How was your 2012? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Inexplicably awesome? We may never know (unless you kept your friendly neighbourhood Scottish Games Network up to date with the latest, greatest news, releases and updates). The Scottish Games Network did quite well, thank you. Lots of new views, lots of new friends, lots of great interest. The …
The Ship: Full Steam Ahead – Find Out More
The Blazing Griffin team's Kickstarter campaign to fund the sequel to The Ship, has been revamped, updated and improved. While we loved the performances and production values of the original video on the popular crowd-funding site, many people expressed concern that it didn't feature enough information about the game, the studio, the project, or indeed …
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BAFTA In Scotland Announce 2012 Nominees
The nominations for the 2012 BAFTA In Scotland awards were announced yesterday. Alongside the glamour and household names in the film and actor categories, the far more vital and fascinating games category nominees were named. They are, in no particular order: Bad Hotel - Lucky Frame iBomber Defense Pacific - Cobra Golf Squared - Dynamo Games Bad Hotel is, we all know, a tower …
Creative Scotland Awards 2012 – Decision Time
It emerged a few weeks ago that the 2012 Creative Scotland Awards had categories for film, TV, music, performing arts but games, interactive entertainment and digital media had been neglected. We've since had several conversations with representatives from Creative Scotland who have gone some way to explaining why games didn't appear in the awards. Put …
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Games Have No Place In A Creative Scotland
2012 has been the Year of Creative Scotland. A nation wide celebration of creativity which highlights all of the amazing talent, the clever businesses and the dedicated organisations we have here in Scotland. Unless you work in digital media. The recently announced Creative Scotland awards have categories for film and television, literature, music, theatre - …
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Lurching Horror Of Zombie Flick Fun For Dynamo & Black Camel
Outpost Defense, the latest iOS release from the team at Dynamo Games has been created on conjunction with Scottish film production company Black Camel Pictures. Based on the newly released movie: Outpost II: Black Sun, which was released last weekend at Fright Fest, the game is part of a whole transmedia experience which features Nazi Zombies. Thousands …
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Indie Game: The Movie – Scottish Premiere
Indie Game - the documentary which chronicles the trials and tribulations of independent game developers as they sacrifice their lives, income, pets and children in order to realise their dream, is coming to Scotland. The film has received critical acclaim and much love from the development community for its stark and unflinching portrayal of the …
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BAFTA In Scotland Needs YOU
Regular readers of industry bible, Scottishgames.net will know that we're fans of BAFTA In Scotland. They're a good bunch, who do much to support the screen industries in Scotland and who are genuinely trying to incorporate more interactive and games content into their programme, as well as building up membership in the games sector. Membership …
TONIGHT – Computer Animation: Where Science Meets Art
It's a little last minute, but the Edinburgh Science Festival has a real live PIXAR veteran speaking tonight, as part of the event's technology strand... Computer animation comes about through a remarkable collaboration between scientists, technologists and artists. Top animation scientist Ronen Barzel, whose career includes a stint at award-winning Pixar, gives his take on …
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Last Call – BAFTA Scotland Awards Need YOU(r Games)
Time is ticking away. Entries for the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards close on Friday 19th of August at 17:00 BST. The new GAMES category is open to every developer from indie-vidual developers, through to the largest studios. Format is not a consideration, allowing online, browser-based, mobile and casual titles, to compete head-to-head with console …
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