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(Canberra, Australia): BigWorld has recently expanded its presence in both the Japanese and South Korean markets. Gavin Longhurst, BigWorld VP for Business Development, announced that this move bolsters BigWorld’s ability to provide direct sales and support to the increasing number of game developers using the BigWorld MMO engine in the region. Longhurst said that BigWorld has appointed James Hursthouse, formerly founder and CEO of Online Game Services Inc…
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 presents : An Evening with Paul Debevec
New Techniques for Acquiring, Rendering, and Displaying Human Performances
The SIGGRAPH Perth chapter is proud to present an evening of exciting insights into the world of computer graphics and interactive techniques…
The recent OFLC classification refusal of Fallout 3 has caught the ire of many local gamers, and while there have been meetings of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-Generals (SCAG) and some online poll, nothing seems to have eventuated.
Now, I'm not sure how successful online petitions are, but someone has created a new petition at www.ipetitions.com for those who feel strongly for the R(18+) games rating for Australians to head on there and add their signature to the growing list. From the…
Stickmen Studios are the second studio in New Zealand to get the nod from Nintendo and the approval to develop for the Wii console. As reported by Stuff.co.nz, Stickmen can now develop for the Wii with its innovative wii-mote controller, as well as games for the Wii-ware download service. The other developer to get Nintendo's approval is of course, Sidhe Interactive.
We don't really know much about Stickmen Studios, apart from their lofty goal of "All Blacks of Digital Media", but we wish them…
Gamasutra has the news that another developer has picked up a license for the BigWorld Technology Suite. Meteor Games, an independent games developer founded by Neopets (which seems to be some online web based pokemon-like game / community) founders, are the latest to license the BigWorld Technology. From Gamasutra...
Meteor Games CEO and creative director Adam Powell: "BigWorld's technology provides us with an extremely powerful and highly flexible game engine, which can be tailored to the…
Worthpaying.com has a whole bunch of gorgeous new screenshots and a brand spanking new trailer for Torus Games' Zoo Hospital which they're developng for the Nintendo Wii. I have to say, the animation and art direction in this is great, and it certainly looks like a fun game as well. I've embedded the trailer below for easier viewing, and if you're interested in finding what Zoo Hospital is all about, head on over to Suit101 where they had a chat with Torus about the game. From Suit 101...
Torus…
Computational Maths for Dummies pt 2
Well, here is the next article in the series, it's a hefty one! Covers a different method for solving the same equation, however it lays the foundation for the next couple of articles which will be more implementation oriented.
It might change a little over the next couple of days as I edit it somewhat, but it's 90% done.
Any feedback, fire away people !
- Stephen
See that lonely figure up there? That's me. That can also be you too!
We had an irc java applet on the old Sumea site for years, and while we had some great times in there (particularly with the organised developer chats), it wasn't used very often otherwise. The java applet was also a pain in the butt to update all the time, and since this new fandangled Lively service from Google reared its head, I thought it would be a great replacement for our old irc chat. I'm totally diggin the character…
Do you care about the future of arts & culture?
Do you want a say in the development of arts and cultural policy and programs in WA?
Then these forums are just for you!
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Arts & Cultural Policy Consultation Forums
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The Development and Strategy Directorate (DSD) of the Department of Culture and the Arts, is creating a new overarching policy framework to shape and guide its future work.
DSD is responsible…
Well, it has been AGES since I last did any hobby stuff, but in my spare time I have been reading columns about game engines and really finding it interesting so here I am, AGAIN!!!
This is the first version of an Graphics Engine that I'm putting together, more of a proof of concept.
Update: Have added billboarding to this project as well as increased the size of the height map that can be read in. It now splits the terrain into chunks and renders each separately. Next task is to implement…
