GameSlaves.org tells of the coming wage changes by law for programmers in the field of IT, including game programmers. The changes mean that game programmers in Australia will be fairly compensated for overtime work, and entry level programmers get a fairer wage. If it is indeed true, the implications for the local industry could be enormous. From GameSlaves.org....
On January 1, 2005, the Information Technology Industry Award becomes "common rule".
This means:
- All programmers will have to be…
The November GDAA newsletter has been released and has news on The Polar Express by Blue Tongue, IR Gurus Heroes of the Pacific, Brisbane based game development educator Qantm which has been bought by SAE Technology College, reports on two game development text books from Elsevier, news from the Academy of Interactive Entertainment, and articles on the GDAA and its achievements for the past year and from PricewaterhouseCoopers on the Australian game development industry.
"PwC believes that the…
Film Victoria will support the development of six innovative digital media projects through its Digital Media Fund (DMF) program. The DMF stimulates creative and economic growth of digital animation, game prototype design, innovative digital content and audience development for the Victorian digital media industry.
IR Gurus Interactive Australia and Iron Monkey Studios were both provided Game Prototype Development investment funds to develop two new game projects with strong audience appeal…
Thanks to Truna for letting me know about this specific part of the Straight Out Of Brisbane fesitval that is happening December 2nd to 12th, 2004. SOOB is a festival of independent and emerging arts, culture and ideas, and this part of the festival should interest you budding Queensland game developers!
What's IN a GAME? - panel and show and tell...
Venue: TC Beirne Centre Friday 3rd Dec. 6.00 pm
The 'what's in a game?' panel consists of guests from local games companies, the local chapter of…
It's that time of year again! AGDC is just around the corner and the third annual Sumea AGDC meet-up is in the works.
Where: Southbank Food Court
When: 1st of December (Wed)
Time: 7:00pm
Contact: Jacana - 0413 657 583
Come join the discussion in forums. There is even a map - programmer art provided by CombatWombat :)
Sydney developers, Perception, have just put up a teaser site for their StarGate - The Alliance game. There's not much there at the moment, but you do get to see the first screenshots of the game ever to be seen, and it's looking very nice indeed :)
Just in time for the holidays, EA and Krome Studios ring in the season with the following press release... and in additional news Krome Studios re-launches the Krome site (www.kromestudios.com) which includes a fun TY-specific area for the kids containing helpful tips and fun activity pages.
With the holidays approaching, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Krome Studios have once again partnered up to deliver an outstanding mix of kids? entertainment and family value with TY the Tasmanian Tiger…
(from the forum, posted by Bane_Star_00)
Date: 2nd Week in December: Thursday 9th/Sunday 12th/Tuesday 11th
Please post your preferance before Dec 1st
Inquiry details:
Tykeil: samuelnicholas@airnet.com.au
Bane_Star: bannistr@senet.com.au
Main Note: Tykeil is now in China, for 3 months+ so I, (Bane Star) am hosting the event for the next 3, I'm rather different in that I prefer a bit more 'event handling' if someone else would like to be host to the event themselves.. please feel free.
Location:…
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has written an open letter concerning the issue of unreasonable working conditions within the industry, something that was recently brought to the limelight by a disgruntled EA spouse...
" Despite the continued success of the games industry, the immaturity of current business and production practices is severely crippling the industry . The recent frenzy of discussion over impassioned testimony about the horrible working conditions within…
Nocturnal Entertainment has just released an update to Catapult (Freeware) v1.41. The updated package includes the latest users guide, tutorials, CSL 1.2 (Catapult Standard Library) and the latest Catapult build. There are more than 120 improvements over the v1.41 release, and is a must-have for anyone using Catapult.
The French v1.41 package will be released within a couple of days, with the Spanish v1.41 package following within a fortnight.
Nocturnal will also make an announcment in the…
