Thanks to Chaos and Tachyon for posting about this in the forum. David RM Michael flew down from America to participate as a key speaker for Free Play, the independant game developers conference held in Melbourne last week. He has written an article on his experience for Gamedev.net, giving a big thumbs up to the city of Melbourne and the conference too...
"I have always had a sense of the international potential of indie games, and have had more than one team member across national borders.…
Unrealtournament2004.com.au has an interview with local map editor Chris Blundell, better known as Plutonic. Chris was responsible for AS-RobotFactory from Unreal Tournament 2004...
"One of Australia's renowned Level Editors, Chris 'Plutonic' Blundell fresh from an outstanding perfomance in the MSU (Make Something Unreal Contest) shares some thoughts and experiences involving his career with Unreal Ed amongst other related projects. I strongly recommend everyone read this interview especially…
Games Domain has a preview of Tribes Vengeance which was showcased at the E3 conference. Ben Lee, Art Director over at Irrrational Games Canberra gives the article a perspective from the artisitic side of development...
"Development is going really well -- we've not missed any deadlines," Lee told us, so hopefully Tribes: Vengeance will make its planned December launch date. It's PC only, for now, although Lee hinted they might consider console versions in the future."
The Herald Sun has an article on the Australian presence at the E3 conference this year...
"No less than eight Australian-developed games were on show, from IR Gurus' Heroes of the Pacific to Blue Tongue Entertainment's The Polar Express, which features the voice talents of Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks.
Game Developers Association of Australia executive director Evelyn Richardson says the fact 39 companies made the effort to get to LA this year -- up from 24 last year -- indicates the strength…
Lorien has passed on the news that a new website is up on the game development courses offered at Latrobe University. You can find all the latest news, subjects, staff and research details, along with loads of other things as well. So if you're interested in studying game development in Victoria, be sure to check it out!
I've heard some great comments on Tims presentation at the Free Play conference, so I'm glad to hear that he has decided to put his presentation online for everyone to grab! From Gamenews.com.au...
"Gamenews.com.au editor and lawyer Tim Richards presented "Introduction to the legalities of game development" at the Next Wave Independent Game Developers' Conference, held in Melbourne 21-23 May 2004. The powerpoint for the presentation can be accessed here; information on the Free Trade Agreement…
Thanks to Fips again for keeping us in touch with Citizen Zero news. Paul McInnes (Lead Designer of Citizen Zero) has made a few important posts in the Citizen Zero forums on Micro Fortes eagerly awaited MMORPG. The first gives a time frame on when we can expect to see a public beta and a release date...
"now that the post-E3 jetlag has passed it seems like a good time to talk about the future of these forums.
We will be going public beta mid 2005 (with a limited beta some months before) and…
Submitted by (Lorien Dunn)
I am presenting a seminar from 3-4pm next Monday (the 31st) in Western Lecture Theater 3 at La Trobe University, Bundoora campus, Melbourne. It is called "Scriptable Audio Synthesis for Computer Games". This will be a slightly expanded re-hash of my presentation at ADCOG- the 3rd International Conference on Application and Development of Computer Games- last month in Hong Kong.
A little of this material was covered during my presentation for PC Game Audio Systems at…
Submitted by AFTRS Digital Media Department
Where: AFTRS Main theatre
Cnr Balaclava and Epping Roads, North Ryde
Date: This Saturday May 22
Time: 9.30 am - 5.15 pm
Cost: $60 or $30 student concession
Booking: (02) 9805 6444 or email info_nsw@aftrs.edu.au
For more information visit www.aftrs.edu.au.
Lunch will be provided.
This exciting seminar will explore ways film makers can use their existing skills to tap into the lucrative games development industry.
Digital Media expert Mark Pesce, who…
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