Previously available as a facebook game Farmvillian is available from this week as an iphone app. Below is the press release from our friends in Jolt. Aphra. ************************ 08/10/10 – Dublin, Ireland After four submissions to the App Store, including one rejection from Apple on the basis that Chuck Norris[...]
Dare ProtoPlay takes place in Edinburgh in Scotland from 13-15 August between 10am-6pm. The main aim of Dare ProtoPlay is to showcase the finished prototypes created by the teams who take part in the prestigious Dare to be Digital video games development competition each year. Other activites are also created[...]
This has already been mentioned on the forums but it looks like it might be of interest as it targets early stage tech companies. Starts in Oct. 2010 and funding of €50,000 + space looks enticing. Read below for more. Aphra. **************************** Ryan Academy Accelerator Fund Raises €1 million for[...]
DIGITAL SPARK – PRACTICAL USE OF IP IN THE DIGITAL CREATIVE INDUSTRIES – CONFERENCE- UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE – 1-2 SEPTEMBER 2010 The University of Abertay Dundee is internationally recognised for education in the area of computer games development; and is home to Scotland’s first National Centre for Excellence in[...]
This year Women in Games (UK) will host a session at the Develop Conference in Brighton on Thursday 15th July 2010 from 2pm – 6pm. Keynote speaker Sheri Graner-Ray is ‘Defending Diversity’ Sheri Graner Ray is a Senior Designer with Schell Games and heads up their satellite studio in Austin,[...]
The Science Gallery, at Pearse Street and Trinity College Dublin, is the venue for a one day Games Jam on Saturday June the 19th from 9.30am. There is room for 40 people. More details below. ********************** During the games jam you are invited to make a game of your own[...]
At the Irish Internet Association annual awards last week Dylan Collins (Jolt Online and formerly Demonware) was awarded the IIA and Enterprise Ireland overall Net Visionary award for 2010. Read the glowing account at http://www.iia.ie/news/item/1566/dylan-collins-announced-iia-net-visionary-of-the-year-2010/
This was discussed just recently on the forums and in the last few days we received a press release stating that Dare to be Digital, has announced its 2010 finalists. This year there were entries from more than 80 universities worldwide and the final shortlist of 15 has been selected[...]
The fourth Irish Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Conference will take place at Dublin City University on September 2nd & 3rd 2010. Based on the success of the IxDA Industry session organised last year, IxDA Ireland was invited to organise a similar industry session for iHCI 2010. The industry session will[...]
Just to make my industry survey even more out of date it was announced this week that EA is to establish a European office in Galway and the company will create 200 jobs. Full press release below but more importantly for recruitment opportunities visit : www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs Aphra ************************************ EA TO[...]
Dark Water Studios have just announced that they are releasing ‘DogFighter’ on Steam on June 14th at £12. The arcade style aerial combat game can be played single player or in multiiplayer mode with up to 7 players. For more on the game see http://www.dogfighter-game.com/ The game has also just[...]
BSc (Hons) in Entertainments Systems – WD168 – Waterford Institute of Technology Entertainment Systems is the study of content generation for digital multimedia systems, its motivations, qualities and technical frameworks and the presentation of computer-based content to mass audiences in a clear and cohesive manner. The course on offer has[...]
Darklight @ Belfast Film Festival As part of the Belfast Film Festival, and run in association with the Digital Arts Studios and Synth Eastwood, Darklight presents a day of screenings and workshops celebrating filmmakers and animators working in Belfast and across Ireland this Sunday 25 April from 2pm. Info below.[...]
The deadline for submissions for ‘Best in Show 2010 @ The Digital Hub is getting closer. Students have until the 7th of May to submit their work to win the coveted work placement & €1000 prize fund. Best in Show 2010 is a competition for final-year digital media students who[...]
Entries have now closed for the 2010 Dare to be Digital competition, with over 100 teams from nearly 80 universities around the world applying to enter this year’s competition – the highest number of entries in the competition’s 11-year history. The 2010 call for entries, which opened in January this[...]
Call 4 Abstracts & Games* 4th Vienna Games Conference Future and Reality of Gaming – F.R.O.G. 2010* *GAME\PLAY\SOCIETY * *Vienna City Hall, Austria, Friday 24 to Sunday 26 September 2010; www.bupp.at/frog* Vienna’s annual Games Conference FROG offers an open and international platform for leading game studies researchers and scholars, game[...]
