contestant (and winner!), …

Dare Protoplay 2012 – Day 0

 If you’re reading this, Dare will probably be in full swing already. if you’re yet to go though, allow me to get you in the mood by sharing what makes this year’s even so important. …

The UKs Biggest Indie Games Fest

The line-up of games which will be shown at the Dare to be Digital Protoplay Indie Festival has been announced.  It’s looking awesome… There are over twenty new games in the showcase, including those developed …