Game Development News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The video games industry trade association TIGA has announced the winners of its 2023 education awards - MCV/DEVELOP

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Slides from the prescient talk given by former game art educator and current art director at Bigscreen VR Worth Dayley.

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Game Developer

MAY 15, 2023

Dove, The Centre for Appearance Research and Unreal Engine Education Team at Epic Games are calling on all gamers, creators and artists – using their unique and valuable creativity – to take part in their new course Real Virtual Beauty Training and put their new-found knowledge to action. This is literally a game changer.

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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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PreMortem.Games

MAY 30, 2024

Plus the local government is also working emphatically to put Manitoba on the map as an ideal location for game companies. The province is renowned for its collaborative video game development community, where established companies lend a helping hand to newcomers.

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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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Game Development News

MAY 21, 2024

The MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards are returning this September and aim to once again recognise and celebrate the exceptional female talent across all sectors of the UK games industry, from development and business to education, journalism, and marketing. But of course, we need your help in the form of your nominations!

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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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Game Daily

MAY 4, 2023

. “I’d watch amazing animated movies like Shrek, and I’d think, wouldn’t it be great to see something this good about Jesus Christ” After gaining experience making mobile games, Vysochanskiy’s development studio SimulaM decided that his dream project should be interactive. So I thought, why not me?

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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

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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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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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

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

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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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 20, 2024

Honorable mentions went to Benvision Inc for its project for the visually impaired, and Old Hara Studio for its educational VR game Waves of Jeju. Developers such as Little Buffalo Studios, Just Another Production Company, and Moosh Studios were among the winners. Read more

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

Riding the Wave of Tech Evolution In an era defined by rapid innovation and evolution, the game development industry continually grapples with the pressure to remain on the cutting edge. Dino Patti and Tadej Gregorcic , both co-founders of Coherence , a platform aiming to democratize multiplayer game development.

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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

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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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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