We have just been informed that this year’s women in games conference has been cancelled due to low delegate numbers. This is a real shame, especially for all those people who worked very hard to organise it. / Aphra. ************************** This year the conference will focus on ‘diversity’ and its[...]
Next week students will honour the thirtieth anniversary of PAC-MAN during the games programming festival, Games Fleadh, at Tipperary Institute, Thurles, on the 10th & 11th March. Teams from universities, colleges and schools have created their own versions of the classic game, which will be judged by games industry professionals[...]
On Wednesday 24th February three animation Oscar nominees (Richie Baneham of Weta Digital, Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon and Darragh O’Connell of Brown Bag Films) will visit Ballyfermot College. They will also be joined on the night by Andrew Kavanagh (Founder/CEO Kavaleer Productions). The schedule for the event is as[...]
Once again the Digital Hub Development Agency, based in Dublin, is supporting the Dare to be Digital competition and will pay the travel expenses of teams from the Republic who are selected for interview. Below is more info. ******************************** The Digital Hub Development Agency, on behalf of the Department of[...]
It has just been confirmed that both Peter Molyneux (Lionhead/ Microsoft Game Studios Europe) and Peter Connolly (Executive Producer from Microsoft Game Studios USA) will be present at the games forum which will take place as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival at 18.30pm on Thurs the 25th[...]
If you have not heard of Dare to be Digital then I suggest you take a look at their website and search our own forums for threads on previous years. Teams of Irish students and recent students have participated almost every year since the competition began. The call for applications[...]
Industry professionals (Animation and Games) thinking of returning to education? The Irish School of Animation, Ballyfermot College of Further Education are currently accepting applications for their BA (Hons) Animation programme. This year they are offering direct entry to the final year of their BA (Hons) Animation programme to candidates with[...]
As mentioned on the forums already (you are too fast for us!) Gala Networks Europe, located in Dublin’s Digital Hub, have announced the creation of over 100 new jobs. Speaking at the announcement Hyun Hur, CEO of GNE. said: “As part of GNE’s European expansion a number of new mandates[...]
Phil Bourke has sent us on an update of plans for this year’s Games Fleadh in Tipperary Institute, Thurles on the 10th and 11th of March. If you are interested in becoming involved as a judge, speaker or sponsor please contact Phil directly at pbourke at tippsoc dot ie or[...]
This is an interdisciplinary conference covering a wide range of topics, from computer science to game studies. There is also a PhD symposium for starting PhDs. See below. Aphra. ************************** FDG 2010: The 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games 19-21 June 2010, at Asilomar Conference Grounds, Monterey,[...]
Gamedevelopers.ie is happy to support the second Irish School of Animation (ISA) Convention, an animation and games event for students and industry professionals. This year it will take place at the Anna Brett Hall, Media Building, in Ballyfermot College of Further Education on Thurs the 6th and 7th of January,[...]
SIGGRAPH 2010 GAME PAPERS SUBMISSION CLOSES JANUARY 4. SIGGRAPH is an industry and academic conference so it should be of interest to all on this website. Aphra ******************************************* Visit http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/for_submitters/game_papers for details. Game Papers have only been included at SIGGRAPH for the past couple years. Papers are peer reviewed and[...]
Media Cube and IADT are hosting the Innovate Media ’09 conference on the morning of Wednesday, 16th December 2009 at the Carriglea Buildings in IADT, Kill Avenue, Dún Laoghaire. The conference examines the current position of the digital media and creative industries in Ireland and whether the much talked about[...]
The 3rd Innovation Interface Liam Bannon – An UnHoly Trinity? The Role of Design, Science & Social Science in Interaction Design in Ireland Tuesday 8 November 18:30-20:30 TCD Science Gallery In this talk, Liam Bannon will outline some of the difficulties and successes of a collaborative approach to working across[...]
The Irish Internet Association is running an event which is open to non members and is focussing on winning international business over the internet. Some interesting speakers Aphra. *************** 18 November – Radission Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8 – 9am to 1pm You’ll learn the lessons of how to develop[...]
The XNA Ireland Challenge Colleges Cup 2010 theme is Pac-Man (c) Namco Bandai Networks Europe. A starter kit will be released shortly and the competition will take place in March 2010. Phil Bourke and the XNA Ireland Challenge crew will have a stand at the forthcoming Video Games Live concerts[...]
