When: July 22nd to 24th
Where: Adelaide Convention Centre
2,000 pre-registered tickets sold for AVCon, ticket sales close on Friday!
It's just over a week away for The Indie Games Room! The Indie Games Room event is a "non-competitive demonstration and celebration of locally and nationally created video game entertainment". It's also a part of Adelaide's Anime and Video Games Convention (AVCon) which is taking place at the Adelaide Convention Centre, starting July 22nd through to the 24th. If…
The dates have been set for the 48 hour game making challenge which is now in its fifth year of existence. For those taking part, pencil in your diaries for September 30 to October 2. Team registrations will be opening soon, so keep an eye out at the following locations for the latest news and updates!
Brisbane IGDA: http://igdabrisbane.org
48hr game challegne: http://48hrgamecomp.com
Brisbane IGDA fb: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=319387216329
Twitter: @igdaBrisbane – @48hrgamecomp
In…
When: 9 August, 6pm - 11:30pm
Where:
Attic Bar at The Arthouse Hotel
275 Pitt Street
(from the IGDA Sydney event page)
Bits & Pieces is a night of play testing games, swapping indie developer war stories and chilling in the Attic of the Arthouse Hotel!
Let us know what you're working on at Show & Tell, then gives us a chance to play it at Bits & Pieces!
Play games being developed right now and help local developers gather feedback critical to making a frakking awesome player…
New independent game studio, Uppercut Games, have just announced their first game, Epoch. While a specific release date has yet to be confirmed, the action-combat game is headed towards iOS devices during the fourth quarter of 2011.
Epoch is powered by the Unreal Engine and is looking pretty impressive so far. A trailer has been released showing off some of the frantic action, while Uppercut Games are promising the following features...
Fight through the crumbling ruins of a once-thriving…
Free to Public!
All Welcome!
Where: The Glasshouse, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove
The first year we ran the fabulous 48 hour game making challenge we had four teams – our winning team that year was SIF90 – they came – they coded – they conquered. Much adored and beloved the SIF90 lads have since gone their own separate directions and we want to bring them back!
A chat on making games, going indie and all stops in-between starring Tom Killen (The Voxel Agents - creators of…
Free to Public!
All Welcome!
Where: The Glasshouse, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove
When: Aug 3rd 6.00 – 7.00 pm
Marketing your game – ninja style
The man behind Halfbrick's world wide hit Fruit Ninja's quirky internet ads comes to Game On to chat about the world of mobile and casual games marketing and his own somewhat unique approaches as well as Halfbrick's rather interesting Friday afternoons...
Fruit Ninja – http://www.fruitninja.com/
HalfBrick – http://www.halfbrick.com/
Anomalous Interactive has officially released Slingshot Justice, the ultimate bully shooting iPhone game and it is FREE for one day!
Anomalous Interactive releases Slingshot Justice, a heart-wrenching tale of warfare... in the neighbourhood.
As a fifth grade vigilante, you have taken up action to protect the lemonade stands of the youth from the terrors of the local bullies. War never changes, and with your trusty slingshot in hand, you'll defend innocence from brutality, or get a wedgie…
Australian Premiere
Venue: Playhouse
Dates: Sat 20 Aug
Time: 1.30pm
For more than 20 years Masaya Matsuura has blurred the lines between music and games. His hit Sony PlayStation game PaRappa the Rapper introduced a new global audience to the potential of music video games. Other critically renowned games include UmJammer Lammy and vib-ribbon.
In this special event, Matsuura-san will play live music in addition to showcasing some of his studio's latest work. He’ll also be interviewed by David…
When: 12 July, 6:00pm. Mic's turn on at 7.00* (give or take, but earlier than usual to fit it all in!)
Where:
1000 £ Bend
361 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne, Australia
IGDA Melbourne have sorted out the schedule for the Open Mic night for next week (12th July). The developers who'll be talking about their work will be:
QBOY – Student Project (Student Presentation)
Swing Interactive – Student Project (Student Presentation)
Harry Lee – Current and future projects and Harry’s Jam (Student…
