The Human Rights are Aussie Rules Project is an education program teaching young people about human rights through the metaphor of sport. The project has three learning modules – a theatre performance, workshop and mass participatory game, Handball for Human Rights - which use principles of fair play to educate about complex ideas such as Freedom, Respect, Equality and Dignity.
In 2011 the project has received funding for the development of an online game exploring the above themes.
The Brief…
For 48 hours over the weekend of Jan 28-30 a group of 40 game designers, developers and artists - both amateur and professional - will come together for an intensive Jam Session, forming small creative teams to design and prototype innovative game ideas. We provide the space, the tools you need and even catering. You make the games, and the IP stays with you!
All places are locked down now. Even if you missed out on a place in the Jam - you can still enjoy all the awesomeness of the Game Jam…
Still working on iPhone, now have opengles2 support for my pipeline (shaders)
finished up the goldfish project, and having a break from the cute stuff to do something violent, like shoot zombies.
zombie is a performance test, though still 50% anitalisasing, with 339 vertex each. still need to do more performance testing
There's one worthy thing to note about Blue Tongue Entertainment's de Blob, apart from being an awesome game itself, and that is that the promotion for de Blob came with some highly humorous and incredibly gorgeous cinematics as well.
Publisher THQ has continued the fine tradition by commissioning these two new trailers below in anticipation of the launch of the follow up, de Blob 2, which comes out late next month!
Of course, these excellent animated shorts were created in South Australia…
Control Freaks was a regular Channel 7 TV show that appeared on our sets back in 2002 when games coverage on local tv was a scarcity. I think it may have been the first ever gaming show on local TV. Control Freaks piqued our interest since they began to fit in coverage of the local games development industry with their games reviews and gaming news. On their very first show, they were promised a tour and interview Ratbag games, so we saw fit to make a post about it on Sumea. Promoting the local…
Just a reminder to all that the 48 hour game making challenge, Global Game Jam is on this weekend! We've got two big hives of GGJ activity happening in Melbourne and Sydney (Perth is having a more quieter one this year, it seems!) starting tomorrow.
IGDA Melbourne has helped organise one of the big events this side of the equator with great support from local developers, Firemint, as well as a great and diverse panel of judges to look over the entries. Game Jam Sydney also boasts some great…
Apple have unveiled a page within iTunes which displays the top ten downloaded apps of all time as the appstore races towards hitting the 10 billion apps downloaded milestone.
The top ten lists are categorised by platform and whether they are paid or free apps, but the category we're most interested in is the All-Time Top Paid iPhone Apps category simply because Flight Control, by Melbourne's Firemint, has hit the #10 spot in that list.
All-Time Top Paid iPhone Apps
1. Doodle Jump
2. Tap…
The Mana bar has organised a charity event for the QLD Premier Disaster Relief Appeal. They're running a huge raffle and they've got the support by a big number of publishers who'll be providing some great prizes for the raffle winners. All proceeds will of course go directly to the appeal to help out the Queensland flood victims.
To be in the draw, all you'll need to do is purchase a raffle ticket at the Mana Bar this week. The winners will be drawn at the Mana Bar on Friday, the 28th of Jan…
The folks at N3V Games who launched their fundraising campaign for the Queensland Premiers Flood Relief Appeal have announced they've raised nearly $2,000 for the cause. 50% of the revenue spent on in-game items by players of the free-to-play multiplayer online game, Runes of Magic, will be donated to the appeal. There are only a few days left, so if you're a Runes of Magic gamer, you'll be assured that whilst you're getting your special in-game mount, you'll be doing your it to help out…
