Hi guys, just letting you know that I'll be posting all our further job postings and news headlines over at our Twitter account at https://twitter.com/tsumea as soon as we receive them. For any of you who use the twitter service, be sure to follow us for all our news and updates.
Twitter will also be very useful for other tsumea related activities including member updates on the tsumea initiative, so keep an eye out on us!
A big part of my interest in the local games industry was due to Melbourne House and their ground breaking games in the mid 80's, but the next wave of interest happened a decade later during the reign of the Amigas and Atari STs when three guys from Brisbane took on the likes of dev giants, Lucasarts and Sierra Online, and brought out an extraordinary title called Flight of the Amazon Queen. It was a remarkable achievement and a notable milestone in Aussie game development.
Flight of the Amazon…
The Game Developers’ Association of Australia (GDAA), convenor of Game Connect: Asia Pacific (GCAP), is seeking expressions of interest from potential speakers interested in being involved in this important industry event.
“GCAP has always boasted an impressive lineup of speakers, both from the Australian development community and from overseas. This year we’re raising the bar further still and calling for submissions that focus specifically on new and emerging innovations in game development…
The Game Developers’ Association of Australia (GDAA), convenor of Game Connect: Asia Pacific (GCAP), today announced details for the forthcoming Game Connect: Asia Pacific 2009 Conference and Expo.
GCAP 09 will take place from Sunday 6 December through Tuesday 8 December 2009 at the Crown Promenade Hotel, which is part of the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, Australia.
“We are thrilled that this year GCAP returns to Melbourne and will be held in a spectacular new venue. We have every…
Kotaku AU has a question time feature with Game Developers Association of Australia president, Tom Crago, with questions coming from Kotaku readers on a range of topics including Australia's place in the global games industry, how to get in and stability, the R Rating classification, and my personal favourite, was the GDAA set up to form a salary cap for the industry...
There is no agreement between any Australian development studios in relation to salaries. In fact, we actively compete for…
BigWorld and its Massively Multiplayer Online suite of tools and technology is among the most innovative in the world, according to a poll organised by US technology publisher, Red Herring. The poll, which aims to recognise the top 100 companies that push the boundaries of innovation, features a few Australian companies, with BigWorld getting a hefty mention in the Sydney Morning Herald...
"We are the only company in the world that sells truly massively multiplayer online game technology," says…
Nocturnal is proud to announce the immediate release of Flowerworks®, an original PC action-adventure game for Windows operating systems.
Download now: http://www.flowerworksgame.com
Under development for more than 18 months, Flowerworks is a genre-busting title which breaks new ground in game design. It is a game for the entire family, and involves growing things, not blowing them up.
The player takes the role of Follie, an alien gardener who crash-lands on an unknown planet. Horrified by…
Revisiting the first fleet of ships for Tsumea Team C project. One new design with the other 3 polished/modified small to moderate amounts. Whilst the details are still loose I'm satisfied with the overall designs. fingers crossed the rest of the team is enthusiastic about them.
Hey folks,
I'm in the middle of fancifying my folio, and thought I might share some choice cuts from the archive.
Some are a little old, but are favourites of mine. The are part of a series based on a world of high powered fantasy adventure - epic adventures, larger than life adventure, ridiculously big weapons. I'll share more of the creatures and environments in other posts.
