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.
IGDA Melbourne is aiming to outdo their past four Christmas gatherings and plans to make this year's end-of-year-event for their local games developer chapter a HUGE one. Their Ninja Clapping themed event signalling off 2011 was an extremely successful campaign on Pozible so it's no surprise that they're going the crowd sourcing route again for this year.
A successfully funded campaign will mean a fully catered event with BBQ and drinks at the Edinburgh Gardens on Saturday, the 8th of December…
(Possible Entry Level position for the right candidate)
Redtribe is putting together a team to develop social games for iPad, iPhone, Android & PC. We’re looking to fill a crucial team role. This individual needs to bring considerable expertise, insights and energy to the position. The success of the project will very much depend on the talents and expertise of this individual and their hands on approach to getting the job done.
We’re looking for an all rounder who isn’t afraid of…
When: Monday, 22 October to Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Where: Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
The 2012 Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) conference has been officially announced today by the Game Developers’ Association of Australia and will be held again in Melbourne in October, late next month. It might have been announced a little later than usual, but that can be forgiven given the GDAA's incredible role in bringing PAX to Australia.
The theme for this year's games developer conference…
Freeplay have released their finalists lists for the 2012 Freeplay Awards! The organisers mentioned that they've received a big increase in the number of submissions for this year's awards with 115 indie titles sent in this time which is 35 more titles from what was submitted last year.
Congratulations are due to all those who made it in as finalists, and there certainly are some very solid titles in the list. Personally, I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing who takes out this year's Best…
When: Tuesday 11 September 6.30pm (panel at 7pm)
Where: The Workers Club, cnr Brunswick and Gertrude Streets, Fitzroy
What: The PAX nomads are back and Tom Killen (The Voxel Agents), Ben Kosmina (Brawsome), Tom Greenaway (Kumobius) and Ben Britten (Tin Man Games) will share their PAX adventures on a Q&A panel session.
The next IGDA Melbourne event is tomorrow night, and there's heaps of exciting news and updates to be had for those attending. The main portion will be a Q&A session with…
Only a few Australian games have come close to crossing over to becoming a full blown animation series, but the record for cartoons based on locally developed games remains at zero. Until now, that is.
Way back in 2004, we heard the news that Krome Studios' Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger was due to become a cartoon series set for prime time under a deal with the animation studio behind The Simpsons and The King of the Hill.
Pandemic Studio's Destroy All Humans! was also scheduled for prime time TV in…
Kotaku Australia's Mark Serrels has a written a fantastic article on Chris Wright and Surprise Attack, beginning with how and why Chris decided to start up a new company that offers his marketing expertise to indie games developers. When THQ closed their Australian studios, Blue Tongue and THQ Studio Australia, in August last year, and in the morning after a big night out of drinks with his retrenched workmates and thinking of what to do next, the former Marketing Director for THQ's Australian…
Freeplay have given us the word that the full program for the 2012 Freeplay Independent Games Festival is now available! Freeplay this year promises something for everyone, from "games developers to writers and players to developers, critics to artists, writers to theatre makers".
Some of the special guests appearing in Freeplay's sessions this year include:
founder of Player Attack, Jessica Citizen
creator of Tasty Fish, Dan Clayton
FireMonkey’s Media Designer, Ben Dawe
CMO of Convict…
