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.
New Zealand based indie developers, Big Block Games, hit the front page of Reddit this morning when they posted about their fund raising efforts for Child's Play charity by developing a complete RPG within 14 days. Their website crashed with the influx of so many visitors, but thankfully they've managed to have that all sorted now.
The team is currently on the 4th day of their two week intensive game development marathon, and they're livestreaming it all. If you hop onto their livestreaming…
Helping to fill the void and explore the medium.
Designer's Playbook is a new video series I have been working on in the last few months. The inspiration for the series came from my love of psychology, which I studied for 2 years at QUT prior to my current degree, and the limited amount of game design analysis I could find particularly in video form on YouTube.
About the series:
Designer's Playbook, a brand new series for all budding game designers and gamers alike! Designer's Playbook…
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…
