Supporting the game development community of Western Australia
The Oculus & IndieCade VR Jam starts this Friday 2nd August 2013, and we’re super excited to see what Perth developers create for it. From the official website: We’re thrilled to announce VR Jam, a long-format, worldwide game jam presented by Oculus and IndieCade. We’re putting up over $50,000 in prizes and…
Stirfire Studios have officially released Freedom Fall at PAX Australia this weekend. Freedom Fall is available for iOS, Android, Ouya, and Windows & Mac via Desura. Visit their blog for more details and links to the store pages.
This weekend, Melbourne will be hosting the very first non-US PAX event, one of the largest gaming festivals in the world. Alongside international guests Ron Gilbert, Bioware and Gearbox Software, a host of West Australian game developers are heading over to showcase their games and talk about their craft. If…
Earlier this week, the nominees for the West Australia Screen Awards were announced, and included the four nominees in the running for the Best Game category: Square Off – Gnomic Studios (Win7) deviator – pvi collective (ARG) Freedom Fall – Stirfire Studios (PC) Orbeats – WRK Studios (iOS) Congratulations and…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoJaYXKfmaM&w=500&h=375] You might remember last year at our pitching event, Lester and his team were filming for their documentary on indie game developers, GameLoading. Earlier this week, the GameLoading teaser trailer was released, and Lester had some nice things to say about his time with the WA community.
Earlier this year, ScreenWest led a scoping consultation into the WA games industry, and talked with key stakeholders about what they could potentially do to help this growing sector in the screen industry. If you did not get a chance to talk to ScreenWest during their consultation period, and are…
Last week, Blake Simpson let us know that the beta for his indie 2-player brawl platformer, Blitz Bandits, has been released for community playtesting. Mac and Windows clients are available, or you play the game directly from the GameJolt site.
This Thursday, Screen Australia Investment Manager Mike Cowap will be hosting a couple of information sessions about the Game Production and Multiplatfom Production funds. More details can be found at this ScreenWest newsletter article. Games Production Program information session: When: Thursday, 4 July 2013 Where: ScreenWest offices, Gordon Stephenson House,…
