As you can tell, it's a very quiet time for the website, being the holiday season and all. It's probably at it's most quiet during the period between Christmas and New Years Eve, so I guess now is a pretty good time to summerise the highlights for the local industry in 2003, as well as comment on what Sumea Launchpad has achieved in the last 12 months. It may be a bit long winded, but hopefully a few of you will find it a little bit interesting! In any case, it'll be a good chance for me to let…
It's been a rough couple of days for the website, with script timeouts and whatnot, but I thought I'd sneak in a message to everyone hoping you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Nocturnal Entertainment Australia has announced the release of Catapult v1.32b, the latest version of their development system for the GameBoy Advance.
Catapult currently supports all Windows platforms, with a Linux version being worked on. It includes a editor, emulator, debugger, integrated toolset, and uses a custom language designed around the GBA hardware. Catapult comes with an extensive integrated users guide, and eleven tutorials for beginners.
Catapult v1.32b has the following new…
Submitted by Noreha
Hi all, just a quick note informing all that went to the AGDC and played x-fire (unsigned game indie - runner-up) that a demo has been released, just go to :
http://lphpnl.com/downloads/
There is a demo of the game here (it's about 43 meg), feel free to download and play to your hearts content. Don't forget to send us some feedback so that we can make it even better.
Thanks to all that gave us some feedback (positive and negative) at the AGDC it was invaluable, we all had a…
The City of Melbourne is offering two half scholarships to students entering Stage 1 of The Diploma of Computer Game Development (Art) at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment in Melbourne.
To see if you're eligible, click here for the details!
December 17, 2003 ? Nokia today announced Ashen, its third self-published title for the N-Gage mobile game deck. Exclusively for the N-Gage game deck, Ashen is a 3D gothic horror themed, first person shooter that pits mobile gamers against a host of horrors. In addition to exciting single player action, up to four people can play in deathmatch mode via Bluetooth wireless technology.
?Ashen will capture mobile gamers with its impressive gameplay and unique features,? said Pasi P?l?nen, Director…
New Zealand's first ever game developers conference is happening next year, and it's called Fuse 2004...
"The conference will include: a round table discussion on the direction of the industry in New Zealand; this will optimize technology transfer and skill development; Tutorials on AI for computer games, building games for mobile devices, internationalizing content, software engineering, and game design; public panel discussions of the role of computer games in New Zealand society."
They've…
I've changed the look of the car for a monthly compition I won, and this is what I'm submiting for the final. As usual all crits of comments welcome. (or job offers) =D
3dnutta@gmail.com
Homelandfed has a few questions with Irrational Games' Jonathan Chey on the highlights and lowlights of 2003, and also what he wishes for next year..
"I'd like to see the industry moving on for once. Let's see some real new game concepts not the same old ideas being re-hashed for the hundredth time. Let's see some new genres not another WW2 shooter or cute-mascot platformer. Let's see a game that doesn't sell itself on the basis of ever more brutal ways to dismember your opponent. Of course, I'…
We're quite accustomed to getting games banned or edited here in Australia, and the way we've got around that was to import uncut versions from New Zealand where they're a bit more lax with violent games.
Well, it seems things may be changing, as news comes of "Manhunt", a fairly graphicly violent game from those who seem to excell in them, Rockstar Games, getting the axe in New Zealand...
"Manhunt, a DVD-ROM console game produced in Playstation 2 format, is the first video game banned by the…
