(from the forum)
On behalf of iVEC, I would like to invite you to the iVEC Visualisation Seminar Series second presentation "Raytracing: your shadows for nothing and reflections for free"
In the last 12 months there have been a number of news articles about raytracing, many predicting raytracing will replace current graphics technology.
This seminar will explore the latest advances in raytracing on CPUs, GPUs and the Playstation 3 (CellBE processor), and will be followed by a discussion of…
I was hoping to post about this news last week, but my main source for the information, Actiontrip.com, keeps timing out for some reason. What I should've done was search elsewhere instead of waiting for it to come back up. But I digress...
Last week, a whole batch of new screenshots was released for Hellboy: Science of Evil, the current-gen action game in development at Krome Studios. It's been a while since we've seen the last batch of shots of the game, and while they looked nice then, they…
(from Truna!)
Just a reminder that there are TWO queensland games and igda events this week:
Casual Game-Making (FREE PUBLIC program)
Wednesday 2 April, 5-6pm @ the glasshouse, creative industries precinct, KG
Join Duncan Curtis and Marko Grgic of 3 Blokes Studios as they discuss the nature of developing and publishing independent and ‘casual’ games and the latest crazes to hit the ‘casual’ game market.
Queensland Games @ Supanova
Saturday - Sunday 5th, 6th April - all day Brisbane showgrounds…
PollDaddy.com, the service conducting the poll for or against the introduction of an R rating classification in Australia, has refined the poll votes on request by the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General who are relying on the results to determine whether the classification will go ahead. An official from PollDaddy.com has stated that voting abuses (such as votes containing duplicate ips) have been removed from the poll, updating the questionable results of 47% (7388 votes for) and 53% (…
As some of you may have been aware, on Friday Attorney Generals from each state met in South Australia to discuss, among other things, the R18+ classification for games. The result of the meeting was an agreement to canvas public opinion on the proposed introduction of the R18+ rating for games.
The Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls was positive about the agreement to consult on whether the R18+ classification should be introduced to the National Classification Scheme.
It seems…
The Autodesk Animation Workshop held in Sydney last year was a phenomenal success. Due to the overwhelming response, we are bringing the Animation Workshop* by Andrew Gordon from Pixar Animation Studios back for all those who did not have a chance to attend due to the limited space.
Build your animation skills and register to attend this exciting 2- day workshop in Sydney and Melbourne. This class is not software specific and all concepts can be applied to any platform. A certificate of…
Gamerthon, Australia’s largest and most prestigious game tournament is on next week at acmi; with over $50,000 worth of cash and prizes up for grabs across a range of games. Games include, Gran Turismo 5, Guitar Hero 3, Dead or Alive, FIFA 08, Call of Duty 4, Halo 3 and Counter Strike. For a list of dates and times check out the acmi website.
Nor sure how relevant this will be to Sumea readers, but this school holidays acmi is running regular free sessions to educate parents on today’s gaming environment their children are active in. Topics include navigating games, online games and the all important, game classification. This is part of holiday family activities currently on at acmi.
Sessions run every week day this school holidays (25th of March to the 4th of April) starting at 1pm (doesn’t say for how long!).
Paul Robertson, Melbourne pixel artist extraordinaire, has finally released the "Kings of Power 4 Billion %" animation at his livejournal blog. He's been quite a busy guy since the release of his first big hit, Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006, and if you've never seen any of his work, it's a great movie to start on...
He's gone off to do a music clip for Architecture in Helsinki and tv commercials (amongst other things), but if you want to see the latest bit of his crazy pixel…
There's a fantastic post mortem of Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords up at Gamasutra which gives some great insights into the development back story of the RPG puzzler by Melbourne's Infinite Interactive.
As with all great post mortems, it starts off with the initial idea of the game, and goes through to describes the pitching issues and selling of the game. And in the process, it reveals all the nitty gritty problems encountered and concludes with some valubale lessons to improve future…
