There was a time when one of Australia's pioneering and most historically important games company had a website. Beam Software closed their company website sometime after mid-1999 after they were acquired by Infogrames, and it was unfortunate because the Beam site had a wealth of information on themselves which had simply disappeared from the internet for good. Sadly, none of the pages from Beam's site managed to get archived at places such as The Wayback Machine before 1999.
Beam Software were…
Earlier this year, one of our members felt the need to ask the question "Where are you?" to the Games Developers Association of Australia (GDAA)...
(Shane) Let me be straight up and blunt, I don't know what the GDAA now now does or ever did for the Computer games industry in Australia. There I said it, may the roof fall on my head, the sky open up and 10 ravens peck my precious eyes out.
It was a legitimate concern, perhaps partly due to the GDAA's fairly subdued media presence since…
Thanks to IGDA Melbourne for giving us the word that the Games Developers Association of Australia and PAX Australia have organised promotional space to local games developers for next year's massive PAX Australia event.
The ANZ Indie Booth will fit 20 developers, giving local independent games developers from Australia and New Zealand the great opportunity to showcase their games to the public at an expected sold out 2013 PAX Australia. While the ANZ Indie Booth will be situated in a central…
When: Tuesday 13 November 6.30pm - 10.30pm
Where: 1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
IGDA Melbourne are having their last meet up for this year before they sign off 2012 with ZOMGWTFIGDAMBBQ! next month. It'll be a casual affair at the 1000 Pound Bend and for those who planning on coming are encouraged to bring their game builds for testing and constructive feedback from their fellow games developers. Otherwise, there's plenty of mingling and networking to be had, so if you're…
New release from Gameloft Auckland studio
My Little Pony
Saddle up for adventure with Twilight Sparkle & friends!
After being locked away in the moon for centuries, Nightmare Moon is set free and spreading night across Ponyville! Only Twilight Sparkle and her friends can free Ponyville from her grasp and bring light and friendship back to the land. Help them rebuild the town and reach their dreams in exciting quests!
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/my-little-pony-friendship/id533173905…
C64 - AMIGA - PC COMPUTER DEMOSCENE PARTY - MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
SYNTAX DEMOSCENE PARTY - MELBOURNE
17th and 18th November 2012
People...we are not far out from the Syntax Party in Melbourne (http://www.syntaxparty.org/) - make sure to get your productions ready and get down there - register on the site!
COMPETITIONS:
CODING
DMEOS
INTROS
GRAPHICS
MUSIC
ANIMATION
Registrations are open, the weekend of the17th - 18th of November is the date! whether you like a BBQ, wanna watch some weird stuff on…
"Play It Again" is a local game history and preservation project with moving image and game archive partners, funded under the ARC Linkage scheme. We are compiling titles of 1980s computer games written in AU or NZ, whether published or not. Currently, we have some 700 AU titles and some 200 NZ titles, but we reckon there are probably many more we have missed.
Please help us to get these lists as complete as possible. The spreadsheets (there are 2) are linked to from our blog, at http://…
