Beach Bandits, the latest game from Zapfinger is now available on the App Store!
Zapfinger is a joint venture by Adelaide-based indie gaming developer Mighty Kingdom and Sydney-based developer Steve Pasvolsky.
The highly addictive, hidden object game is set on 6 colourful and creative beaches. Each beach has a unique theme where characters, animals, plants and the hidden objects create an entertaining setting for gameplay.
Help Huey the crab stop the Beach Bandits from stealing treasure,…
Massteroid is an Arcade style game with delightfully retro graphics that will definitely give you a laugh.
In an age of games about superheroes, war and epic battles to save humanity, one small team of students from the University of California, Irvine, (UCI) created a game they call ‘outrageous’.
You are a rogue asteroid, hurtling towards earth. Your goal: mass destruction.
You control the asteroid as it plummets towards the planet below, collecting space debris as you fall to grow as large…
The Melbourne International Animation Festival is fast approaching, and this year we’re excited to introduce a brand new offering for animation professionals, students and enthusiasts. RENDER is our very first annual conference!
Over two big days, expect authoritative discussions on topics as diverse as the development of CG & 3D animation, international perspectives on teaching animation at a tertiary level, advice on the prerequisites to establishing an independent…
New from Mighty Kingdom comes Overload!, an Arcade style, crate stacking game now available on iOS.
This is the second release this year for Adelaide-based indie games developer Mighty Kingdom who aims to release 10 games in 2013.
Director Philip Mayes says this is in keeping with their revolutionary development process that sees them develop games in 6-8 weeks.
Mayes says “Our goal is to release as often as we can, to build up a customer base and establish ourselves in the market.
“Once we…
Last year, we made a news item about helping locally developed games get the Greenlight on Steam which received good attention and gave a little bit of extra exposure for Australian and New Zealand made games pushing for distribution.
It's been nearly a year since and rather than updating our list on tsumea here, Steam actually has a much, much nicer solution. Through their 'collections' feature in the Greenlight section, we've set up a 'tsumea: Australia and New Zealand made' list which…
Tasty Tadpoles has just been launched on the App Store today! Developed as a universal app for iOS devices by a ex-Firemint graphic designer, Mark White, the game is a casual stealth/puzzle game where you have to guide tiny tadpoles to their safety across three kinds of ponds and through seventy five levels. There are four characters to unlock, and fourteen challenges to take on, so there's certainly plenty of fun to be had...
Tasty Tadpoles is a deliciously addictive trial of survival,…
What: Ballarat GiG: Get Into Games
Where: Mining Exchange, Ballarat, Victoria. Australia
When: 17th and 18th May
Ballarat GIG: Get Into Games
Shining a light on real opportunities in computer games
Melbourne, May 9th , 2013 — Australia’s largest regional computer games career expo, Ballarat GiG: Get into Games, returns on the 17th and 18th of May and will showcase the industry with two days of demonstrations, the latest games to play, competitions and talks from local industry leaders.…
When: Sunday 21, July from 7pm
Where: Transit Cocktail Lounge, Federation Square (above Transport Bar)
IGDA Melbourne are organising an awesome event to cap off PAX Australia called the Melbourne Mega Dev Party Post PAX Party. They've secured the Transit Cocktail Lounge which overlooks Federation Square, so you're in for a great evening to wind down after PAX Aus. Book your tickets as soon as possible to take advantage of the early bird offer!
All game developers and their sector friends are…
