Game Hack Is Back – 16th & 17th November – Dundee

After launching in 2012, TIGA’s Game Hack is back in mid-November and this year it’s grown.  In addition to the main event in Pinewood Studios, the 2013 event will also have a sister hack taking …

Lub Vs Dub – Scottish Game Jam Winner Hits The App Store

Lub Vs Dub is a brand new game, for iPhone and iPad, which was born in the blistering forge of the 2013 Global Game Jam. The game picked up the Best Tech and Best Game …

Cancer Research Appoints Guerilla Tea To Build World’s First Mobile Game To Seek Cancer Cures

Here’s a story which makes us excited to be part of an industry which is leading the way into the future and shows there’s far more to ‘games’ than most people would credit… Guerilla Tea …

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 …

MolyJam Spreads Over Scotland

Jam! Jams!  Not the fruit preserve, but the short form competitions for designers and developers, which allow, enable and encourage freeform jazz-like game creation.  They’ve been springing up all over the shop, baby.  From primary …

Computer Xplorers – Preparing Children For The Future

The concept of introducing kids to computer skills is something which has been getting a great deal of traction recently.  From the mini game jam and Dare to be Digital LaunchPad or Dare School’s Challenge …

Culture Hack Scotland

Culture Hack Scotland is a 48 hour event for developers, designers, artists and producers, taking place in Glasgow’s Whisky Bond from July 12th – 14th. CHS challenges participants to create a ‘culture related project’.  The …

Mini Game Jam – Kids, Computers, Games From Scratch

The interest in computing and game development in schools has been on the rise recently.  Encouraging kids to explore the opportunities of game development, as well as a wider understanding of computing software development and …

BAFTA PLAY – Glasgow, May 8th…

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 …

Unicorn Space Command – Game Jam Title Hits Windows App Store

Unicorn Space Command is a brand new game, created by Martin Grant,  2nd year Games Technology Student at the University of the West of Scotland (that’s right, there IS life outside Abertay). Martin took part …