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 by the Dare+ masterclass and titles from Abertay university's Mprof students. There's a great mix of local companies and developers, …
Dare ProtoPlay Indie Fest Programme Confirmed – Wow!
The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be rather busy. We're not talking about the Olym-ic-, or the opportunity to be die of exposure at a picnic. We're talking about the games goodness and the head-to-head smackdown taking place between the incumbent Edinburgh Interactive Festival and the plucky upstart of Dare Protoplay and it's …
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Dare+ Bring Your Games Business To Life
Are you an aspiring game designer or developer? Do you want to take your ideas and bring them to life, as part of an actual real world business? Now there's a faster, simpler way to get the sort of inside knowledge and insight which eludes some companies entirely. Dare+ is a new programme, created by …
Who Dared Won
If you've read Scottishgames.net for any length of time, you'll know that we're big fans of the Dare to be Digital competition. Our editor has been involved in a variety of ways over the last 10 years and welcomes any opportunity to inform, educate and enthrall listeners with the benefits and vast potential of Dare …
ProtoPlay – Now With Added David Braben!
Gaming pioneer, legend, superhero and all round good chap, David Braben is to open the increasingly awesome sounding Dare ProtoPlay later this month. Mr Braben promises to discuss the development, genesis and evolution of arguably his most famous creation, Elite and the games it has inspired and influenced over the last 20 years. All of …
ProtoPlay Game Collective Immortalises Players/Games Forever
In the past few years, the pioneering team at Dare to be Digital has held a balloon race, in which participants sent balloons off to all four corners of the world and involved citizens of many lands, indigenous peoples and tribesfolks in the flourishing world of gaming. This year, however, even with the use of …
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Dare ProtoPlay – Festival Of Gaming, August 12-14th
It's official. Dare to be Digital's ProtoPlay event is going to be the biggest ever. A full on festival of gaming goodness, taking place over three days in mid-August in the city centre. Alongside the games being created by the Dare teams, we hear there is a pro-gamer tournament, a game jam (open to professionals …
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Dare 2011: GO!
It's that time again. 15 teams from 16 universities around the world are now in Dundee, with only NINE weeks to create a working videogame, before showing it off to members of the public at the ProtoPlay event in central Dundee in August. This year's event is larger than ever before. Entries were received from …
Dare ProtoPlay – August 12-14 – DUNDEE CITY CENTRE
ProtoPlay is the culmination of the whole Dare to be Digital competition. It's a three day celebration of games, gaming and creativity. The teams which have competed over the previous ten weeks, have three days to demonstrate their prototypes to the public, gather votes and impress the hell out of the industry judges. Around this …
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YoYo Games – Updates, Releases & The Future Of Games…
YoYo Games, the company behind the popular Game Maker programme, which allows users to create and publish their own games, has been busy lately. Very busy. Technology updates, new games, new partnerships, new team members AND courses teaching Game Maker are all now in progress - putting YoYo very firmly at the front of the …
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