Heavy Rain, a 2010 Playstation 3 exclusive gritty film noir adventure game which relied heavily on quicktime events, was promoted as pushing the boundaries for virtual actors in video games. Heavy Rain boasted a high level of performance realism, with full motion body capture, facial capture, as well as the likeness of the actor performing those actions, far beyond what had been previously accomplished in games. Those boundaries are set to be surpassed with the upcoming release of Team Bondi's…
When: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 6:00 PM
Where: Media Design School. 242 Queen St Auckland
How to find us: Come up to Level 12
At the April Game Developer's Meetup we'll:
6.00 Arrive and mingle
6.15 Showcase: Gaming projects and news happening locally.
How to Survive and Thrive at GDC
The Games Developers Conference is the premiere global event for the games industry. Danu Abeysuriya from Rush Digital and Chris Harris from NinjaKiwi will give reports, tips and holiday snaps from their trip to…
Drop Spider Games is proud to announce the release of Spider Squish on the iTunes App Store for free.
Spider squish is a fast paced mini-game, based on the universe of Golem Defense.
Stop the invading hoard of mutated spiders from taking over the land by squishing them with your finger before they get to the villagers huts. You will need lightning reflexes as spiders crawl in all directions over the screen.
The faster you squish, the higher the score. The more huts you protect the faster your…
One of the most welcomed surprises of last year was finding out that the very well received 8-bit styled App Store game, The Incident, was developed by Big Bucket Software, a game and app development company based in Perth.
The success story of The Incident was instrumental in persuading Matt Comi, the main developer behind Big Bucket Software, on finally making Big Bucket Software a full time venture in game and productivity app production. We contacted Matt to find out more about his…
There was a time when Adelaide was at the forefront of Australian games development, and while that status has gone through a battering in recent times, there's definitely a sense that things are on the rebound. Exciting things are happening in Adelaide with AVCON coming up, indie developers doing awesome things on the App Store, and others well worth keeping an eye out on. Now is the perfect time for Adelaidians to get organised, to network and share ideas.
Tony Albrecht has posted a letter to…
There has been a lot of talk over the past few weeks among industry observers here and overseas concerning a recent article which appeared in GameSpot about the size of the Australian Games Industry. “Aussie dev industry shrinks 50% in 3 years” was the headline – but was the headline justified? The fact that the article in question came out (and got picked up on games news websites around the planet) one week prior to the GDC caused a right royal stir in some circles and some believe it did…
Alex has worked for Universal Studios, THQ, Rare, Microsoft, Games Workshop, Fantasy Flight Games, and more!
He draws sci-fi and fantasy creatures, landscapes and surreal vistas. He is known for his speed painting abilities and loose style that remains somehow detailed.
This Tuesday he will be taking requests and drawing LIVE at the Mana Bar!
Canberra - 2nd April
Canberra Technology Park
49 Phillip Ave
Watson ACT
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Sydney - 10th April
Wentworth Park Grandstand
Wentworth Park Rd
Ultimo NSW
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Melbourne - 16th April
State Library of Victoria
Experimedia Room
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
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We would like to invite you to iFEST, a FREE indie game festival for everyone from start-ups, established indie developers as well…
Hey guys, here is a couple of character designs. The truckie was done a while ago but I have given him a bit of an update and added a background. The sci-fi guy is all new.
