Game Changer Dundee – Game Design Contest

Game Changer Dundee is a new four month project in which primary school children across Dundee will learn about video game design from BAFTA award-winning game designer Sophia George. Sophia will introduce pupils to her …

Hunted Cow Wants YOU (To Make Boardgames)

Developers! Student teams! Game development societies! In fact games makers of all descriptions! Here’s a unique opportunity for you to work with on a whole range of new games – in a way you may …

Tsumanga Judges Ayrshire High Schools Games Development Competition

Glasgow’s Tsumanga Studios acted as the judge in a game creation competition between high schools in Ayrshire last week. Thirteen schools took part in the competition and prizes on offer included: Most Playable game Best Graphics …

Artists: Zapcoder Wants You

Artists: Looking for a way to build your portfolio, or get your work out and into games?  Got a whole stack of sprites you created for an old project which never got off the ground? …

Life Of Play, Life Of The Mind Richard Lemarchand Speaks At GCU

Glasgow Caledonian University, in association with IGDA Scotland, is hosting a master class on Tuesday 2nd July, with Professor Richard Lemarchand, former game designer with Naughty Dog (Uncharted series) and now professor of game design …

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, …

ENABLE Scotland – Game Design Workshop

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 …

Jam Spreads Over Whole Of Scotland

As we’ve mentioned in the recent past, the Global Games Jam is a 48 hour competition which challenges teams of developers to create a brand new, original game using whatever tools, hardware and platforms they …