Another VTuber project from earlier this year, this was a personal project where my goal was to learn applying realistic face tracking to a non human character.
This was a commissioned project of a Twilight Princess inspired 3D VTubing avatar. My first time creating a VTuber, so I learnt a lot and enjoyed bringing the character to life!
Recently completed VTuber commission of a cute little Jerboa Knight! Was a pleasure to work on such a fun character and I learnt a couple of new things about stylized shaders and rendering along the way.
Tim Richards does a top job with the GDDA newsletter, and the latest copy has been released! It seems like Micro Forte are doing pretty good at the moment with Big World licenses. From gamenews.com.au..
The GDAA has released it's latest newsletter with several news stories and an article on the game education sector in Australia. The newsletter reports that "GDAA Member BigWorld now has 45 licenses across the world for its Massively Multiplayer Online Game middleware, with Netease in China now…
I've received the word that War World has been released! War World is a mech combat game developed by Third Wave Games, which is an international team with people in America, England, and Australia. From an old Sumea news story, Third Wave Games was formed by games industry veterans Morten Broderson (previous studio director for Blue Tongue), Johnni Christensen, and Phillip Tavel (previous creative director for Blue Tongue). Check out the War World website where you can find a tonne of…
Keynote speaker for Free Play 2005 was Greg Costikyan. From the Freeplay website, he was "inducted into the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame for a lifetime of accomplishment in the field... designed more than 30 commercially published board, roleplaying, computer, online, and mobile games over a 30 year career."
As a consultant on game industry business issues, Greg had this to say about local game development from his time at Free Play and the local IGDA Melbourne chapter...
A general concern of…
Submitted by Djenx
JoWooD announces the cancellation of development of Stargate-SG1: The Alliance, the TV tie-in that was slated for release this October. The announcement states the work done to date by developer Perception Games "does satisfy neither our quality requirements nor the fans expectations," leading them to conclude "we now simply have lost confidence in their ability to finish this project in time and sufficient quality." The update leaves open the possibility that development on…
Gamespot has an article on the Fourth Annual Christian Game Developer's Conference which took place just recently in America. It's an interesting look at the surgance of Christian gaming and includes some comments by Micro Forte CEO, John De Margheriti, on his passion for religion and a Christian themed MMO game...
The Aussie, whose team has been hard at work on Citizen Zero, claims to be the only Christian in his company.
"We're not a Christian company - we make a lot of normal games. But it's…
The Australian has a retrospective on Ratbag in light of the Adelaide studio's recent aquisition by Midway. In particular focus is Ratbag co-founder, Greg Siegele, who won't be spluring too much after the windfall...
FROM a work-for-the-dole entrepreneur to sharing a windfall of $7.27 million from the sale of Ratbag Holdings, the computer games company he co-founded, Greg Siegele has come a long way in 12 years.
"We started with no income, just payments from the National Employment Incentive…
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) announces the July 22 opening of applications for one of the most innovative programs in the world, its graduate degree in Emerging Media and Interactive Design.
AFTRS Lecturer in Interactive Media Mark Pesce said the program was casting its sights beyond traditional film and TV professionals to people who had produced games, Flash movies, and toys.
"We are looking for people who view the whole world as an opportunity for play. We're…
Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, announced today that it has acquired Ratbag Holdings Pty Ltd., a game development studio based in Adelaide, South Australia. Midway acquired the privately-held developer in a primarily stock transaction for 418,570 Midway shares. The studio is currently working on several unannounced Midway products for both current- and next-generation systems. The studio will be renamed Midway Studios - Australia.…
Submitted by Andrew Owen
We (The Faculty of Information Technology Monash University) are currently running a 3D Competition they will interest your readers. The Comp is sponsored by Alias
It is a Nationwide Competition and is open to all students in Secondary School and Tafe (conditions apply).
The Maya 3D Competition has two entry options:
1. Short Animation (maximum length of 3 minutes)
2. Still Image
All entries must be created using Maya PLE (Personal Learning Edition) which can be…
Submitted by Andrew Owen
The Comp is been run by the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University Melbourne Australia this weekend at all 5 campuses. The dates are below. The game will be run on University machines, so no need to bring your own PC. The rules state you need to be between 14 and 18 but anyone attending Secondary School can play and win. Staff members will be dressed as Jedi and Darth Vader at some of campuses.
http://infotech.monash.edu.au/about/news/archive/2005/…
