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We made it to September!  Hello folks, and welcome to this month's edition of the Bristol Games Hub newsletter.  A nice mix of news and things to look forward to this month, including an online talk from Force of Habit, news of a local legend being nominated for an Ivor Novello, plus lots of other cool stuff from our creative community.

ANTI-SOCIAL NEWS

Bristol Games Hub Anti-Social - NONE THIS MONTH
That's right, no Anti-Social plans this month. Here's a picture of a Platypus however.
 

GAMES HUB NEWS

John Broomhall

Local legend in line for a glittery gong.



Musician John Broomhall is very happy to report that the music of Lost Ember has received an Ivor Novello award nomination!

A worthy honour for an exceptional soundtrack.  We at the Bristol Games Hub wish him all the very best

Auroch Digital

Have we got booze for you! (Not real booze)


We've just launched a survey about one of our next projects called Brewmaster. It'll involve making beer, spirits and a whole range of alcohol. To thank you for your time everyone who fills in the survey is entered into a giveaway to win £25 of Steam credit! 

If you're able to fill in the survey we'd really appreciate it, and you'll be helping to shape how we take this game forward! 🍺 The survey will take about 5 minutes to complete.

Force of Habit

Couple of updates from Ashley Gwinnel

All Things Game Feel — a talk I gave last year at the hub is now up on YouTube. Top tips for tweaks, juice, polish, etc. You can watch it here:
Retro FPS Roguelike: Devlog #2 — a small progress update on our current game project. Art tests, development blockers, coverage bot update, etc. 

NEWS AND EVENTS

TIGA

Extending their TIGA2020 Awards Deadline

TIGA has today extended the deadline for entries for the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2020 by one week. Entries will be accepted until midnight on Friday 11th September 2020.



Entry is very simple and is completely FREE. Simply visit www.tiga.org/awards for full details, entry and T&Cs. The ceremony will be live streamed for free on 24th, 25th and 26th November 2020.

Global Top Round

2020 Acceleration program

Global Top Round is a Global game startup accelerator whose mission is to support small studios from all over the world with development, publishing and fundraising.
Since 2015 Global Top Round has supported over 50 game studios worldwide via their GTR Accelerator program, which sees 10 new games added every year.

Find out more here

Women in Games Global Conference 2020

The Women in Games Global Conference 2020 is running across 7th to 13th of September. The core conference programme will take place on the 9th and 10th September. A variety of fringe events, a game jam and esports tournament will take place during the week. Once again we will be presenting our awards and celebrating some amazing women and allies in the video games industry from across the globe.



Once again we will be presenting our awards and celebrating some amazing women and allies in the video games industry from across the globe.

Find out more here

UKIE - Mental Health First Aid Courses

New course dates now available.  Visit here to find out more

JOBS

nDemic Creations
Now looking for Junior Programmers and Programmers.

We can offer

  • Working on complex, varied, system driven games played by millions of people

  • 4 day work week option 

  • Flexible to remote or onsite work, with regular team meet ups

  • Career growth from day one

If you don’t match up to all the requirements but think you could perform well, please apply!

For more information, click here https://www.ndemiccreations.com/en/19-careers

We've gone remote!

We have decided to become a remote company, meaning the vast majority of our work will be from home, but we will be keeping the office for meetings or as a quiet workspace for our team members who fancy a change of scenery. 

ColePoweredGames
A chance to work on an exciting upcoming indie noir detective game!

ColePoweredGames are looking for a 3D/Voxel Artist to work on the upcoming game Shadows of Doubt.

This role is suited to somebody with strong examples of voxel, pixel or 3D art in their portfolio. Pixel artists who are willing to adapt and work in voxels (with included time to learn) are strongly encouraged to apply. We’re looking for a generalist who will mostly be working on environmental props and character pieces, but above all who’s work lends well to evoking a strong, dark, sci-fi atmosphere!

For 

SGS College
Looking for a Games Design tutor

SGS college, Stroud Campus will shortly be open to applications for the role of games design tutor. The course is UAL Level 3 Computer games design. It could be a full time position, or a couple of part time positions.



Ideal for a game dev who is developing an independent games career at the same time. You will be highly personable and have skills in games development. All specialisations are considered; however, Unreal Engine 4 blueprint skills and / or game audio are especially valuable. Speculative applications before it is advertised are welcome. Email tom.henderson @ sgscol.ac.uk

HEY YOU! Do you have any exciting development news you'd like us to put in next month's newsletter? Get in touch - contact details down at the bottom...

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Who are we?

Bristol Games Hub is a non-profit space for games and play. We run this newsletter, host events, and also rent desk space at cost price with no strings attached so you can get on with creating amazing games. Contact nina@aurochdigital.com for more information. 

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