(from the forum, posted by Bittman)
Well he might not, but we don't always listen to Sam's opinion since he already has a job in the games industry, that bastard.
Nevertheless, we've got a whole heap moving, as you may have seen at Freeplay or read in the August Report, and things are looking quite good as far as being able to enter GCAP's 30th of October indie submission deadline. However, in the words of someone somewhere, you can never count on a sure thing.
So on that feeling of uncertainty…
A short while ago, a 19 year old Brisbane modder named Joe emailed Gabe Newell and jokingly asked the renowned Valve CEO why he hasn't been flown to the Valve studios yet. It was a response to the recent news that Valve had flown in the the chief organisers of the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott petition/campaign to come and see the game for themselves. Joe had claimed he was working on a campaign also for Left 4 Dead 1.
Gabe Newell responded and argued that they were boycotting his campaign, and the…
Hey, if you're heading to the three-day Gen Con Australia conference in Brisbane this weekend, why not head towards the "Unofficial GenConOz after party" with AustralianGamer? The guys are meeting up on Saturday night for some food, drinks, and games in the valley, so if you've got nothing else on, why not hang out with some other game enthusiasts!
All the details on the attached flyer, RSVP required!
Film Victoria is pleased to invite all members of the tsumea community to the Digital Distribution Summit: Small Games, Big Market, to be held on Tuesday the 29th from 9:30am till 5pm at BMW Edge, Federation Square.
Alongside our local stars like Robert Murray and Rob Walsh will be representatives from Xbox, Nintendo, Electronic Arts (US), Ericsson, Game Developer Magazine, gamasutra.com, Activision/Blizzard and more.
The Digital Distribution Summit will be held in Melbourne, Australia on…
well, there is more i would like to do on the player movement prototype but need to move onto the next prototype, combat.
did get physics update seperate from the rendering, the animation states being driven by an xml defined state machine, and fix the vertical velocity issues i was having with a physics object player controller lauching over certain bumps.
you get some rather large forces at work to go from running one way to the other in one physics tick, which if reflected upwards from…
I told him not to do it. I warned him what he was in for, but he wouldn't listen. "It's gonna steal your life away", I says.
Good pal and local developer, Simon, has sprung up a new site called AussieIndie.com aimed at the local Australian indie community. Indie game development has had an extraordinary resurgence over the last few years with so many new opportunities for the small developer, so it's with great timing that a site like AussieIndie is happening to facilitate some of that…
The Academy of Interactive Entertainment have created a new youtube channel where they've been putting up film and animation that their students have completed as part of their course. There are some really well put together short films in there that are very much worth viewing, and it's just fantastic to see some quality student work from the AIE at a convenient site like youTube.
I've subscribed to their channel and will be following up on all their future uploads, so why not check them out…
EFA Board Member Geordie Guy will be taking part in a forum on Internet Censorship entitled “Cyberhate? Censorship on the Internet” at NSW Parliament House tomorrow, Tuesday the 8th September at 6pm. The event is hosted by Fellowship of the Round Table:
Our next Forum will be held Tuesday September 8th. again in the Jubilee Room Parliament House, at 6pm -8.30pm. The Topic – ‘Cyberhate? Censorship on the Internet‘.
Each speaker will talk for maximum 20 minutes and treat the topic as he/she…
Firemint announced yesterday that Flight Control, its world-wide hit game for iPhone and iPod touch, has landed over 1.5 million sales. The game was released six months ago on 5 March 2009, and has become one of the outstanding App Store success stories.
The wildly popular game has received rave reviews from players and reviewers alike, and has reached the #1 paid app position on the iTunes charts in 20 countries including USA, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Canada and Australia. Flight Control…
Despite the fact that more women are playing games than ever before - 46% of Australian gamers are female according to a recent survey[1] - less than 10-15% of game developers are women.
This year's Women In Games 2009 Sydney Mixer is being hosted by the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) at their brand new Sydney campus. AIE has been a support of the Women in Games Initiative since 2002 and offer a yearly scholarship aimed at helping more women pursue a career in the game development…
