Happy New Year
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. May your business or project or course be successful and fun. Here is to more good news in 2008 and gd.ie being able to tell people all about it.
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Igda Education Sig Summit – Gdc 08
This should be of interest to those involved in games education. This is a call for posters with a deadline of January 15th, 08. ******************** The IGDA Education SIG Summit is held in co-location with the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, California. This two-day summit will focus on nuts[...]
Xmas Shindig
this is always a tough one – places are busy, people have lots of other parties too… then again people are home from the UK and elsewhere so it is a good opportunity to catch up with gd.ie folk working abroad. venue is solas (used to be the modern green[...]
Riverplay Games Releases Game
Kieth Killilea has been in touch to say he is back with a new company, Riverplay Games, and they have released a new game called ‘Spike Dash’. You can see and buy the game at www.riverplaygames.com Kieth is CEO of Riverplay Games which is a new Indie games developer &[...]
Mobile Games Forum 2008
23rd – 24th Jan http://www.mobilegamesforum.co.uk/ Sofitel St James London 6 Waterloo Place London SW1Y 4AN
Digital Media Awards 08
Shortlist now available at http://www.digitalmedia.ie/flash/index.html I see there is no games category any more! event will be in the crowne plaza in Dublin.
Igda Education Sig Summit
IGDA EDUCATION SIG SUMMIT February 18 & 19, 2008 ========================= The IGDA Education SIG Summit is held in co-location with the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, California. This two-day summit will focus on nuts and bolts practices in curriculum and teaching methods for game development education. There will be[...]
Gdc – San Fran – 08
GDC is extra early this year – February 18-22 – and back in San Fransisco. As usual there will be the choice AWards, the Indepepdent Games Festial, a mobile summit, a serious games summit etc. For more see http://www.gdconf.com/
Robocode Ireland And Xna Ireland Challenge
It is the time of year again for this highly anticipated annual third level programming competition. This year the Robocode will run alongside the XNA Ireland challenge which will honour the 30th anniversary of SPACE Invaders. For more see http://www.robocode.ie/
Igda Education Sig Summit Cfp
This just came through and may be of interest to those involved in games education. Aphra. IGDA EDUCATION SIG SUMMIT February 18 & 19, 2008 ========================= The IGDA Education SIG Summit is held in co-location with the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, California. This two-day summit will focus on[...]
Robocode Ireland And The Xna Ireland Challenge
The by now annual Robocode Ireland competition for first year undergraduate students will be joined this year by the XNA Ireland challenge in 2008. The XNA Ireland Challenge will honor the 30th anniversary of SPACE INVADERS and Taito Corporation have granted permission to run this celebratory event. Both competitions are[...]
Gd.Ie Shindig
There will be an informal pub meet of forum members and friends this coming Friday night in the Cornerstone Pub, corner of Kevin Street and Wexford Street in Dublin from 7pm. There is an up and downstairs so have a good look for us and if you need a contact[...]
Xna Game Dev Workshop
The Trinity College IET MSc programme in collaboration with Microsoft is hosting an XNA Game Development workshop on Monday 26th November in the Lloyd Institute, TCD. If you are interested in attending this event you must register in advance here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032358370&Culture=en-IE Speakers include Liam Cronin, MS academic liaison in Ireland,[...]
Review Of Serious Games Conf. ‘07
Friday 26th September 2007 saw a Serious Games Awakenings (SGA) conference hosted in the North West Regional College (NWRC) in Derry in Northern Ireland. James Burke from the University of Ulster at Coleraine wrote a review of the event for gd.ie
Writing For Games Workshop
The Digital Media Forum presents this workshop which will examine how increasingly important narrative is to the success of computer and console games and looks at what skills are required for writing for games. Guest speaker Guy Miller is an artist, writer and game designer. Credited with writing the storyline[...]
Writing For Games
The Digital Media Forum presents this workshop which will examine how increasingly important narrative is to the success of computer and console games and looks at what skills are required for writing for games. Guest speaker Guy Miller is an artist, writer and game designer. Date: Wednesday 28th November Venue:[...]
