Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
We're aware that Minecraft was intelligently designed, by the Mojang hero team and has its roots very firmly in Sweden. However, today saw the release of Minecraft for the Xbox 360, created by the team at 4J Studios' development office in East Linton (for our readers in Dundee - that's NOT where you live...) If …
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The team at Mapply (the project formerly known as MyWorld) is recruiting. There are roles for software engineers and QA, as well as a couple of intern positions. As you can see from the video above, the technology looks incredible. The potential for MapplyWorld is huge. So you could be onto a winner getting involved. …
Today's the last day to apply to become a 'Geek In Residence' as part of the Sync Tank programme. You could be embedded (not as painful as it sounds) within Socttish Opera, The MacRobert arts centre, the EIGG box, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (which can't run in Dundee, sadly) or Photography gallery Stills. It …
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Did you know that Scottishgames was originally started in 2005 as a Yahoo Group? That didn't work. It required people to get involved and contribute. So in 2006, your editor took the decision to start a blog. At that time, TypePad was a decent choice and allowed sophisticated content like words and pictures to be …
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There's a new hedgehog on the block, which could mean Sonic's days as a highly overrated platform star, may be numbered. Thor is the star of a new Android game from the team at Glovik games, in Edinburgh. A physics-based puzzle/platformer, players must use Thor's body of ultimate sharpness to pierce objects, burst things and …
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There's an opportunity for the creative geniuses (genies?) of Scotland's interactive sector, to get their mitts on £50,000 in prize money, thanks to a new competition created by the Edinburgh Centre For Carbon Innovation and supported by the Scottish Government, Scottish & Southern Energy, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Microsoft and Scotland's 2020 Climate Group. The …
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The team behind the Scottish Game Jam is back, with a new event and a new opportunity to create innovative games, but this time it's for a cause even more worthy than 'fun'. Jamming 4 Small Change is focused on the lives of young carers and incorporates them into the whole development process. Children - …
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CereProc, the speech synthesis company based in Edinburgh has signed a deal with Sweden's Fanchinima and the KTN Centre For Speech Technology, to create a new toolkit for film makers, allowing the creation of advanced animation and virtual movies. Fanchinima is a technology company which is producing tools to allow film makers to create animated …
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Not many people would define WeeWorld as a games company. As an actual developer and publisher in its own right. A social network, surely. An entertainment company definitely, but a games company? Well, yes. The ongoing evolution of digital media, the spread of apps to multiple devices and in increasing focus on fun and games …
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You've done GDC. You're a veteran of E3 (and remember fondly its days in Atlanta). You've done GamesCom, EIF and even Game In Scotland. You are, in short a global organisation in good standing. Now it's time to take things to a whole new market. China Joy is the leading games event for the rapidly evolving …
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