Local Vocational Education and Training (VET) provider, the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) has recently undergone a comprehensive makeover to its Campus and training facilities on Queens Road, where a passionate and talented group of students are learning the necessary skills to enter the multi-billion dollar game development, animation, simulation and visual effects industries.
Co-CEOs John and Vicki De Margheriti commented...
It has always been paramount to ensure our students…
When? 21st - 22nd September
Where? H Block, Southbank Institute of Technology
Brisbane will host the 2010 World Computer Congress the week of September 20th-23rd.
Computer game developers of the future, eyeing their slice of the billion dollar game development industry will get the chance to participate in a 2-day workshop program, providing an insight into the games industry and its multiple facets through participation and a hands-on experience.
The workshops will cover the areas of:
Games…
Drop Spider Games have released Golem Crusades! For those who aren't clued up about Drop Spider Games, it's headed by Andrew Bailey, the Melbourne-based games developer veteran responsible for the original C64 hits, Druid, and Druid II, way back in the 80's. Here are two articles which will give you a thorough look at who Andrew is and his long and eventful career in the games industry.
Golem Crusades is now finally available for $13.99 from the Golem Crusades website or the following locations…
iPhone 3D Application Design
COURSE CODE: GM4
DURATION: 12 Weeknights 6pm-9pm
COST: $499 inc GST (No Discounts as this is already great value for 36 hours tuition)
COURSE DATES AVAILABLE: 7 Sep to 23 Nov
Learn how to develop 3D iPhone applications in this intensive 12-week course using the software Unity. Suited to beginners, flash and games developers, but all skill levels are catered for. You will develop projects from art through to programming and design. These will incorporate 3d, physics…
In early July this year, Brisbane game developers, Halfbrick Studios, reached the one million sale mark of their very popular fruit slicing game , Fruit Ninja, for the iPhone/iPod touch, after having only been available for 74 days on the Apple Appstore. They've followed it up recently with the anticipated version for the iPad, and it too has been receiving some tremendous success in the Appstore charts.
And while it has been an exciting time for Halfbrick, tsumea thought it would be a great…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6CVMAmSwhE
Since last update, Load/ save working, level teleportation, scripted sequences inside level, switches and moving platforms just added. Also rewrote the menu system.
Combat still at prototype stage, swiming and camera also need work.
also have a website again
http://www.davidcoen.au.com/
with a download of the current build
http://www.davidcoen.au.com/cat11.html
(Thanks to Yusuf for posting these details in the forum. More choices for game development education in NSW is always a good thing!)
This is hot off the press, or rather from the meeting of the UTS Academic Council who have just approved a new degree!
UTS: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GAMES DEVELOPMENT
The revised Bachelor of Science in Games Development will be available to school leavers from 2011. New subjects have also been added to this course for 2011.
Today’s games are…
pssst... tsumea is now on Facebook!
Well, I've buckled and have finally created a page for tsumea on some social networking platform called the "Facebook". All our industry news, job posts, media updates etc is automatically aggregated there, so if you don't like the services provided by Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS feed readers, or don't have the time visiting tsumea to keep up to date on all our latest news, well, you don't have an excuse any more!
Following the successful free app, Doodle Find, Melbourne indie developer, KlickTock, have just released the latest in their search and destroy match related titles called Little Things. It's available now for the iPad on the Appstore for just $2.99.
Looking at the screenshots, it looks like a superbly presented and designed game suitable for all ages and I can imagine the extra screen real-estate that the iPad offers really enhances the game types of this genre.
The game looks really great…
