Max_torq is embarking on an interesting project, and if you're interested in taking part, give him a yell! I'll post his forum message below...
Hi Sumeans,
I have been developing game ideas for few years now, including presenting an unsigned game at AGDC a few years back. Recently I have been starting a new and not unrelated venture, the importation classification and retailing of anime dating sims.
You are I am sure familiar with the restrictions on games imported in Australia, so you can be…
(from the forum)
Greetings! I am Cevius (aka Adam Corbally) one of the operators of the Brisbane Game Development Meetup Group or BGDM.
People with a common interest meet - share ideas + interests. The more motivated will take on projects or share objectives. The group offers an opportunity to keep focused and moving forward. Together.
Let's put Brisbane on the map.
We have finaly begun holding meetings again!
Here is the relevant Info!
When:
Saturday, September 16, 5:30 PM
Where:
Pavilion Bar…
It looks like a new game development company is setting up in Perth. Anino Entertainment is setting up a studio in Perth and teaming up with Perth developers, White Knight Games in the process. The new developer outfit will be called Anino Entertainment Australia, and they're planning to develop a new RPG game for next-gen consoles for release in 2008...
Anino founder Niel Dagondon said the Manila, Philippines-based gaming firm, has teamed up with Australia-based White Knight Games. It has…
The Age has an article on the independant games played at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne's Federation Square. It was a hands-on exhibition where visitors can play any of the sixteen games which were from the recent the Independent Games Festival at San Francisco in the ACMI Games Lab. David Hewitt (from Tantalus and IGDA Melbourne) was there and gave his thoughts on the potential of games to offer more than what mainstream publishers provide (generally involving "Man…
Business website / magazine Australian Anthill has awarded BigWorld Pty Ltd the first placing in their "cool company" award, beating a list of other innovative companies which also includes MyVirtualHome...
According to mainstream culture, the end users of BigWorld?s ?massively multi-player online game? (MMOG) middleware platform are not exactly cool. In fact, they?re geeks. However, BigWorld the company received so many ticks in so many boxes that our judges (after vigorous debate) had little…
Matt and Yug have visited Krome Studios and have posted about their trip up on AustralianGamer.com. The guys find out what Krome are working on and have an interview with Creative Director, Steve Stamadiatis. There are also a few pictures as well, so check it out!
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AFTRS Live-In-LAMP, Freycinet, Tasmania Oct 29 - Nov 3.
Discover emerging media and create compelling next generation media at the Laboratory for Advanced Media, proudly supported by Screen Tasmania. Local and International mentors guide teams through the opportunities offered by broadband, IPTV, web 2.0, mobile media, games and virtual worlds. LAMP has prototyping cutting edge services during 4 labs developing over 30 projects from independents, ABC TV, News…
The Herald Sun has an article on AFL Premiership 2006 by IR Gurus. They chat to IR Gurus developer, Justin Halliday, on the new improvements added to AFL Premiership 2006, and how the team gathered inspiration from previous AFL games on systems like the NES. There are a lot of other developer related insights on the AFL series of games as Halliday mentions how a rebuild of the AFL engine being completed for AFL Premiership 2005 has allowed them to concentrate on gameplay for 2006 (and the…
I've noticed that this was written about in the forum, and it's also on Slashdot as well, but there's a new two-day expo planned for Perth next year called "GO3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo 2007". A snippet on the website says about the expo:
GO3 is an exciting three-day Electronic Entertainment Exp that will showcase the latest in games hobbies and electronic entertainment. The Expo is for companies and consumers with a passion for state-of-the-art, interactive leisure pursuits.
Held in…
Sidhe Interactive's Rugby League 2 seems to have only recently made it to the UK (with some additions like the word "Super" in the title, and the British Super League) , and there's a review over at Eurogamer.net.
The game gets a fair share of criticism, the main being a lack of a training tutorial, or a real sense of involvement in the game, and an "inadequate" online mode which is blamed on the lack of local gamers to play with.
Ultimately there's just not enough here, be it in terms of…
