Supporting the game development community of Western Australia
2017 is coming to a close, and what a year it has been! WA has seen award winners at the Tokyo Games Show, the Australian Game Developer Awards, and a shortlisting in Board Game Australia’s Best Australian Game; not to mention several Women in Games Awards recipients! There have been a wide range…
Nintendo Gameboy Pocket by Just Bens Photos It’s that time of year again, where Perth game-makers and aficionados can unite to catch up, relax and talk shop at the excellent End of Year Party! In 2016 we’re holding the event with the wonderful folks at FTI and The Nostalgia Box,…
2013 was a great year for our growing community of game creators. From the (sleepy-eyed) enthusiasm of game jam to a cupcakey finale, there was plenty to do, see and make in the WA game-dev scene. Global Game Jam 2013 Let’s Make Games kicked off 2013 with the Global…
Cortex Command Released Local developer Chris Kruger of Kruger Heavy Industries has been working with Data Realms on Cortex Command, since 2008. It’s finally hit release, and is available on Steam, or for direct purchase from Data Realms. Chris worked initially on the Macintosh versions, general bug fixing and coding, helped out…
At our 2010 end-of-year party, we asked members of the local game development community “Why do you make games?” Here are the responses: Thanks to Ben for capturing the interviews, and to all our interviewees: Andrew Hawkins, DrewFX Brad Power, Rockethands Garth Pendergrast, Stirfire Studios Nick Lowe, Let’s Make Games…
Let’s Make Party was awesome! We won’t go on about it much aside from saying a final round of thanks, and then leaving you some photos. Thanks again to our sponsors: Different Methods, Rockethands, DrewFX, Binary Space, and Handwritten Games. Thanks to the team of organisers and volunteers: Minh, Anthony,…
Perth’s preeminent end-of-year party celebrating local game developers is TODAY! Make your way down to The Universal Bar & Cafe in Northbridge at 4pm (or around 3pm you want to setup on our demonstration table). For more information see the original announcement and other posts about the event. (Food will…
Let’s Make Party! is just two days away. Tell your colleagues! Invite you friends! But leave your pets at home. Here are the details: Time/Date: 4pm – 8pm, Sunday 28 November 2010 Location: Universal Bar & Cafe (upstairs), 221 William St. Northbridge Description: End-of-year party for WA’s game development community.…
Update: Reply to this post with a link to your video on YouTube and we will add it to our Let’s Make Party! playlist. Let’s Make Party! is just one week away (Sunday 28 November), and we’re inviting all Perth game developers to show off their wares. Sharing your work…
