Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
It's the start of another month, which means another IGDA Scotland meeting. This month, the IGDA gang hit Edinburgh, for an evening of 'more technical' talks at TechCube, before attendees decamp to the Royal Dick for drinks and convivial chatter. The event takes place at 19:30 on Wednesday 9th October. If you've not discovered the …
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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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Gamescom is the world's largest video games event, which combines industry and consumer audiences, creating a unique opportunity to do business and hit potential players, over the course of five days - 21st-25th August, 2013. UKIE, has created a hugely successful games pavilion for British games companies over the last few years, working with UK …
BAFTA PLAY is the first EVER BAFTA Scotland games event. It's taking place on WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY at Glasgow Caledonian University's Saltire Centre, kicking off at 6:30pm. It gives visitors from the film, television and games industries, a chance to meet and see the winners of this year's BAFTA New Talent Awards and the Scottish …
China is rapidly becoming the dominant force in a number of areas. From a recent Quartz article we learn that: "After becoming the world’s leading manufacturer of goods and largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China can add world’s leading consumer of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) to its trophy case. “By the end of February …
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Last weekend Guerilla Tea, working with ENABLE Scotland’s East Renfrewshire Local Area Coordination Team, ran a game development workshop in Glasgow for children and young adults with Asperger’s Syndrome and other similar learning disabilities. We met with East Renfrewshire LAC Team last year at the ScotCampus Futures Fest in Glasgow. ENABLE Scotland is a charity …
The Mobile World Congress is the largest, most comprehensive conference/expo in the world, focusing on mobile technology, content and business. It takes place in Barcelona in February. It's also incredibly useful, entirely different to the games events you may have been to and is located in one of the most astonishing exhibition venues in the …
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If you're in Glasgow, or unafraid of the public transport system within central Scotland, you can make your way to Cineworld 7 this evening, for a videogames session taking place as part of the 2012 Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. Walkthrough is an exploration of the positive effects of videogames and games culture. …
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It may seem like there's a LOT going on in August. EIF is coming, Dare is rapidly Protoplying (yes, Protoplying) into something of real significance and now, the Turing Festival has a half day of interactive entertainment thought leaders, luminaries and speakers, all appearing in Edinburgh on the 23rd of August, for the astonishing price …
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The final line-up for the 2012, tenth anniversary Edinburgh Interactive Festival has been announced. It's a who's-who of significant industry experts and innovative interactive loveliness. This year's keynote speaker is Seamus Blackley, who's looking into “The Future of Fun”. This promises to be an informative and insightful discourse regarding the future we are launched into, by …