Ubisoft opens in Singapore

Some of you may recall Ubisoft dropping by sometime late 2007, and some even contributed to the showreel we sent to them.

Congratulations! It looks like we all played a role, maybe small, to the better of the GD industry and future in Singapore.

Here's a link to the news release.

Game Programming Tests

Those of you who think they're up to the job for Software Engineer posts or the like may find that the recent article at Game Career Guide on Game Programming Tests might just be what you're looking for.

Imagine Cup 2008 Important Dates!

There are at least 5 teams this year from the GD option that's going for the Imagine Cup 2008, so it looks like good news!

Just for posterity sake, here are the important dates for reference...

August 25, 2007 Registration Opens
September 1, 2007 Competition Begins
February 1, 2008Round 1 Closes
February 22, 2008 Round 2 Begins
May 2, 2008 Round 2 Closes
May 23, 2008 Worldwide Finalists and Top 20 Teams Announced
July 3-8, 2008 Finals in France

The 10th Annual Independent Games Festival!

Submissions are open for the historic 10th Annual Independent Games Festival, for which the awards will be handed out at the Game Developers Conference, February 18-22, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

The main competition deadline is October 1st, and submissions for the student competition are due October 15th. A sister competition for PSP, DS, and mobile, IGF Mobile is also now open for submissions.Read about changes to the competition, new prizes - including startup advice from Game Attorney Tom Buscaglia - and much more at the official IGF website:
www.igf.com

Off to Batam!... for work...?

Alrighty! I'll be off to Batam with one group of our FYP students on a "Top Secret" project for the next 3 days.

All the best for the SMIT team - Yi Heng, Desmond, Ikhwan, Darren and Timothy "Old Man" Tham. May you win top honours in the Code-a-thon! Remember to email me about your victory!

0708S1 DIT/2A10 Outing at Settler's Cafe

Here's a little semester-break treat for the 2A10 folks who went to Settler's Cafe couple of weeks ago - the group photo as promised!

Cheers!

2007 SGCC 30-hour Code-a-thon

Looks like Darren got to posting this in the comments before I did, but here's the news anyway.

The Code-a-thon is coming again and it's MUCH bigger this year, with the chance of winning up to S$6,000 in cash prizes!

For Code-a-thon 2007 You are to programme a game tech demo (and bring your artist friends along) in XNA, over 30-hours. If you choose to do the code-a-thon at Suntec City (this year's venue), you are allowed to bring only your notebooks. If not, you can come to Suntec on the 4th Sep to register in the morning and proceed to code at your own venue (i.e. home) and then return on the 5th Sep for the competition submission (after taking your shower).

Go ahead and register online NOW http://www.nyp.edu.sg/sgcc/open.html

You'll need to form a group of 5 programmers/artists, so if you're interested, please let me know! Send me an email at alvintang@sp.edu.sg with your member's details.