Submitted by bootface
Finally, South Australias first fully accredited course for the Computer Games industry.
"The Certificate IV in Game Art will be introduced in Semester 2, 2004. This course will provide skills and knowledge needed to produce 3D art for Video Games. It is designed to assist you to develop skills for the production of art assets such as textures through to character creation for incorporation into a Game Product.
At the completion of the Certificate IV, you will have skills…
Get yourself roughed up with the new bare-knuckle fight sound effects set just added to CastlesMusic.com's online, royalty free sound effects store.
Entitled "Punch-Up!" the new sound set features 100 individual punches, blocks and kicks, a set of ear-ringing slaps and a selection of martial arts style whooshes.
"Punch-Up!" can be previewed and purchased for US$29.95 at Castles Music's online store: http://www.castlesmusic.com/cmpShop.php
'This is one of the most affordable and safest ways for…
Gameboy IGN has some more pictures of the Game Boy Advance version of Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger 2, which is in part developed by Halfbrick Studios! IGN had this to say about the game...
"Gameplay-wise, Ty 2 is your traditional platformer that puts heavy emphasis on boomerang action...
Overall the game, while very standard and traditional in its platforming design, was a satisfying experience in the short time we had with it."
Click the link below for the article and pictures!
RPGVault has the second part of their interview with Micro Forte Lead Designer, Paul McInnes about Citizen Zero. (You can find the first part here).
It's a pretty exhaustive interview about Citizen Zero, ranging from it's goals, how it compares to other MMOGs, backstory story, to factions, and more. So if you want to know in detail what it's all about, I'm sure you'll greatley apppreciate the interview...
"Citizen Zero is an action game, and combat is the core of the action gameplay. The combat…
Peter Respondek is the creator of two official maps for Unreal Tournament 2004 by Epic Games. The Assault map called AS-Glacier which features the very powerful ion tank, and the death match map DM-Corrugation were both created by Peter, who isbetter known in the mapping community by the nick "Rahnem".
In what must be a pretty busy and exciting period for the talented Queenslander, from the work in the official release of Unreal Tournament 2004, the level designworkshop…
Submitted by Andreas Poike / ASGD
The Swedish game development community is expanding and new talent is needed.
Sweden has a long and proud tradition of developing first class games and 2004 looks to be another stellar year. Games like Battlefield Vietnam, Rallisport II, The Chronicles of Riddick and Ground Control II are getting great reviews and selling well. Sweden?s game developers are now looking for more talent to keep up with the expanding business.
There are job openings for artists,…
In case you missed the big header above this post, the Canberra Games Festival is on this weekend!
The organisers have a PDF file of what's in the schedule for the festival which you can grab by clicking here. Of great note is the chance to tour the Micro Forte Canberra studio, a Digital Art workshop, and the Irrational Games "Tribes: Vengeance" focus testing on Saturday and Sunday (11am to 5pm). An excellant chance to see/play the beta and meet some of the Irrational guys!
Entry is free for…
I've modelled this mag for a car I've been working on, unfortunately
this car is on the back-burner for other projects,
but have just had some fun shading it. Yes I know the tyre is very
low profile (this is intentional).
If youhave any questions or comments, fell free to email me on:
3dnutta@gmail.com
cheers,
Josh (3DnuTTa)
Plenty of Tribes Vengeance previews happening at the moment as a closed beta is available to press and a select few Tribes fans...
"From what we've played so far, it looks like it'll be worth the effort, as Tribes Vengeance should provide enough depth to keep players busy for quite a while. We'll have more news on Tribes Vengeance as it becomes available."
- Gamespy.
"I am very excited for the chance to mix it up online again. Those afternoons and late nights I spent jetting around far flung…
STARTING DATE: 16th of July, 2004.. Friday MIDNIGHT
CLOSING DATE: 19th of September, 2004. Sunday MIDNIGHT
THEME:
Survival/Horror
RULES AND GUIDELINES:
Model a medium polygon games model for use in a survival/horror game.
Must be an original concept but can be based on an existing franchise.
Model can be anything from a boss, a minion to an infected player.
No cannabilism.
Photosourcing permitted but MUST stipulate what for and how much is your own work.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
8000 - 8500…
