Supporting the game development community of Western Australia
Following on from their successful workshop last year, Business Foundations have two new FREE workshops for game developers in Perth. A Business Planning & Strategy workshop is being held on Friday 24th May, between 8:30am and 12:00pm, and the Marketing workshop is on Wednesday June 12th, from 1:30pm to 5:00pm.…
Our good friends (and stylish party fiends) at IGDAM are organising the Melbourne Mega Dev Party for the weekend of PAX. The party is on Sunday 21st July, starts at 7pm, and is being hosted at the fancy-lookin’ Transit Lounge in the Melbourne CBD. If you’re looking to meet and…
The West Australia Screen Awards, hosted by FTI, are including two new categories in this year’s line-up: Best Game and Best Interactive Fiction. This is a great addition to WASA, and we’re very pleased to hear of the inclusion for games and interactive content in WA’s premier screen sector awards…
It’s that special time of year, where we announce our May event! The Games In Progress Forum It’s time to talk games! Specifically, let’s talk about the games we’re working on; the problems that have us stumped, and the discoveries that have made us leap from our workstations. There will…
Two bits of local game development news for your eyeboxes today! Tickets available for pervasive games workshop Registration is currently open for an exciting workshop by Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie from Atmosphere Industries on pervasive and urban games at Spacecubed. The two day workshop is aimed at non-profits, community groups, educators…
Freedom Fall Beta released on Desura This morning, the paid beta for Freedom Fall was released on Desura. Stirfire Studios has had the game in development for over a year, and they’re nearing full-feature release of the game soon. Freedom Fall is also currently on Steam Greenlight, the popular crowd-sourced…
Perth-made Fallout fan film at PAX Australia Fallout: Lanius, the Perth-made fan film of the popular post-apocalyptic game franchise, Fallout, will be premiering at PAX Australia later this year. If you’re going to be at the convention, you might be interested in these details from the press release from yesterday’s…
Indie Game: The Movie at Spacecubed Our friends over at Spacecubed are hosting a movie night next Friday! They’re bringing the couches, popcorn and Indie Game: The Movie – all you need to bring is yourself. The screening starts at 6pm on Friday 19th, and is free for Spacecubed members,…
Freedom Fall seeking votes on Steam Greenlight Stirfire Studios have announced their freefalling platformer, Freedom Fall, is now up on Steam’s Greenlight platform. Best of luck to Lisa and the team at Stirfire, we hope to see plenty of upvotes and comments on the Freedom Fall page!
Pause Festival looking for developers for game showcase Pause Festival is coming to Perth later this month for City of Perth’s Innovation Month, and they’re looking to make a public exhibit of locally produced games. Andrew Hawkins from DrewFX is kindly rounding up the exhibition line-up, so if you are…