The second CreativeD event will be held from 10am – 1pm on Wednesday 18th November at the new City Walls Venue in the Dublin City Council offices on Wood Quay (entrance via Fishamble Street). The theme for the event is “Meet You Future Financier”, which will open up the dialogue[...]
This course at the the University of Ulster, Coleraine enables a student to study for a computing degree with a specialist theme of computer game development. The focus of the course is on game design and programming for modern games platforms, for example, in the past students have been taught[...]
There may be business opportunities for readers in relation to the 2012 olympic games in London and this forthcoming webinar might be a first step in terms of getting involved. If interested..read on and sign up to participate. Aphra. ***************** The 2012 Games – Opportunities in Digital Media and Creative[...]
Get out and meet people from other industries during Design Week 2009. Design Week 2009 in association with BOMBAY SAPPHIRE is from November 2nd to 8th Design Week is a week long celebration of Irish and international design. The main purpose is to highlight the important contribution good design makes[...]
****************************************** (Edit 25/11/09) This competition is now closed. ***************************************** Anyone who was at the last shindig in Dublin will have had a chance to preview and discuss the forthcoming launch of Allods Online by Gala Networks Europe. Now Gala Networks Europe, the Dublin based publisher of free MMORPGs, has partnered[...]
For those of you working on serious games or involved in education this may be of interest. Aphra. ****************************** University of Ulster, Magee, Derry 20th November 2009 · Considering using virtual worlds for teaching and want to know where to start? · Curious about how others are using virtual spaces[...]
This guy has done the music for a lot of games and his game credit list includes games for Playfirst and Big Fish games see http://www.thomas-regin.com/script/site/page.asp?artid=16&cat_id=25 for the full list. Below is the press release for the event. They are also looking for people to showcase their own games…. Aphra.[...]
This session might be of interest to those in the West. Aphra. ********** Open Innovation – a New Paradigm for R&D NUI Galway is delighted to host an INNOVATION LECTURE as part of the InterTradeIreland All-Island Innovation Programme, and you are cordially invited to attend this free and open event[...]
PopCap, the casual games company which has a studio in central Dublin, has secured investment capital of $22.5 million. For more on this story see http://www.casualgaming.biz/news/29301/PopCap-secures-225-million-investment
There will be an informal pub meet, or what we call locally a ‘shindig’ this coming Friday night, the 9th of October, upstairs in Nealon’s pub on Capel street in Dublin from 7pm. Basically this is a way to get to know gd.ie members and everyone is welcome, from industry[...]
This year is the tenth anniversary of Darklight, a festival of film, art and technology. The festival is taking place all around Smithfiled in dublin this year from the 8th-10th of Oct and includes screenings, workshops on animation and the EA gaming hub. The festival club will be in the[...]
The Fourth Annual I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Call for Serious Games Entries http://www.iitsec.org/; http://www.sgschallenge.com November 30 – December 3, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA Serious Game developers are invited to submit their original PC-based serious game to the Fourth Annual I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge. The goal of[...]
Did you know that 2009 is the European year of creativity and innovation? Me neither. But you might be interested in this forthcoming conference in the Barbican in London from the 5-7th of Oct. The focus of the conference is on learning using mobile and inexpensive access technologies with some[...]
The Science Gallery at TCD will be hosting a seminar series on Social Science and Innovation and asking could these seemingly strange bedfellows be the answer to connecting the need of the user to the innovation and creativity of the technology industry? Many of the world’s leading technology companies and[...]
A 3Dcamp (3Dcamp.Barcamp.ie) is to be held at the University of Limerick on the 6th June 2009. BarCamps are an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. Registration is free of charge. In Ireland, previous BarCamps have taken place in Dublin,[...]
The IGDA EdSIG Global Game Jam is coming up on the weekend of January 30-February 1st, 2009 which will involve 49 locations in 20 countries making games from start to finish in 48 hours. Check out all of the GGJ locations on http://globalgamejam.org. Phil Bourke and Tipp Institiute at Thurles,[...]
In partnership with the Media Cube at IADT, the Digital Media Forum are organising a national Mini-conference, networking event for digital media companies focusing on those who have come through the many incubation centres around the country. When: Wednesday the 17th of December commencing at 8.30 a.m. There is no[...]
– Women in Games logo competition Women in Games are looking for a new logo. The competition is open to all students and the closing date is the 1st of April 2009. Apart from the winning logo being used on thw website, at the annual conference and on numerous publications,[...]