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.
Startupsmart.com.au reports that Federal Arts Minister, Simon Crean, will make the case for extending the 40% producer tax rebate enjoyed by the films sector to the games industry to the expenditure review committee before the next budget. The 40% producer tax rebate was successful in securing film productions such as Happy Feet Two and The Great Gatsby and it's hoped to spark similar revitalising activity for local games developers.
Startupsmart reveals that the 40% tax rebate for games…
DATE: THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2011
TIME: 4:00PM TO 7:00PM
LOCATION: Level 8 / 14 Queens Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
FACEBOOK: www.FaceBook.com/AIEmelbourne
The Graduate Showcase event will be held on Thursday 1st December from 4 - 7pm at the AIE Melbourne Campus.
Graduates will be showcasing their work and will be available to discuss their projects to everyone.
We would like to invite our colleagues in the industry as well as members of the public to come along to the AIE Melbourne campus and…
Some great news for the local games industry with a new studio opening up today in Canberra. Dreamgate Studios is founded and managed by industry veterans with a combined 40 years of experience, and they are focussing on self funded development and publishing, as well as projects and specialised jobs for industry and non-industry clients. The studio says it will be concentrating on a long term strategy with a strong focus on its employees with a greater company culture and team environment…
There are small time patent trolls like Tim Langdell who are a minor annoyance for developers in the games industry, and then there are patent trolls like Lodsys who are a considerable force to be concerned about.
While the likes of Tim can easily be avoided (particularly since Tim has lost his trademark on the word 'Edge'), what do you do when you're hit with a patent infringement from a considerably powerful and notorious patent troll, Lodsys, for very common app functionality like in-app…
AIE lecturer and former Blue Tongue animator, Kate Inabinet, will be facing some serious life threatening challenges if restrictions on certain forms of medication goes ahead. Kate is a mother and cancer survivor. After the removal of her thyroid, she was subscribed Levothyroxine, a synthetic thyroid replacement hormone. Levothyroxine caused her disastrous symptoms and considerable pain as her body reacted adversely by producing thyroid antibodies...
(Kate) By the eighth week every last…
Where: The Goody, 75 Goodwood Road
When: Sunday December 4th, from 2pm
Who: Professional devs, indies, students, anyone that has a compulsion to create games.
Cost: Free (but you buy your own drinks)
Calling Adelaide games developers, ARGGGH are sending 2011 off with a special end-of-year event for all South Australian based devs. Whether you're a hardened games developer, an indie, or games student, everyone is invited and welcomed. It'll be at the usual ARGGGH location, The Goody, so feel…
Viva la mobile is looking for skilled developers to join our team. We have multiple full-time and contract positions open for people skilled in OpenGl on iOS, Unreal Engine and junior developers trying to get into the mobile industry.
REQUIREMENTS
Strong foundation in 3d graphics.
Proven ability to work in a team environment.
Driven to learn & improve your skills
Interested in applications as well as games.
Strong work ethic.
Technical problem solving skills.
EXPERIENCE
Bachelor degree…
This is my first post to Tsumea, and while I've been visiting the site for about 2 years now it feels good to finally get involved and show off what I've got.
I've been working on a User Interface design concept for a fictional fighting game. This was mainly to explore different options for the possible layout and design of in-game menus and HUD for a fighting game, while also mapping out the timing and flow of some of the menu transitions.
The screens which I've been conceptualizing are…
The Dominion Post have an article covering the extraordinary growth of the New Zealand games industry this year. With the rise of independent games development and the popularity of online / mobile games market spaces, the NZ games industry has seen a near doubling of numbers to 359 developers in the field, a whopping 46% growth for this year, according to the New Zealand Games Development Association (NZGDA). NZGDA association chairman, Stephen Knightly, had this to say on the reasons for the…
