When: Tuesday, 13 March, 2012
Time: 6:30pm until 9:30pm
Where: The Order of Melbourne
Level 2, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Whilst we lament not being at GDC, we'll learn a few tips about how to raise the profile of your company and game...who knows? It could help you get to GDC13!
Chris Wright, Chief Surprise Architect at Surprise Attack and Dan Golding, writer for Crikey's Game On blog, will be discussing how to get the word out about your product and brand, how to relate to the media and…
When: Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Time: 6pm until 9pm
Where: The Bank Hotel, Newtown. NSW
Not lucky/wealthy enough to be attending GDC in San Francisco? Come commiserate with us at The Bank. We may not have Will Wright or Satoru Iwata, but there will still be good beer and plenty of gamer cheer.
With a career spanning over twenty years in the games industry and a highly impressive body of work behind him, Adrian Moore is without a doubt one of most experienced and highly respected games developers in Australia. He also boasts an impressive track record in the commercial recording industry working with artists such as Sade, Seal and Pearl Jam. Adrian has just recently gone independent and is opening up the wealth of knowledge and decades of experience as a games designer and musician…
Zombie Outbreak Simulator for iOS is now in Beta! This means that we are essentially feature complete and are ready to begin testing!
We only have a limited number of keys to giveaway, but if you can help us do a great job testing our game then we would love to hear from you.
If you’d like to test Zombie Outbreak Simulator and have access to a 3rd gen or higher iOS device then please fill out this form: http://tinyurl.com/8a6art8
Thank you, we look forward to releasing soon with your help.…
The Game Development Industry Survey, the first national industry survey of the game development sector undertaken since the ABS survey of 2006/2007, has been launched today.
Commissioned by the Games Developers' Association of Australia (GDAA) in conjunction with the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRT), and undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Game Development Industry Survey aims to provide a snapshot of the current industry, including…
Adelaide's largest ever games developer, Ratbag Games, was unceremonously shut down by Midway before Christmas in 2005, and we haven't heard much from former Ratbag Games CEO, Greg Siegele, since. That is, until now.
Published over at goodgearguide.com.au, Siegele talks about the formation of Ratbag Games and how a small ragtag bunch of university students created a break out hit title in the late 90's called Powerslide for just $2 million. "Essentially, we were the vapourware studio from hell…
Ninth Ninja, a new studio whose core members consist of former Firemint and True Axis developers, are porting the fast paced retro-style shooter "Mutant Storm" to the iOS platform. Ninth Ninja main programmer, Andy Coates, was previously one half of the team at True Axis which brought another PomPom shoot'em up to the App Store late last year called Space Tripper. According to TouchArcade, Andy will be utilising the same engine to bring a rock solid 60fps performance to the iPad 2. Other than…
We are at the turning point of becoming a self sustainable industry, according to Sebastien Darchen, a lecturer in planning at the University of Queensland. In an article written for TheConversation.edu.au, Darchen covers the emergence of the Australian games industry in the 80's, its rapid growth at the turn of the century, and the contributing factors for its decline in the past few years. He then asks "where to from here?".
The Australian games industry has seen a sizeable shift towards…
James Knight, a recent graduate of QUT, has created a new forum for Aussie indie game developers to share, collaborate, and get feedback on your work from your peers. No matter what aspect of development you're involved in, whether a fully fledged indie game or a piece of art, you're most welcomed to come and share it for discussion. From the site...
Use the Work In Progress forum to share and recieve feedback on what you are currently working on, if your working on a game I recommend starting…
