3 Blokes Studios (established 2006) was acquired by Californian social gaming company, RockYou, in 2011 but closed down the Brisbane-based studio last April as they change their focus towards their media business and third party publishing rather than in-house development. 3 Blokes Studios General Manager, George Fidler, had a positive outlook on the closure as he revealed that most of their staff will be retained under a new company name and continuing their efforts in the Facebook strategy…
Freeplay, the Independent Games Festival have just reached their Pozible crowd-funding goal today! After passing the halfway mark of their month-long campaign just a few days ago, Freeplay has reached the $4,000 goal of pledges which is a phenomenal effort by you guys, the attendees! There was a considerable boost in the last two days which was $3,223, but if you want to see some detailed stats on how the campaign progressed up to this mid-way point, then head on over to the Freeplay blog!
When…
When: Friday, June 15, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (GMT+1000)
Where: The Edge
State Library of Queensland
Stanley Place
South Brisbane, 4000
Australia
Brisbane people! You get to have an extra special screening for Indie Game: The Movie! This is Brisbane's only screening of the award winning documentary and it will be your ONLY chance to see it on the big screen.
Held at The Edge at the State Library of Queensland, the screening will be for game devs, aspiring game devs, and those cool people…
When: Tuesday 12 June, from 6.30pm – Open Mic starts around 7.
Where: 1000 Pound Bend
What:
IGDA Melbourne have organised another awesome Open Mic Night where presenters will be showing off what they've been working on. Everyone is also encouraged to bring along their own prototypes and demos for feedback, so pack your laptops and mobile devices and come along!
Playtesting will go throughout the evening, and the microphone will be powered up around 7pm for a variety of talks including from:
Ben…
Hi, I’m a seasoned games industry professional seeking help to complete a Unity project.
Myself and a coder friend have been developing this concept part time for a couple of years.
We started out using XNA but recently realised we need to switch to Unity to reach a wider market and reduce the demands of writing an engine.
Unfortunately my friend has recently found himself in circumstances where he can no longer continue contributing. Subsequently I'm looking for some new collaborators to…
Back in 2008, I created an article on the origins of Australian game developers which displayed some charts showing the links between various game companies that have spawned off from each other. It was fairly well received and was even used as a base by researchers interested in this kind of information.
A whole lot has happened since 2008 for the local industry including the global financial crisis and the incredible rise of indie games development, but sadly our article hasn't been updated…
When: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:00pm to 10:20pm
Where: Chauvel Cinema
Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington
Paddington, New South Wales 2021
Australia
You had to be fairly quick if you wanted in for the official premiere Sydney screening of the award winning Indie Game: The Movie, on the 12th of June, next week. Tickets were snapped up and sold out in no time for this first and only theatrical release in N.S.W for this highly anticipated movie.
Due to popular demand, Soap Creative have…
Thanks to the guys at Double Happy Rabbits, we have a ticket to the
Sydney Saturday Workshop to be won.
Headed up by Ben Mauro and Robin Eley, this intensive workshop should be a smash!
All you have to do is upload a piece of your concept art to win!
To enter visit the FACEBOOK page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CDWA/171936559497512'sk=app_95936962634
Entries close 5.30pm, Friday, June 15th.
Brought to you by the awesome www.doublehappyrabbits.com
The 2012 Sydney workshop has been launched!!!
There's some fantastic artists lined up this year and best of all, it follows straight on from Melbourne Oz-ComicCon! We're only one state over, so if your making a special trip already, take advantage of the timing and stay a bit longer!
The week-long workshop (2-6th July) features the awesome talents of Kekai Kotaki, Gerhard Mozsi and John Park! 3-hour presentations from each of them per day, that's 45-hours of world-class tips and insights from…
