Creative Scotland is recruiting. The organisation responsible for Scotland's cultural, artistic and creative industries is looking for a development officer, focusing on digital innovation, creative technology and design. It's a full-time position, with a salary (£25,000 pa, plus benefits and pension). If you're interested in helping Creative Scotland become more engaged with the whole digital and …
Cross Creative – Open For Applications – DO THIS
If you're not familiar with TRC Media's Cross Creative Programme, now's the time to learn. It's a fabulous opportunity for individuals in the creative industries (this includes video games) to improve their skills, increase their knowledge and make themselves far more valuable, wise and useful. This year’s programme will include seven in-house sessions (one day …
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NEOArcade Introduces Cool New Look
Claymore Games has been quiet of late, but the company has not been idle. Their current project is a collection of classic mini-games with a defiantly retro twist. The company announced Neo Arcade towards the end of 2013, but has just released a sneak peek of a bold and shiny new look, which moves away from the …
The Computer Games Journal – Volume 2 Edition 3 – Out Now
The Computer Games Journal is one of the only academic journals in the world focusing on the computer games industry and the issues facing the creators, technologies and innovators within this rapidly evolving sector. It was created and is edited here in Scotland by a team of respected academics including editor-in-chief Dr John Sutherland, Dr …
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Computer Xplorers – Preparing Children For The Future
The concept of introducing kids to computer skills is something which has been getting a great deal of traction recently. From the mini game jam and Dare to be Digital LaunchPad or Dare School's Challenge for High Schools in Dundee, it seems that primary and high school children across Scotland are getting the chance to …
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Creative Scotland Announces New Chief Executive
After a year which could be charitably described as 'challenging' Creative Scotland, the public sector body created help Scotland's artistic, cultural and creative individuals, companies and organisations, has announced it has a new chief executive. Janet Archer, currently Director of Dance at Arts Council England, will take up her new role on 1 July 2013. …
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New Look, New Logo
You may already have been enjoying the all new Scottish Games Network logo. The crisp clean lines, the reassuring solidity of the cube and the clever integration of the three primary letters 'S', 'G' and 'N' into the structure of the logo itself. It contains no gradients - the kiss of death for any logo …
Explore The Dark Places Inside A Cobra
Getting news and information out of a game developer can be slightly more difficult than prising a tiny bear cub away from a mummy polar bear. Getting rare and esoteric materials like logos, photographs or screenshots can be worse. You might be an evil voodoo priest, planning to wreak mischief or discomfort upon the company. …
BBC Scotland Announces ‘Connected Studio’, Looking For Developers
The BBC has announced a new event called Connected Studio, running in Glasgow on the 21st of February. Connected Studio has been created to bring together creative practitioners and developers with BBC staff to create, submit and develop ideas for innovative new features and formats, with BBC Staff and creators working together in an open …
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Jamming in Diversity – The Trials and Tribulations of the Jam
Jamming isn’t the easiest of things. However you do it, undertaking a 48 hour journey to produce a game from conception to birth, isn’t easy and there are likely to be stumbling blocks along the way. The first of these is the brick wall that exhaustion causes. It’s just physically draining to work for long …
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