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Flash/AIR game programmer for short contract with long-term opportunity

Submitted by Matthew Ford on Wed, 07/03/2012 - 6:27pm
Wed, 03/14/2012

I seek to contract an experienced Flash/AIR programmer to do a full evaluation of a game project in a polished proof-of-concept state. The first, guaranteed phase of the contract would be to evaluate the code and give an estimate of the time it would take for a programmer to expand on the project and add more mini-apps to the game system platform. I reckon this phase would take several full-time days or more. This may result in a second, long-term phase in which the same person would actually become the programmer who continues the project development.

Fantastic Femmes character design competition

Submitted by souri on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 2:10pm
Fri, 11/25/2011

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.

Game On : In Your Face, Interface

Submitted by tsumea on Fri, 29/04/2011 - 6:53pm
Media Type: 
Development
Company: 
gameOn
Bane Games
Defiant Development
Queensland University of Technology

Panel moderated by Morgan Jaffitt.

Panelists include:
Alistair Doulin from Bane Games
Matt Ditton, ex Pandemic Aus

The game interface - what exactly is it? Is it the user interface (UI)? Is it the control system?

Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Kinect and Sony's Move has seen rise to a host of new UI/control. Some forms of game play are dumping the controller and UI altogether in favour of using the real world, and others are playing with augmenting the real and crafting illusion using AR technology.

So, is it all just novelty or is the game the interface (or is the interface the game)?

http://vimeo.com/22496672

IGN feature on the Australian games education sector

Submitted by souri on Mon, 06/12/2010 - 6:33pm

An industry is only as good as the experience of its workforce, and there's little doubt that the education sector plays a vital role in the games industry's growth and success. For many game development students across Australia graduating from their multi-year courses this month, it's a time for celebration, but they do so knowing that the industry they had hoped to enter has drastically changed since when they first enrolled.

Student Treatment in QUT's BGIE

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 27/11/2010 - 12:42am

Students have widely criticised the quality and outcomes of QUT's Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment course. Students have complained the degree hardly touches on relevent technology, theory, industry structure or processes. In addition, the following letter was recently distributed regarding student treatment in the course.

Open Letter Presented to QUT Staff
Source: Nathan Runge, BGIE Students since 2007

Sp.A.I Trailer

Submitted by abe2mir on Thu, 28/10/2010 - 12:03pm

QUT doing the Brisbane games industry good

Submitted by souri on Fri, 16/10/2009 - 3:46pm

Interesting article over at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) website on what their game dev students are doing to promote themselves as well as the games industry in Queensland. The students studying QUT's Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment course have been showcasing their talents as well as those of Brisbane developers such as THQ Studio Australia and Halfbrick Studios at events such as Gen Con at (the Brisbane Convention Centre) and Supanova.

JAOO tutorial - free for IGDA & GDAA members

Submitted by souri on Fri, 18/04/2008 - 2:42pm
Wed, 05/28/2008

This tutorial is free to IGDA members, and places will be allocated on receipt of interest.... So be quick, or you might miss out!

Games Education Gaining Popularity

Submitted by souri on Tue, 30/01/2007 - 3:45am

AustralianIT has an article concerning the overwhelming interest in game related education. It seems that a career in games is a popular choice among many school leavers, with the Queensland University of Technology witnessing an extraordinary amount of applications compared to the amount of places available.

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