Former Krome Studios environment artist, Jeremy Kool, is looking into crowdfunding for his children's picture book app called The Paper Fox, with the hope of releasing it for iPad and Android tablets. Jeremy's sister is a published fiction author who'll be handling the story side of the project, and Jeremy is modelling all the art assets in a very unique looking and gorgeous papercraft / origami style.
Paper Fox Pozible Presentation from Jeremy Kool on Vimeo.
(Jeremy Kool) I am asking for $…
Bleeding Heart Gallery are excited to present a family fun day of retro gaming during the upcoming school holidays, as part of ‘Emulator: a classic gaming event’. The event will showcase a range of playable arcade machines from 1978 -1986, with titles like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Space Invaders.
Game On / Brisbane IGDA Pre 48hr PANEL
Venue: The Bleeding Heart Gallery, 166 Ann St Brisbane
Time: Sept 22nd, 6pm - 7pm
We are calling on some of our honoured 48hr challenge judges and representatives…
Team Bondi's reported liquidation and assets sell-off is coming to pass. Smartcompany.com.au has noticed documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on August 30 that joint administrators, Riad Tayeh and David Solomons of de Vries Tayeh, were appointed for the Sydney games development studio with a creditor's meeting taking place tomorrow.
With the Develop report in early August that Team Bondi's assets were to be sold off to KMM Games and Team Bondi staff given…
Well, I guess you had to be fairly quick to see this. Not long after word had spread that there was a 1 minute and 20 second long video showing off some animation from THQ Studio Australia's The Avengers game was up on the internets, Marvel Entertainment stepped in and pulled it offline. The footage apparently showed off Thor, Captain America and Hawkeye in action and was uploaded as an animation showcase by a former senior animator from the Brisbane studio.
The content was initially spotted at…
What happens after graduation is the likely pretty high on the concern list for most local students currently studying games development. With all the news of studio closures and massive staff lay-offs in recent years, it's hard to feel even a little bit optimistic about chances of employment in any of the commercial studios remaining in the local games industry.
It was a discussion with one student hopeful over portfolio advice during Freeplay that has inspired accomplished sound designer and…
Journalist, Andrew McMillen, has written a feature for GameSpot AU on the current state of the games industry, concentrating specifically on the once flourishing Brisbane sector. Brisbane has seen a spate of big studio closures in recent years, from Fuzzy Eyes Studio, Auran, Pandemic Studios, Krome Studios, THQ Studio Australia, and the soon-to-be-shuttered KMM Games Brisbane. It's been somewhat devastating for the sunshine state which at one stage was battling Melbourne for the title of "game…
Emulator will celebrate the importance that classic gaming (including 8 & 16 bit consoles and arcade machines) has brought to a generation of gamers. The event will also look to promote the gaming industry in Australia as well as connecting these developers to gamers. Furthermore the whole event will raise money for Starlight Foundation!
There's only three weeks to go until Emulator 2011. Here are the latest updates!
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