Game Development News

APRIL 13, 2023

This year’s TIGA UK Games Education Awards categories have been announced, and they are now open for nominations

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 29, 2023

“Can gaming truly change a country for the better?” She’s a gaming business strategist and a diversity advocate specialized in the Middle Eastern and African market based in Senegal. “The Gaming can create jobs, promote entrepreneurship and drive investment in infrastructure and education. The results are positive.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Scottish government has announced its backing for a "national games strategy" to support the growth of the industry in the country. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2024

Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. Today she works at Maliyo Games, based in Lagos, Nigeria. I enjoyed the thrill of playing games with friends and family. I still regularly engage in many outdoor games and board games.

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Game Development for Beginners

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Game development for children is a frontier that combines the allure of play with the rigors of education, offering a unique blend of fun and learning. Read more The post Game Development for Kids: Unlocking Potential Through Play and Creation appeared first on VionixStudio. It is an artistic and scientific playground where.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last month, GamesIndustry.biz visited First Playable in Italy to meet the Italian games industry. During the event, we met with 14 different game developers, spoke with the country's trade body the IIDEA and received detailed research on the growth and the state of the industry in the country. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“As I travel across Africa creating games, there’s something everyone seems to agree on…” says Bethlehem Anteneh , a trained architect, co-founder of SOSTLab and the moderator of the She Got Game panel at Africa Games Week (AGW). Think of a bar where 90% of the people are men.

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Unity Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Unity’s Jessica Lindl shares background on the changing landscape for modern education and how Unity works with schools to build inclusive programs that incorporate future-ready skills into curricula through gaming and computer science.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Mind Diver is an intriguing detective game where you travel in time to fix broken memories from a relationship, investigate the events of one fateful night and unravel the case of a lost loved one. Mind Diver is our first commercial game together, but we have worked on everything from tiny experimental solo games to The Division 2.”

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 19, 2024

Difficulties in finding staff with the specific, high-level skillsets involved in game development have dogged the industry for decades , and while there have been quite a few industry initiatives aimed at improving the situation over the years, the underlying problems remain frustratingly intractable. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2023

The team at MY.GAMES, together with Google and Amazon Web Services, have just revealed the third season of its Game Drive program, specifically for mobile developers. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. This is his story.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2023

Earlier this year, a GDC talk entitled 'From Rosy-Eyed to Dissatisfied: What Game Education Is Missing' addressed the main issues game students encounter, and how to solve them. Gordon is also the project manager for The First Three Years , a longitudinal study which follows game students post-graduation. Read more

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Game Developer

JULY 20, 2023

The game provides accessible education on renewable energy transition, all with a simple deck of cards.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Black Voices in Gaming has announced the first class of developers for the Xperience Excellence Accelerator. In partnership with Netflix Games, the mobile games-focused initiative will provide the game creators with networking and industry education.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 2, 2023

Students, job seekers and those simply interested in working in games can take part in a series of tasks that, once completed, would allow them to 'graduate' from the GI Academy. The GI Academy will also feature developer and educator booths, with the event already 70% full.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 25, 2024

Kiragu’s journey has led him to a thriving career in game development. As the founder of Kenyan-based studio, Mekan Games, he has propelled his team to success with titles like Knock Out 2017 and The President , which garnered widespread acclaim. Even though he later got a PS2, he cherishes the simplicity of those early games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 22, 2023

At Devcom yesterday, a panel of experts from across the African games industry called for the wider business to address the biases and misconceptions they have about the continent's games markets. Reacting to a question from the audience, the panel advocated for the games industry at large to educate itself on Africa's markets.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Swedish Games Industry's newest report estimates that the country's games sector will be short 25,000 developers in 2031. Read more

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Demographics have changed the nature of gaming over the course of time and the industry has evolved above gender, age, and other demographics. Today people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds play and enjoy video games, while their preferences and consumption habits may vary.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Next Gen Skills Academy co-founder Marcia Deakin, UKIE head of education and Digital Schoolhouse director Shahneila Saeed, and Futurlab head of people Keira McGarvey join Will Freeman to discuss the future talent pipeline for the games industry and how we join the dots between industry and education. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Never really comfortable in the education system, she dropped out of college twice before embarking on her debut game, Spilled! Her upcoming game, Spilled! , Making an eco-conscious game just really made sense to me.” Making games is the perfect creative outlet for me. last year as a solo developer.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Or did you make it open only for educational purposes? Thanks for the cool project! I didn’t find any license information in the repository. Can this source code be used for commercial purposes?

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2023

Eray Ağaçdoğrayan , founder of Gyroscoping Games , is Turkish himself. One of the counterarguments against hosting refugees was their education levels”, says Ağaçdoğrayan. Some people argue that low-educated refugees are just a burden to the economy and that they don’tt want to improve themselves. million people.

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Game Development for Beginners

MAY 1, 2023

Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the premier event for game developers to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry. The conference spans five days of education, inspiration, and networking, with attendees ranging from programmers and artists to producers and business leaders.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

A role that she holds dear and that inspired her to establish her company Kucheza Gaming. In 2020 she decided to channel her decade-plus entrepreneurial experience into her current venture leaving everything behind to focus on gaming. The Kucheza family Bukola’s childhood was filled with a lot more physical playing than video games.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As technology advances, new solutions have emerged in the gaming industry. Some highly transformative technologies introduced in gaming are augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). AR/VR game development has revolutionized how we create and interact with games, introducing a more immersive experience.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 18, 2024

The thing about old game projects (especially for cancelled games) is that there's really only so long that the old stuff is even viable. This is considerably different from releasing information about a game that was cancelled this year, where things are still raw and legal action is still a very legitimate threat.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2023

You are correct in that it is possible to transfer that body of knowledge over to the other gaming industry that is casino machines. Beyond that, here are some other roles that game design skills could transfer to. Tabletop, board, or card game design. It's still game design, just not in video games.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 9, 2023

The Transformative Landscape of Game Development: A Deep Dive with Willem Delventhal As a digital ecosystem thrives and transforms at a rapid pace, a recent conversation with game designer and educator Willem Delventhal offered insights into the evolving realm of game development.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Zynga unveiled Access All Areas, a virtual studio that offers educational resources for users to learn about various careers within the UK games industry. Users will take a virtual tour which includes games industry professionals speaking about their positions and learning about game development from pre-production to launch.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics?

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Game Designing

MARCH 1, 2023

Video game engineers are an important part of a game development team who takes care of a range of advanced technical tasks. Due to the skills required, becoming a game engineer can take some time and education, but it can also be a very well-paying job. Game Engineer vs Developer or Designer?

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

London-based developer and YouTuber David Akinola is working on a game called Nixie , that was the focus of a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. The game follows the life of Fiona Soul, a soup kitchen worker with hoverboard skills. GameDaily: Tell us a bit about yourself, and your game, Nixie.

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Game Design Aspect

APRIL 15, 2022

In this video, game writer Sande Chen lists the top 5 game writing job hunt misconceptions she found during her research on job seekers wanting to break into the video game industry. Here is my presentation at the 2021 Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo ( SIEGE ), the largest video game trade show in the South.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 19, 2023

Marking her games industry debut, Machinjike has previously held sales roles at various engineering firms, as well as in Higher Education marketing at The Student Room. The GamesIndustry.biz team continues to grow as we are this week joined by Tanya Machinjike. She takes on the role of account manager, and will report to George Corner.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

Are you curious about game development in the metaverse and the potential it holds for game developers? Developing games for the metaverse can be both exciting and challenging, but with the right skills and knowledge in game development, developers can unlock the full potential of this dynamic digital realm.

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