Event

In conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Screen Australia is offering travel grants of up to $2,500 for producers with advanced projects to attend the upcoming Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Frames Convention in Mumbai, 14–16 March 2012.

Frames is a three-day event for broadcast, digital entertainment, animation and gaming with nearly 2,000 Indian and 800 foreign delegates expected to attend.

This coming weekend will be a huge milestone for games development as many around the world are prepping up for the biggest Global Game Jam event ever. If you're in Melbourne, in the game sector or media, and you're eager to check out what Melbourne developers come up with at this year's GGJ then you'll definitely be interested in the GGJ Melbourne awards presentation + BBQ and drinks event organised for this Sunday by IGDA Melbourne. You will need to let organiser Giselle know that you're interested in coming along before hand!

Long time friend and hugely talented, Chris from Fraktalvoids, is holding the launch party of his new ios / Android game called Speed Blazers at the Mana Bar in Melbourne this Friday. Come help the developers celebrate by joining in with some drinks, developer chats, small competitions, and hands-on play of their new fantastic mobile game. All the details are on the flyer!

The Global Game Jam is on! For 48 hours over the weekend of Jan 27-29 a group of over 100 game designers, developers and artists - both amateur and professional - will come together for an intensive Jam Session, forming small creative teams to design and prototype innovative game ideas.

DATE: THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2011
TIME: 4:00PM TO 7:00PM
LOCATION: Level 8 / 14 Queens Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
FACEBOOK: www.FaceBook.com/AIEmelbourne

The Graduate Showcase event will be held on Thursday 1st December from 4 - 7pm at the AIE Melbourne Campus.

Graduates will be showcasing their work and will be available to discuss their projects to everyone.

Where: The Goody, 75 Goodwood Road
When: Sunday December 4th, from 2pm
Who: Professional devs, indies, students, anyone that has a compulsion to create games.
Cost: Free (but you buy your own drinks)

When: 27th November
Where: 3-7pm @ the Universal Bar
221 William Street, Northbridge

The organisers at Letsmakegames.org held a successful Pozible crowd funded event, reaching just over two times their original goal to cover a 2011 end-of-year party for the Perth games development community.

When: Entries Close 25 November 2011

Exhibition held 7 December 2011
entrants must attend the exhibition to be eligible to win a prize

Open to:

Junior category: school students up to year 12 in 2011
Senior category: Open to all others including university staff & students & the general community

This year QUT is holding a series of Women in Games events. Our third and final event involves an art competition and exhibition.

MULTi-PLATFORM STorytelling
- from idea to market -
A unique opportunity to hear from world-class digital storytelling talent in a one-day public seminar

Presented by Screen Australia and StoryLabs
Tuesday 29 November 2011
State Library, Melbourne

Multi-platform Storytelling: From Idea to Market will provide case studies and practical guidance on creating multi-platform strategies for games, features, TV drama, documentary, or online projects. Attendance is strongly recommended for content creators working in any of these areas.

GAME is commencing tomorrow at the Macquarie University in NSW. The three day festival is a celebration of game culture and will be covering a whole range of game related activities, including the playing of awesome games (multiplayer Minecraft, Mario Kart competition), discussion panels, and learning a whole bunch about making games as well.