Fund Shplem
Shplem is the BAFTA-nominated game, created in just 48 hours at the Scottish Game Jam, which took place at the start of the year. As well as the BAFTA, the game won the best tech …
Developed By Chunk, Designed By Kids – Freewheelin’ – New For iOS & Android
There’s a new App on the block – or should that be up on blocks – for your nearest Apple or Android device. Freewheelin’ was developed by Glasgow’s Chunk Games, but the design was created …
Tickets Going Fast For UKIE Scotland Launch Event
If you’re in central Scotland on March 27th (next Tuesday), you owe it to yourself to come along to the first UKIE Scotland event focusing on accessing finance. Key speakers include Jo Twist and Andy …
Survey – Grown Up Gaming
It’s request time, readers. Anthony Reynolds from Glasgow University is looking for people to help his research into gaming culture and mature content in videogames. It’s not another survey into violent games = violent behaviour. …
Sic Transit Gloria TEAM – Consolevania Remembered
Because it’s important, dammit… A misty-eyed Cara Ellison from Square-Go interviews a steely-eyed and chiselled Robert Florence on the legacy of Consolevania. If you’re not familiar with the Consolevania ‘thing’, well, you should be. Thankfully …
Scottish Success With IGDA Scholarships
The Scottish chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has racked up a significant number of achievements over the last year. They’ve organised a number of very well attended events and pulled in some …
Data Driven Analytics – What Social Games Do
The team at Huzutech in Glasgow posted a fascinating piece on the use of data analysis and metrics in the social gaming space on their blog last week. We checked it was OK to re-post …
Out Now – Guinness Word Records 2012 – Gamers Edition
The 2012 Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition has just been released and this year several members of official Scottishgames.net chums, Glasgow-based Ready Up were commissioned by Guinness as consultants. Dan Bendon researched and penned the …
Scottish Games Jam – Back, Bigger, Better, More
The Scottish Games Jam is the local outpost of the massive Global Game Jam – an annual competition which challenges teams to build an original new game in only 48 hours. Organised by the Independent …
Consolevania – Out Now On iTunes
In one of the most generous and artistically significant moves of the mobile age, the first two seasons of Consolevania, the ground-breaking Scottish videogames show, are now FREE to download on iTunes. This includes the …