Here is my latest WIP
Its a warrior beetle with a comms unit.
I came up with the idea and my friend did the concept drawing.
I've spent about 12 hours on it so far, lots to go.
A lot of it is only blocked out...
All crits and comments welcome!
cheers,
Josh Bare
Submitted by Gabrielle Aujard
Australian Writers? Guild announces second games workshop
The Australian Writers? Guild, SA Branch is excited to announce Writing for Interactivity, a three day production workshop for writers and producers developing interactive content.
The workshop will be held from Friday May 26 through to Sunday 28 May at the South Australian Writers? Centre.
The workshop is a follow on from the successful Introduction to Writing for Games held in May 2005. The exciting and…
AUSTRALIA?S BIGGEST GAME STUDIOS REPORT RECORD JOBS GROWTH AS THEY HEAD TO LOS ANGELES FOR E3
42 game companies and 145 executives from Australia to attend E3 ? the world?s largest games event
(Los Angeles, CA) ? April 27, 2006 ? The Game Developers? Association of Australia (GDAA), the governing body for the Australian electronic game industry, announced today in the lead-up to E3 [May 9-12,2006] that Australia?s biggest independent game studios had increased their hires by almost 50%, up from…
Melbourne - Today, interactive handheld products company Wontom Pty Ltd announced the upcoming release of it?s handheld interactive gaming product for Smartphones and Windows CE PDA devices based around the highly popular ?Texas Hold?em Poker? game. The game, Wontom Multiplayer Poker which is in the final stages of development, will be released just prior to E3 next month, the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles California. ?We are extremely happy to have the support of the Victorian…
Publisher THQ has enjoyed considerable success with Nicelodean-branded game, with more than 40 million game units shipped worldwide. And it's of no surprise that there are plenty mroe in the works, some of which are slated for the upcoming Nintendo Revolution console. THQ has anounced their Nickelodeon-branded game lineup for 2006, and as you know, THQ have a huge presence in Australia in the form of THQ Studio Australia and Blue Tongue.
The press release mentions that THQ Studio Australia…
Truna has posted in the IGDA Brisbane forum that she's created a section up on Flickr where you can upload and share your photos taken from the Queensland Games part of Supanova last weekend. She's also written up some of her highlights of the event...
"my favorite moments from the event:
it's just gotta be those two little jedi knights playing starwars battlefront ... and watching bobafet pushing a babies buggy ....
on stage, too many fab moments to mention! the krome animators vs programmers…
If you didn't get to go to Supanova for whatever reason, be sure to check out Yug's article on the event. Yug's focused on some of the developer stands there along with other interesting going ons at Supanova...
"The main attraction for us was the section of the expo totally devoted to the local game industry, and we hoped that we might get to meet some of the people behind the games, while at the same time seeing if we might be able to get some kind of scoops prior to the upcoming E3…
John Passfield has added an entry in his Game Musings blog covering the weekend activities and happenings in the Queensland games area during Supanova...
"I was on the Pandemic booth for the first three hours of the show and we had so many people drop by it was just insane trying to keep up.
One of the big things that we?re achieving from being at Supanova is educating people about how big and successful the Queensland games industry is. So many people were unaware that killer games like…
IGN has a pre-E3 preview of "The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning" game that Krome Studios are developing, now that publisher Vivendi games has lifted the lid on it's secrecy. It looks like Krome are pushing the franchise into a more modern direction with plenty of offerings in the action department...
"Not only is A New Beginning more action-oriented than previous titles in the series, but the game is a bit darker as well, both in terms of art design and theme. It's still a very bright and…
