Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
We've mentioned Quartic Llama several times in the last few months. The company received Prototype funding for its first title, lit up Abertay University as part of the NEoN festival and has participated in every opportunity to show their games off and talk to the public. It's as though they're excited and enthusiastic about what …
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The International Game Developers Association does far more than organise events and get involved in fun, games-related activities. The organisation is dedicated to helping individuals working within the videogames sector. As part of this, the IGDA created a programme of scholarships back in 2001, designed to help promising students attend the prestigious (and incredibly useful) …
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Last weekend the Scottish Game Jam took place and Guerilla Tea were invited to mentor at the Dundee chapter. It was a terrific event and we all had a great time, made even better by the fact that pizza was provided on the Friday night… The spirit of turning night into day and developing a …
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Following an award-laden 2012, for its work on the best-selling Xbox Live version of Minecraft, 4J Studios is starting 2013 with another nomination. The studio has picked up a nomination in the MCV Awards for the Best UK Studio. Judges from across the industry will soon converge to cast votes for the eventual winners, with …
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The Victoria & Albert museum is offering one game developer a unique opportunity to explore, experiment and engage with interactive entertainment in an entirely new way. The museum is advertising a game design residency, which will offer a game designer/developer the chance to work with the museum's resources and collections to create... something new. It's a …
The government's tax breaks for the creative sector (including video games, television and animation) comes into effect in April 2013 The tax relief should make it simpler for game development studios to lessen the risk of producing new games and enable them invest more in staff, it should also help graduates and independent game developers …
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Breaking news from the front lines of the games event horizon, the 2013 Game In Scotland event is ON. The country's larges games recruitment fair takes place in Fat Sam's Nightclub, Dundee from 12pm-5pm on Saturday March 9th. If you're a student, a graduate, a freelancer, an industry veteran looking for a new position, or …
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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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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 your editor to get involved in some way(s) - speaking, presenting, mentoring or hosting the awards. We're very proud...) Dare …
Denki Blocks! - the legendary game of yore. Multiple award winner, multiple platform encompasser and ultimate expression of sliding sticky blocks around a variety of environments in order to get them to bond in interesting shapes, has never really been away. It lives in the hearts of gamers everywhere and has untold legions of fans, …
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