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23 Nov

Posted at 09:32h in Scottish Games Week

Scottish Games Week, the first-of-its-kind celebration of Scotland’s booming games industry, is over. The combination of hundreds of attendees and dozens of participants made the week-long, Scotland-wide series of events a roaring triumph. Six major events took place across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee from the 24th-28th of October, with an additional seven satellite events also taking place across the rest...

11 Nov

Posted at 17:00h in Awards, Scottish Games Week

Now that Scottish Games Week is over, we want to give some special coverage to the worthy winners in the first-ever Scottish Games Awards. Today, in the final article in this years’ series, we’ll be looking at Amicable Animal, the developer behind SOLAS 128, winner of the Audio award. We sat down with the game’s Designer and Programmer Tom Methven, as...

10 Nov

Posted at 17:00h in Awards, Scottish Games Week

Now that Scottish Games Week is over, we want to give some special coverage to the worthy winners in the first-ever Scottish Games Awards. Today we’ll be looking at ION LANDS, the developer behind Cloudpunk, winner of not one, but three different awards: Art and Animation, Creativity, and Best Large-Budget Game. We sat down with Cloudpunk’s Lead Writer Thomas Welsh, to...

09 Nov

Posted at 17:00h in Awards, Scottish Games Week

Now that Scottish Games Week is over, we want to give some special coverage to the worthy winners in the first-ever Scottish Games Awards. Today we’ll be looking at Brilliant Skies Ltd., the developer behind From the Depths, winner of the Technical Achievement Award. We sat down with their Director and Lead Developer, Nick Smart, to discuss his journey from defence...

07 Nov

Posted at 16:12h in Scottish Games Week

In this, the final part of our series of articles on YAHAHA, we’ll be discussing the idea of User Generated Content (UGC) as a whole, and how it is becoming a game-changer on the game development scene. Do It Yourself While the idea of players creating and sharing their own content in a game isn’t new, the extent to which the idea...

03 Nov

Posted at 12:05h in Awards, Scottish Games Week

Now that Scottish Games Week is over, we want to give some special coverage to the worthy winners in the first-ever Scottish Games Awards. We’ll be starting this off today with Team Terrible, the studio behind The Baby in Yellow, winner of the Best Small-Budget Game Award. We sat down with their Director, Greg Lee, to discuss the origins of both...

28 Oct

Posted at 09:45h in Awards, Scottish Games Week

Last night, after a packed week of games events showcasing the very best that the country has to offer, Scottish Games Week reached its climax with the first-ever Scottish Games Awards, a celebration that finally delivered the level of prestige that the sector has long since deserved. Standouts included ION LANDS' Cloudpunk, a cyberpunk delivery game that claimed three different...

22 Oct

Posted at 17:24h in Scottish Games Week

As Scottish Games Week draws near, the number of excellent satellite events available alongside the main events continues to grow!   The next of these is a workshop from Scottish Games Week sponsor, and highly successful Scottish startup, Zappaty, titled “How to Build a Multi-Million Valuation Company When You’re Broke”.   Knowledge is Power    Presented by Co-CEOs John Thornewill and David Stickland, the workshop will...

21 Oct

Posted at 17:55h in Scottish Games Week

As the possibilities of the digital content we produce expand along with our technology, the responsibility we have to regulate it does too. The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) was set up with this very purpose in mind and, in association with Scottish Games Week, they are hosting a roundtable event on Wednesday the 26th of October.   The Room Where it...