Digital Media Student Project Exhib
This looks like a useful opportunity to see some new emerging talent. Launch is this Thurs but the exhibition will run until the 16th of November. *********** In 2007, The Digital Hub called for submissions for ‘Best in Show’, an exhibition to showcase work from Digital Media students. 10 artists[...]
Digital Media Show
10 artists have been selected to showcase their work in this, the inaugural ‘Best in Show’ exhibition in The Digital Hub, Dublin. Launch Date: Thursday 8th November 2007 Time: 6.30pm Venue: Digital Exchange, Crane Street, The Digital Hub, Dublin 8 RSVP: exhibit@thedigitalhub.com or 01 4806200 This exhibition will run until[...]
Eurographics 2007, Ucd
This event has previously taken place in TCD and included a lot of talks of interest to game developers. This year it moves to UCD and the following information was sent in to us. ************** The 8th Irish Workshop on Computer Graphics will take place at the School of Medicine[...]
Local Heroes
International game companies are involved in localising top game titles in Ireland and offer Irish graduates a useful entry point into the games industry. Pavel Barter talks to Peter Fitzpatrick, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Game Studios (Ireland) and Gus Hur from Gala Networks Europe.
Eurographics 07 Ucd
The 8th Irish Workshop on Computer Graphics will take place at the School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin on the 17th of December 2007. See: http://www.ucd.ie/diagnosticimaging/html/eg07/
Multimedia Showcase Dcu
Looking for some new emerging talent or to see the types of projects MSc in MM students can create? DCU students of the 2006/2007 M.Sc in Multimedia degree will showcase their end of year projects on Thursday the 1st of November, 2007 from 12 to 8pm. This will include a[...]
Msc In Mm Showcase Dcu
Looking for some new emerging talent or to see the types of projects MSc in MM students can create? DCU students of the 2006/2007 M.Sc in Multimedia degree will showcase their end of year projects on Thursday the 1st of November, 2007 from 12 to 8pm. This will include a[...]
Tcd Workshop On Vr And Sim
On the 9th of November TCD is hosting a workshop of high level research papers in the domains of dynamic simulation and physical interaction in virtual reality environments. VRIPHYS2007 is the 4th workshop on VR Interaction and Physicals Simulations dealing with research on dynamic simulation for games, medical simulation and[...]
Vr Workshop – Tcd
On the 9th of November TCD is hosting a workshop of high level research papers in the domains of dynamic simulation and physical interaction in virtual reality environments. see http://www.vriphys.org/workshops/vriphys07/ for more details.
Ernest Adams Game Design Workshop – Dit
The school of computing at DIT will be running a one day workshop on computer game design for second level students and it will take place on Saturday 24th November. Ernest Adams will once again be in town to run the workshop. Aphra. *************** Last years workshop was attended by[...]
Documentary Film Conf – Iadt
DOCUMENTARY FILM in the 21st Century 01-02.NOV.2007 International Conference 2007 at the National Film School, IADT Dun Laoghaire DOCUMENTARY FILM in the 21st Century Bringing academics, practitioners and policy-makers together in a series of panel discussions and key-note addresses, alongside documentary screenings, this conference provides a forum for an interactive[...]
Game Design Workshop – Dit
The school of computing at DIT will be running a one day workshop on computer game design for second level students and it will take place on Saturday 24th November. Ernest Adams will once again be in town to run the workshop. see http://www.comp.dit.ie
Women In Games 2008.
WIG 2008 will take place in Warwick in the UK in association with the University of Warwick and Rare next Sept. See first announcement below. Aphra. The Women In Games conference encourages research and seeks to promote careers for women within the games industry. Making this career path attractive from[...]
De Pong Game
The Dublin Electronic Arts Festival is taking place this year from THURSDAY 25th to MONDAY 29th October 2007 at various sites around Dublin. While the festival has a focus on experimental and digital arts this year its focus is also on Asian culture – defined fairly broadly. there are loads[...]
