Supporting the game development community of Western Australia
Black Lab Games has just sent out a press release announcing that Star Hammer is now a series AND it includes a new turn-based strategy game: Star Hammer Tactics! Star Hammer has really been shaping up over the last 12 months and we’re looking forward to see what happens with…
The Perth Game Jam blog recently posted news that registrations for the next Global Game Jam (January 29-31, 2010) are now open. Check-out the blog post for instructions on how to sign-up to participate in Perth. There’s also a page where you can see all the currently registered Jammers. Game…
Fizzy.com, the flash game site operated by Sydney-based 3RDsense, has announced a game development competition for 2010. Game developers can sign-up to the Fizzy GDN (Game Developer Network) to have Fizzy.com distribute their titles, earning them a share of advertising revenue and sales. Like similar sites, game developers retain their…
Our very own Anthony (primarily of Rockethands fame) has started a campaign to promote locally developed iPhone games over the holiday period. AussieAppSale.com will launch later this week, but the teaser is already up and it’s looking all Australian and awesome: If you are Australian game developer with an iPhone…
Local game development studio Spinfast have released an update to their iPhone cricket game with a whole bunch of upgrades and a bowler expansion. Here are a few snippets from the official announcement: Incredible Graphical Upgrades! We’ve remodelled the players and environment, added new animations and an umpire. Improved all…
Note: Our next event isn’t going to be for a few months, so we’ve decided to post more local news articles to the website. Please contact us with any local news or press releases concerning the Perth game development community! Perth iPhone developers Sandbox Software have just released their first…
iParty 2.0 was a great success with around 100 people attending! Thanks to everyone who attended (you make organising these events worthwhile), our volunteers (Stewart, Brett, Alex, Saxon, Steve, Nigel, John, Sam, Simon, Anthony), and our sponsors (Different Methods, the Innovation Centre, Subversive Games, Rockethands, Black Lab Games, and Reveries…
iParty 2.0 is finally here. Here are the details: 6pm – 9pm TONIGHT (Friday, 27 November) Innovation Centre, Technology Park (see map below) And now for a few notes… What should you expect tonight? You’ll be met by the organisers and volunteers at the glass-enclosed reception area (nametags will be…
iParty 2.0 is in just two days time (Friday, 27 November) and everything is coming together: Paul is compiling the video showreel; Minh is taking care of food, drinks, and pretty much everything else; We have a bunch of people helping out on the night and I’m bringing the volunteers’…
iParty 2.0, the end-of-year party for the Perth game development community, is on this Friday (27 November), so make sure that you are free from 6pm-9pm! The response to our call for volunteers has been huge, so a big thank you to everyone who replied. All required positions have been…
