X|Media|Lab Auckland - a chance to commercialise your game project
UPDATE: X|Media|Lab are offering a special discounted price of $99 for the Keynote day to AGW/Auckland Game Dev Meetup members. Email Stephen if you want to take up that very generous offer.
X|Media|Lab is a internationally acclaimed think-tank and creative workshop for digital media professionals - and is coming to Auckland on 22 May.
The X|Media|Lab Auckland "Commercialising Ideas" brings together some of the world's best informed experts, VC's, business analysts, and digital media powerbrokers, as well as a "who's who" of New Zealand's creative, business, and technology wizards, to assist you succeed amidst these turbulent times. It includes a few noteable gaming business speakers.
Wanted: 3D artists
A group of Auckland Game Works members are embarking on a new game project - and are looking for 3D models, assets, textures and creative partners for the project.
The basic concept is to create a console-style adventure platformer for the PC, with some neat weapons, multi-character plotlines, and a diverse set of lands and creatures. We have the programming, graphics engine, design and storyline teams in place, but there is an opportunity for artists to get involved from the initial design phase too.
The plot allows for lots of varied locations, creatures and cultures, so we think different art styles (maybe even existing artwork) could be adapted for the game.
If you're interested email Stephen or come along to our next meeting.
The Kiwi's Tale results at the Retro Remakes 2008 Competition
Our first publically relased game, The Kiwi's Tale, received second place in it's competition category (Sequels that Weren't). The final placing of the games is still to be published.
Although the reviews it recevied from the judges were mixed, we are pleased with the result and the lessons we have learned will be used to create improved games in the future.
Download The Kiwi’s Tale
Run, jump, swim and fly around beautiful New Zealand- Take on Pukeko birds, kauri snails, killer Kiwifruit critters and evil alien sheep
- Explore 16 authentic New Zealand locations (with lots of in-jokes that probably only New Zealanders will get)
The Kiwi’s Tale is a 18MB download available here.
We plan to issue an update after the Retro Remakes Competition judging with a few more tweaks and levels, so check back in Feb 09.
Playtest “A Kiwi’s Tale” Today
After a few months of work, the Auckland Game Works are pleased to announce the Exclusive Beta of our game: A Kiwi’s Tale. You can download the 18MB ZIP file of the game (for Windows PC) here.
NZ Story Tribute devlog
The foundation of our NZ Story 2/Tribute is in place.
The New Zealand Story Tribute
At today’s Meetup we discussed the idea of entering the RetroRemakes competition starting on 1 Sept and the idea of a New Zealand-based team doing entering a tribute to the 1998 arcarde game ‘The New Zealand Story’was mooted. The NZ Story was one of those awesome, incredibly cute, cleverly playable platform games that Taito came out with in the late 80s (along with Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, etc). However, it was obviously put together by a Japanese tourist to New Zealand who instead of subjecting his family to a slideshow of his trip, decided to make a computer gam
Retro Remakes 2008 competition
The crew over at Retro Remakes have announced the 2008 remakes competition. Details are still mostly under-wraps, but great prizes are promised and a start date of September 1st has been announced. This will no doubt churn out a lot of great new remakes of old classics.
The original post is here http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/07/16/retro-remakes-2008-competition/
Derelict goes Gold!
One of our members Erik Hogan has just completed a full game (with some help from friends of course). Derelict is a 3D real-time tactical strategy game where you control a team of space marines uncovering the alien menace on a space station.
New venue: RvB on K’Rd
We’re moving again to a more computer-game themed venue: a new gaming lounge downstairs on K’Rd called RvB. (geddit, Halo fans?). We’ll be meeting in the bar area, although not necessarily drinking at 12noon on a Sunday.
And if anyone wants they can hang around to play on RvB’s copious range of consoles and games.
Here’s a roundup of some of the projects our members are currently working on:
