Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Gamer Age Survey: The Scottish Games Network is calling on the community to help support a vital new academic study from the University of Stirling exploring the experiences of video game players aged 65 and over. This is a valuable and often-overlooked area of research that lacks detailed academic work. The study, run by PhD …
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The University of Stirling has teamed up with Edinburgh-based studio Glitchers to launch Restore, a new browser-based video game designed to give players a hands-on experience with environmental restoration while contributing to critical real-world research. The release of Restore highlights how video games can powerfully support real-world tasks and research into global challenges like biodiversity …
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Studios, Colleges, Universities, Freelancers and ALL Games-Related Companies Welcome A series of workshops are being held across the country - and online - to ensure the whole games ecosystem has a chance to provide data and input to create Scotland's National Games Strategy - and we need your help. Announced in February 2024, the strategy …
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Stirling Studio is one of 23 companies awarded International Business Development support. Ping Creates, the Stirling-based studio behind the recently released (and award-nominated) Super Stretchy Chicken Legs, has secured funding from the British Film Institute's UK Global Screen Fund. Financed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the award is to boost Ping …
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Ping Creates, a Stirling-based design studio specialising in digital services for clients in games and beyond, has joined Scottish Games Week 2023 as an official sponsor. From publishing games to providing a range of for-hire services, Ping Creates is proud to be part of the Scottish games scene and delighted to be sponsoring events across …
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Super Stretchy Chicken Legs a brand new puzzle-based platformer from Stirling-based Ping Creates is OUT NOW for iOS and Android.
Power Up! is a brand new mobile game in which players generate data from the impact of their decisions upon biodiversity & the environment.
SGN POD: Colin Mcdonald of Rivet Games chats to us about the importance of good keywords and the changing face of the Scottish industry.
Rivet Games has released a new expansion for Train Simulator, which introduces the scenery, stations, and infrastructure of the Swiss Engadin line.
Scotland's Playwrights' Studio has created the 360 Narratives course, to offer writers the opportunity to learn about and experience other forms of writing. Working in teams, writers and narrative creators from different fields will collaborate to create story worlds that can be exploited across a variety of media by looking at how to develop ideas …
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