UPDATE: It's been brought to our attention we missed a couple of key Scottish finalists out. Stormcloud games were also nominated in the Most Original Game category, while ALL of the entries in the Best Student Game category are Scottish, with teams coming from Abertay University. TIGA, The Independent Game developers Association has announced the …
TIGA Extends Awards Deadlines For Awards Entry
TIGA has extended the entry period for the organisation's 2013 awards. The new deadline for entries is now midnight on Monday 30th of September 2013. There are multiple categories in the awards, for members and non-members alike. There are also multiple awards with two trophies, recognising both large, experienced studios and smaller, indie developers. Entry …
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Dare ProtoPlay Indie Fest – Last Chance To Showcase Your Games
August is looming. The Dare to be Digital Protoplay event is coming ever closer and the Dare Indie Showcase is filling up fast. The showcase allows independent game developers to demonstrate and show off their games to Dare visitors. If you've not been paying attention to previous posts about the unstoppable behemoth which is Dare, …
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Dare To Be Digital Indie Showcase – Developers Wanted
Developers of the world, is your chance. Show off your games, demonstrate your creativity and get that all important audience for ALL of your titles... The Dare to be Digital Indie Showcase is part of the event's growing indie gaming festival, giving games creators the chance to show their games in public. To an audience …
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Android Developers – Free Talk On Haptics
Peter van der Linden, Evangelist at Immersion, San Jose - creators and distributors of haptic effects for Android game developers, will be in Dundee on Monday 24th June. Peter told us: The focus of the talk will be a briefing on how Android game developers can easily add haptic effects to their games, using a free …
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Dare to be Digital Announces Development Mentors
Dare to be Digital, the world's leading competition for student game developers has announced the developer accord members for the 2013 event. Developer accord members are companies who give up time to provide guidance and mentoring for the 15 teams which will be developing games for nine weeks over the summer. This year, the teams …
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Workshop: Exhibition Skills
Scottish Enterprise and Interactive Tayside are running a workshop for digital media companies, aimed at helping businesses be more effective at corporate exhibiting. The event takes place at Discovery Point, Dundee on May 30th, 2013. Here's the official description: At exhibitions and events, you have one chance to stop the customer as they walk past …
Courier Business Awards Looking For Digital Entries
The Courier, independent broadsheet of note for the globally acknowledged tech cluster of Dundee has teamed up with accountancy wizards Henderson Loggie has launched a Business Awards competition, aimed at companies operating within it's 'patch' of Dundee, Tayside, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Angus, Perthshire and Means (look it up). The competition is aimed at finding local businesses …
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Win Big With Game Maker – $35,000 In Prizes For Windows 8 Games
Dundee's YoYo Games, the company behind the Game Maker development software has launched a competition to reward developers creating games for Windows 8. If you're not familiar with Game Maker, it's a simple development platform, which allows anyone from the age of around 9 to build games, without having to know how to code, or …
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EU To Investigate Tax Relief For Games Sector
The European Commission is to open an investigation into the UK's plans to provide tax relief to the video games industry. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the European commission outlined why it believes that tax relief may not be required and in some cases may lead to unfair competition and discrimination. Here's the …
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