Ex-Pandemic Studios Brisbane employees who have fond memories of their old work place may be disheartened to learn that their old studio is in the process of being demolished.
When Pandemic Studios Brisbane outgrew their building on Robertson Street in Fortitude Valley, QLD (which incidently currently houses THQ Studio Australia), they moved to a much larger complex at McLachlan Street. It was here where the local branch of Pandemic lived out its final days before publisher and owner, EA,…
I'm an indie games designer developer from the UK and I'm interested in the indie scene in Oz and Nz.
Anyway you can find my games at http://Arowx.com
Currently working on something new in Unity3, this is a solo indie project and my first with Unity, fingers crossed will update...
While attendees enjoy the second and final day of the Game Connect: Asia Pacific conference held on the Gold Coast which aims to inspire local developers in these tough times, news is flooding out that just nearby, a major Brisbane based studio is on the verge of collapse.
More troubling and credible reports concerning Krome Studios are currently spilling onto Twitter as well as into our comments areas, and if these new details along with the additional reports received yesterday relating to…
The Games Investment Programme assists Victorian games developers to create a diverse range of games for any distribution platform with an emphasis on technical, creative or design innovation.
This programme recognises the need to support games developers to create a prototype or full game on any distribution platform. It assists games developers to create original IP, attract further investment, reach a targeted audience, and ultimately strengthen Victoria's screen industry.
Maximum funds…
A great interview with Halfbrick Studios CEO, Shaniel Deo, on the company's phenomenal success on the Appstore is available at www.smartcompany.com.au. It's been only two months since our own interview with Shaniel, but since then it looks like Halfbrick has completed their 2 year transition to self-publishing from work-for-hire. It seems rather timely considering how strong the Aussie dollar is at the moment making it a challenge for local developers competing for publisher contracts. From the…
An issue that was raised in the forum a few days ago concerning a troubling trend in the local games industry was removed due to it's allegation of illegal activity and it's claimed defamatory nature towards a specific games studio. So far, two games companies have been alleged to be or are in the process of re-hiring the majority of staff as independent contractors (and in one of the cases, to another phantom company).
I've been convinced that the issue itself requires more indepth discussion…
Autodesk Softimage XSI Beginner
COURSE CODE: GM10
DURATION: 3 Saturdays 9am to 4pm
COST: $400 inc GST
COURSE DATES AVAILABLE: 13 November, 20 November, 27 November
Softimage XSI is a widely used 3D package with high-performance, non-destructive workflows making it a robust tool for the games and film industry. This course is aimed at getting beginner 3D artists and animators started by making use of the beginner pipelines and workflows.
ABOUT THE TEACHER:
Christopher Concepcion is an award-…
That took a bit longer than expected, but now have my own 3dstudio max exporter supporting biped, physique, scene graph, materials and animation. Also happen to have a win32/ iphone game engine that supports skinning.
(morphing is mostly done but sort of want to get a game done, not more engine features)
this week has been an animation system, previous to that has been max export and engine.
think most of the large techincal tasks are out of the way so can work on the actual game which shall be…
Representatives from Weta Digital, Zynga, PopCap and Visual Effects Society to Present at Leading Entertainment, Digital Effects, Animation and Games Conference
AnimfxNZ, Australasia’s leading conference for digital animation, effects, animation and games, today announced that registration has opened for this year’s conference which takes place November 4-6, 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. The conference is being sponsored by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (www.interactive.org)…
Firelight Technologies (Firelight), developer of audio software for the computer game and civil/defence simulator industries, has won the coveted Small Business Award. The award recognises the outstanding international success of the company’s FMOD software, which is now the most commonly used audio software in the worldwide computer games industry.
Firelight also received a commendation in the Arts and Entertainment Award category.
The 2010 Governor of Victoria Export Awards were announced on…
