Of course, the sensible thing would be to use an existing game engine, but after a certain point, there is some curiosity if learning and fighting yet another game engine is really quicker that just writing something from scratch.
If you've ever been interested in making games but don't know how to program, then you're in luck. It has never been any easier to make a fully fledged game for today's popular platforms (PC, MAC, and mobile), without needing to delve too deeply into a programming language or api.
For those who don't have the desire to dedicate the time and effort necessary to learn the nuts and bolts of how to program, nor have the need for the most optimal performance or bleeding edge, then there are a…
When: 7pm - Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Where: 77 William St, Darlinghurst, Sydney
IGDA Sydney are holding their regular Beer 'n Pixels meet-up next week, giving Sydney games developers the opportunity to get together, chat, and check out or receive instant feedback from their latest builds or game concepts over a beer or two in this post-GDC 2013 gathering.
Don't forget to bring the necessary power cables and power boards if you intend on showing your work to fellow developers there!
The club is…
Game lovers... Level Up with us on Friday 12th April for your last chance to play the latest and greatest video games from our State’s best developers after dark. We’re bringing it all back for one night only.
Venue: SLQ Garage Gamer lounge
Date: Friday April 12
Time: 6.00 – 9.00pm
Enjoy unlimited games, mingle with the crowd, rub shoulders with industry peeps, and share a toast to say goodbye to a summer of loving games at SLQ.
We are bringing back local game dev luminaries – our own John…
IGDA Melbourne are having a double header for the next monthly meet-up on Tuesday, next week.
Just released on iOS and Android is Pocket Dogfights by Melbourne indie games developer, Rob Caporetto.
The development of Pocket Dogfights started in late 2011, from a period when Rob was working on a bunch of small game prototypes in his spare time. Finding this one to be the most fun, he started developing it further during his downtime from a day job.
Rob will be talking all about Pocket Dogfights…
Kotaku has received confirmation from SEGA that their Australian based games development studio will be closing down later this year. SEGA Studios Australia was established in 2002 as the Australian branch of UK-based games developer, The Creative Assembly, and was best known most for producing Total War titles such as Medieval II: Total War, and Stormrise.
When SEGA acquired The Creative Assembly in 2009, the Australian studio was re-branded as SEGA Sudios Australia and worked on London 2012…
Reach Game Studios™ is looking for a 3d artist/modeler and animator for their upcoming mobile, PC, and downloadable projects. As the Mobile 3D Artist you'll be using existing tools and working with the rest of the Downloadable team to come up with the art, models, and animations for a brand new mobile, PC, and downloadable experience. Ideally, you'll have some past work to show and potentially have shipped a game (mobile, indie, commercial, etc). You'll have the opportunity to join a stellar…
Just when things seem to have gone awry, Adelaide gaming developer Mighty Kingdom comes through the chaos with their head held high.
When complications with their App Store account set back their next scheduled gaming release Beach Bandits, by 8 weeks, Mighty Kingdom kept calm and simply reshuffled. Much like the game-play of Sorted! their latest release, available now, on the App Store.
Sorted! is a challenging, fast paced, shape sorting game that’s sure to keep you on your toes.
You play the…
Our good friend, Mark Flanagan, posted a tweet recently suggesting everyone to keep an eye out on a new Melbourne indie game studio called Space Dust Studios, and after checking out the concept art that appears as a teaser on their website and the pedigree of their staff, you can consider our curiosity certainly piqued!
Space Dust Studios is one of many new local indie game startups formed by veteran developers who have many years of professional studio experience behind them, and like those…
It's an exciting year ahead for Halbrick Studios who intends to release eight games for 2013. The first title announced so far from the Brisbane-based game studio this year is Fish Out of Water, which visitors who are currently attending the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco were lucky enough to be given a demonstration of.
Halfbrick covers some familiar territory in this horizontally scrolling timing-skilled game where the objective is to skip along the water to make the highest…
San Francisco-based mobile apps monetization and distribution services provider, Tapjoy, have launched the Tapjoy Australia Fund. Announced today with a company blog post by Tapjoy senior vice president of global partnerships, Chris Akhavan, the new fund aims to provide local games developers with significant upfront marketing spend, consulting, and analytics support. Successful applicants will be able to leverage Tapjoy's expansive platform to the world market where currently over 97,000 apps…