Igda Scholarship Deadline
The call for students to apply for 25 IGDA scholarships to GDC is now open with a closing date of Dec. 7th. for application forms see http://www.igda.org/scholarships/
Igda Scholarships To Gdc
The call for students to apply for 25 IGDA scholarships to GDC is now open with a closing date of Dec. 7th. We know people who got them before so we encourage you to apply so you can attend GDC for free!!! You pay your own travel though! Aphra… *******************[...]
Dublin Electronic Arts Festival 07
The Dublin Electronic Arts Festival is taking place this year from THURSDAY 25th to MONDAY 29th October 2007 at various sites around Dublin. While the festival has a focus on experimental and digital arts this year its focus is also on Asian culture – defined fairly broadly. there are loads[...]
Speakers For Serious Games 07
Speakers for forthcoming Serious games event in Derry have been announced. See http://www.noribic.com/sga/default.asp?sec_id=6 for more ************ Professor. Paul E. Fullwood Paul Fullwood has been appointed Professor and First Chair of Computer Games Technology at the University of Abertay – Dundee. He is the Director of IC-CAVE (the International Center for[...]
Festival Fever Across The Water
November must be games fes time across the water as Brighton have a month of digital media and game related events following on from London Games Festival. Part of the Brighton festival includes an animation night for Irish and English animators. Might be worth checking out cheap flights to Gatwick[...]
Max And Maya Seminar – Dublin
Autodesk and Eurotek announce a new 3D seminar to showcase the first Irish public showing of the new features of both Max and Maya 2008. Max will begin shipping towards the end of October and animators will be given a sneek peak of the new features of 2008 at the[...]
Net Visionary Awards 07
The IIA and Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary Awards 2007 will be held on 15 November in Dublin’s Mansion House featuring the band Jungle Boogie. All the nominee details are online so get voting before the closing date of 19th October. The final three shortlisted in each category will be posted[...]
Cinemagic 16Th Nov-2Nd Dec.
16th Nov Festival Opening Night, with special preview film in Storm Cinemas, Belfast 16th-18th Nov Cinemagic Stars Acting Masterclasses 23rd-25th Nov Cinemagic Young Filmmaker in association with First Light Movies: Competition showcase and masterclasses. 29th- 30th Nov: Talent Lab masterclasses, and awards ceremony on 30 Nov. 2nd Dec: Festival Closing[...]
Dscape Animation Night Brighton
dSCAPE/07 Animation Night Date: Wednesday 14 November Time: 6.30 – 10.30pm Venue: Salis Benny Theatre, Brighton Cost: £10, register here The dSCAPE/07 Animation Night will bring together Irish and English animators to showcase their work and discuss the socio-political influences that have informed its inception and development. This will include[...]
Brighton Digital Festival
A month of events in Brighton…including some with an irish flavour…for more see http://www.brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/events.php
Games And Film Event, London
This might be of interest to some. It is also in a nice central location which is easy to get to. ************ Computer Game Analysis, Film Theory and the Future of Screen Studies November 9th 2007 10 am – 4 pm Elvin Hall Institute Of Education, University of London London[...]
Blizzard For Cork
Announced already on the boards and also in today’s Digital Ireland supplement of the Irish independent here is the full press release on the news that Blizzard Entertainment is setting up a customer support centre in Cork. ************************** Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD today (19th September[...]
Msc In Computer Interactive Entertainment, Tcd
Postgraduate
Serious Games 07 In Derry
Word has been drifting in re a forthcoming event about serious games’ on the 26th of Oct. in Northern Ireland and the launch of Recall, described as ‘an adventure game with a message’ funded partially by NORIBIC and developed by former students of NWIFE in Derry and now in Phooka.[...]
Game Design And Machinima Workshops
For those going to the London Games Festival these workshops may be of interest. London Games Festival on 25th October. In the morning Ernest Adams (ex Electronic Arts and co-founder of IGDA) is running an exclusive workshop on Designing Compelling Emotive Games for the special festival price of £99 +[...]