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.
Back in 2008, I created an article on the origins of Australian game developers which displayed some charts showing the links between various game companies that have spawned off from each other. It was fairly well received and was even used as a base by researchers interested in this kind of information.
A whole lot has happened since 2008 for the local industry including the global financial crisis and the incredible rise of indie games development, but sadly our article hasn't been updated…
When: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:00pm to 10:20pm
Where: Chauvel Cinema
Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington
Paddington, New South Wales 2021
Australia
You had to be fairly quick if you wanted in for the official premiere Sydney screening of the award winning Indie Game: The Movie, on the 12th of June, next week. Tickets were snapped up and sold out in no time for this first and only theatrical release in N.S.W for this highly anticipated movie.
Due to popular demand, Soap Creative have…
Thanks to the guys at Double Happy Rabbits, we have a ticket to the
Sydney Saturday Workshop to be won.
Headed up by Ben Mauro and Robin Eley, this intensive workshop should be a smash!
All you have to do is upload a piece of your concept art to win!
To enter visit the FACEBOOK page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CDWA/171936559497512'sk=app_95936962634
Entries close 5.30pm, Friday, June 15th.
Brought to you by the awesome www.doublehappyrabbits.com
The 2012 Sydney workshop has been launched!!!
There's some fantastic artists lined up this year and best of all, it follows straight on from Melbourne Oz-ComicCon! We're only one state over, so if your making a special trip already, take advantage of the timing and stay a bit longer!
The week-long workshop (2-6th July) features the awesome talents of Kekai Kotaki, Gerhard Mozsi and John Park! 3-hour presentations from each of them per day, that's 45-hours of world-class tips and insights from…
BANK JOB: A NEW PICK UP AND PLAY iOS TITLE DUE FOR RELEASE JUNE 1st 2012
The Beautiful Graphics and Simple One Touch Mechanics Make BANK JOB Perfect For Every iOS Gamer
Steal big Loot! Escape the Bank! Wear Stylish Hats! Play smooth Jazz!
Enter the world of Screwtape Studios latest game, BANK JOB.
Play as Paulie Barboza, the dastardly robber as he tries to escape the worlds most high-tech bank with as much loot as he can fit in his sack.
“The simple one-touch mechanic, beautiful…
A new gesture control technology demonstrated by a company called Leap Motion has shown how much more precise it is when compared to the current range of motion controllers offered today on game consoles such as the Kinect or the Wii-mote. Leap Motion claims that 'the Leap' is the most accurate motion sensing device in the world - some 200 times more accurate than existing tech. It can track hundreds of thousands of points at a time, and as the Endadget video demonstration below shows, it…
Melbourne, Australia
Games for Gummie today introduces Cow Abduct! for iOS. A fun, simple, free to play mini game where the player tries to keep a UFO in the air as long as possible by abducting cows. Cow Abduct! features cute, vibrant graphics and simple, yet fun gameplay.
Peter the Martian has travelled to Earth in his trusty UFO to do some scientific research. But, he has just found out that he miscalculated the amount of fuel he would burn in Earth's atmosphere. His UFO is running out of…
We've seen some great successes locally when it comes to crowd sourcing projects via Pozible. Recent games developer events like Let's Make Games' end of year party and IGDA Melbourne's Ninja Clapping Christmas went well beyond their inital goals, so I'm predicting even better things for Freeplay's Pozible campaign which they've just announced today!
Yes, Freeplay is looking towards Pozible for further support to make sure this year's independent games festival is the best one ever. Here's your…
