There's no escaping the news that Queensland is currently suffering what is fast becoming the worst flood disaster on record in the state. There are some heartbreaking stories of loss of life and pictures of immense property and infrastructure damage. Thirty-five Brisbane suburbs are currently gulfed by floodwater, and Australia's third largest city is currently a power-less ghost town as Brisbanites are advised against entering the CBD. Bus transport is no longer in service, other public…
Congratulations must go to Brawsome and Play-bit Entertainment on their success of securing the latest round of funding from Film Victoria's Game Investment Program. Andrew Goulding from Brawsome and Chris Watts from Play-bit are not only top blokes but are both extremely dedicated and hard working guys who really are passionate about making games. Not only do they contribute back to the community through participation in conferences like Freeplay, they're very approachable guys who are more…
New Zealand games developer, Sidhe, will be ramping down on contract-for-hire work this year. While the studio isn't ending all contract work completely (they're still working on the multi-platform Rugby Challenge), they are instead putting a lot more focus in the digital download space as their goal for 2011.
Mario Wynards, managing director at Sidhe, realised the decline of work-for-hire and the importance of original I.P and self-publishing as far back as 2008, however, this marks as the big…
When : 19 January · 19:00 - 22:00
Where :
Downstairs, The Bank Hotel
324 King Street
Newtown, Australia
HAPPY NEW BEER!
What's your new year's resolution? Does it involve lots more pixels? Good!!
This one's just over a week before GameJam Sydney 2011 - come meet the crew and competitors before the big event!
The Global Game Jam is the world’s largest game jam event, and brings together thousands of game enthusiasts participating through many locations around the world.
Work in teams to brainstorm, implement and complete a game within 48 hours from 28th to 30th January.
Melbourne
Where: at La Trobe University, Bundoora
IGDA Melbourne is hosting the 2011 Global Game Jam at LaTrobe Melbourne, 28th – 30th January 2011
Game Jam is on in a few weeks, and if you're interested in taking part, you may be…
When: Tuesday 11 January
Where: 3 Degrees, QV Building
Time: 7.30pm – 10pm
IGDA Melbourne are holding their first meet up for 2011! Make sure you come along to tonight's meeting (11/1/11, 7:30pm to 10pm, at 3 Degrees bar (an over-18′s venue) in QV, Melbourne CBD). Up for discussion are the details for Game Jam including special guests and judges, however, it's a great chance to catch up and discuss anything else with your fellow developers.
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ATTENTION due to circumstances out of our control…
Natcoll’s three campuses are offering open days and taster events—what better way to explore the possibility of a career in the creative digital arts?
Open days and open weeks are held several times throughout the year and allow you to find out more about studying game development with Natcoll. You’ll get to visit the facilities, check out work done by current students and talk to instructors about your particular interests. This is a great opportunity to see if Natcoll is right for you!…
Took a break from programming to do some artwork, and kind of happy with the result of an afternoon mucking about with normal maps. possibly should learn mudbox or zbrush, but found a workflow that suits me, even if i get to swear about polygon limits on lightwave and 3ds file formats. i'm modelling the normal map and then rendering with blue, green and red lights.
recent programming tasks have been a max cloth modifier, which is prictured on the iphone, though the 20fps are mostly doing…
Games studio Firemint today announced that it has acquired fellow Australian studio, Infinite Interactive. The move further boosts Firemint’s strength in designing and developing original games, while providing the Infinite Interactive team with a channel for independent publishing.
Firemint was founded by Rob Murray in 1999. It became a highly regarded work-for-hire mobile games studio before shooting to fame with iPhone hits “Flight Control” and “Real Racing” in 2009. Firemint has recently…
If you love sci-fi then you owe yourself to play Black Market. It's a flash based game currently still in Beta which is a mix of space trading, RPG, and a long story arc containing a whole slew of missions in a universe that's been richly layed out by Big Block Games, an independent games developer based in Wellington, New Zealand.
The game is expansive and visually stunning, and it's quite an extraordinary effort for a small team of just four main developers. I caught up with Michael…
