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...
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...
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...
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...
Following on from our feature piece last week, next in our series of articles on Gold Scottish Games Week sponsor YAHAHA is an interview with their Co-Founder and COO, Pengfei Zhang. Here, Zhang gives us an in-depth look at the decisions behind the creation of the company, as well as his future plans, for Scottish Games Week and beyond. What is...
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...
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...
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...
In addition to the bevy of incredible on-site events at venues across the country, Scottish Games Week features some excellent digital events as well. One of these is the XPO Digital North x Scottish Games Week crossover event: a conversation with Dave Taylor. This free, online event is a must-catch for anyone even vaguely interested in the games industry. Taylor-Made Games XPO North’s...
As Scottish Games Week draws closer, we want to highlight the generous sponsors who have made the event possible. Today, we’ll be taking a look at YAHAHA, Gold sponsor for the event, and a company that is delivering world-class user-generated content (UGC) experiences for players. Creation as Democracy Scottish Games Week is a celebration of the industry in Scotland, past, present and...