Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
In August 2023 Edinburgh-based Keelworks released its critically-acclaimed debut title, CYGNI: All Guns Blazing, described as: "A frantic, chaotic, visually splendid shooter that plays like it came from the mid-’90s." Scottish Games Network sat down with Meher Kalenderian, the co-founder and CEO of Keelworks to talk about the founding of the studio, the genesis of …
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Last week, we checked out DROPSHIP, the new title from Scottish indie studio MINIGOLIATH. This week, we’re delving a little deeper, chatting to the game’s developer Paul Large, and venturing through unexplored caverns that even a shaky 60’s spacecraft couldn’t reach. Taken for Granted But before that, let’s set the scene and talk about the …
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SGN POD: Maxwell Scott-Slade of Glitchers chats to Seb McKay about moving to Edinburgh, releasing on Switch as an indie, subscription models and more.
SGN POD: Marc Williamson of Tag Games chats to us about being a buisness-facing developer, operating in Dundee and the benefits of gradual growth.
SGN POD: Claire Morwood of 3-Fold Games chats to us about developing Before I Forget, moving to Dundee, making games in Bitsy and loads more.
SGN POD: Colin Mcdonald of Rivet Games chats to us about the importance of good keywords and the changing face of the Scottish industry.
BONUS INTERVIEW: Communications & Community Lead Eltanin Casciani tells us about her role at Team Junkfish in this bonus interview podcast.
BONUS INTERVIEW: Scotland's premier indie retro game developer Ally Low tells us about his tool to help dyslexic players in this bonus interview podcast.
BONUS INTERVIEW: Games researcher Gabriel Elvery explains why we get so emotionally attatched to game characters in this extended podcast conversation.
BONUS INTERVIEW: Festival director Luci Holland joins the podcast to gives us an introduction to PlayAway, Scotland's newest and most exciting games festival.