Supporting the game development community of Western Australia
Thanks to everyone for coming to our presentation and panel discussion last night. There was a fantastic turnout and very lively discussion during the networking session that followed. It was great to see people making new connections, particularly leading up to X|Media|Lab next month. A number of people asked for…
Our panel discussion and networking session is in just two days! (Wednesday 16 March), so be sure to register (via rsvp@screenwest.wa.gov.au) as soon as possible to avoid disappointment! Important: Regarding RSVP’s, in the subject heading of your email, please write: ‘Surname’ Let’s Make Game’s Q&A. For queries, please contact Michelle…
Congrats to local game developer Headsoft, who have just released their first iOS game Jungool! Here’s a brief game-play video: Buy it now on the iTunes App Store. Thanks to Headsoft for contacting us. It’s always great to learn about local developers, particularly those with a history of development across…
Our next event, OMG LMG BBQ, is on this Sunday (27 February) from 4-8pm. Let’s Make Games’ social events are a great way to meet local game developers in a casual environment. This weekend you can expect to see (amongst others) developers from: RocketHands Sandbox Software Spinfast / Staring Man…
We have a fascination with Perth game developers. We follow them everywhere and sing their praises, and now we’re following them on twitter! It’s all thanks to Ben, who has stepped up to bring the wonder of Perth games to the world of twitter via @letsmakegames. Follow us to let…
As part of our new online forums, Richard is running the Challenges board – where we will be posing various challenges to the local game development community every other week or so. Challenges on the forums are a great way to: Get inspired (how will you address the theme?) Get…
The Let’s Make Games forums are now live! We’ve had a lot of people ask us where they can: Post their work-in-progress games Find a job, work experience, or a like-minded development team Participate in game development competitions and challenges Chat about all sorts of randomness Initially, we’d just make…
Last weekend was a busy time for local game developers with a local site for Global Game Jam 2011 being run by Different Methods, and an Indie Games Panel (video here) run by Wai-con (Perth’s premier anime convention). Global Game Jam is an international event in which game developers create…
What are you doing this Saturday (15 January 2011)? If you answered “Attending the Genghiscon indie video games panel… obviously!” then you already have a fantastic weekend in store for you. Otherwise, keep reading and update you plans! What is Genghiscon? Here’s a description from their website: GenghisCon is a…
Let’s Make Games would like to welcome Chris McCormick to our family of dedicated volunteers. With his involvement, we will be able to undertake bigger and better things in 2011! (More on that in future posts.) Chris is a quintessential indie game developer – having worked on everything from old…
