Seems to have been a while since I did a character design, and the first i have completed in a pen and marker technique!
Brief was fairly open: Barbarian Warrior, something along the lines of Conan.
Yes, some news on Pandemic Studios in Brisbane (sourced from Ausgamers). Gamespot has an article on Destroy All Humans, which will be seen at E3 next week!
Tantalus Interactive today announced two new Game Boy Advance titles, taking to three the number of GBA releases to make their debut at this year?s E3. Along with the original, in-house release Trick Star, Tantalus is delighted to confirm its continuing relationship with THQ and the release of an additional two GBA titles. Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies will see a summer release, while The Polar Express will hit the shelves around November 2004, to coincide with the highly anticipated…
Tantalus Interactive today announced two new Game Boy Advance titles, taking to three the number of GBA releases to make their debut at this year’s E3. Along with the original, in-house release Trick Star, Tantalus is delighted to confirm its continuing relationship with THQ and the release of an additional two GBA titles. Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies will see a summer release, while The Polar Express will hit the shelves around November 2004, to coincide with the highly…
Thanks to Zaph for posting about this in the forum!
The developers of Transformers, Atari Melbourne House, featured on Channel Seven's Sunrise program this morning
Atari Melbourne House is Australia's own premiere PlayStation 2 development studio and have just completed their latest project, Transformers. Featuring a graphic engine hailed by many journalists across Australia as being one of the best so far on the PlayStation 2, Transformers looks amazing and is a testament to the talent of the…
Tantalus Interactive today announced its latest handheld offering, Trick Star, for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance.
"We feel this stands up as one of the most impressive racingstyle games ever to grace the Game Boy Advance," said Tantalus CEO Tom Crago. "We've designed this game internally and developed it in-house from the ground up. It's the GBA title we all wanted to make."
In terms of technology, Trick Star is certainly a step above even the highly lauded Top Gear Rally. It features a 3D bike…
There's another article mentioning Rat Bag's woes in getting programmers onboard at TheAge.com.au...
"We go around to all the universities and talk to the students, but very few apply," says Mark Bracken, Ratbag's vice-president of marketing and business development. "There seems to be a myth going around that it's too hard to get a job in games programming in Australia, which is simply not the case. You don't have to be a coding superstar; you just have to be passionate about games. There are…
Free Play: The Next Wave Independent Game Developers' Conference is proud to finally announce our major keynote speaker:
HARVEY SMITH, Austin, Texas, USA
Harvey Smith (formerly of Ion Storm) has produced arguably the most intelligent, brave and innovative work in game design ever to come out of our industry.
We consider the nature of Harvey's work to be consistent with the progressive and alternative focus of Australia's first independent developers' conference. Harvey will be visiting…
(From the New Zealand Game Developer Association website!)
Registrations have now opened for the first ever New Zealand Game Developers Conference, dubbed Fuse 2004.
Held in Dunedin, the event promises to be an important milestone in the ongoing development of the NZ games industry with a range of speakers from local industry, government, and offshore and a host of planned talks and workshops.
Register now at the official conference website at www.nzgdc.org.nz
Tantalus Interactive today announced its latest handheld offering, Trick Star, for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance. Tantalus is one of the world’s foremost handheld game developers, with Trick Star following fresh on the heels of last year’s GBA hit Top Gear Rally. Established in 1994, Tantalus has released over twenty titles, including a string of high profile releases on Game Boy Advance. Top Gear Rally was published by Nintendo and was the recipient of several…
