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New Zealand Game Developers Association
The New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) was founded in 2001. It was formed to support the video game development industry in New Zealand. The primary mission of the NZGDA is to build the New Zealand video game development Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game. It is a multidisciplinary practice, involving programming, design, art, audio, user interface, and writing. Each of those may be made up of more speci ... industry into a preferred supplier of related products and services. It also facilitates communication for New Zealand game developers, and aims to create quality development, and business capabilities within New Zealand. The NZGDA coordinates monthly Game Developer Meetups in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. It also runs the annual New Zealand Game Developers Conference and Kiwi Game Starter startup challenge. The Association says that New Zealand game developers earned $323.9 million i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset. Most modern video games are audiovisual, with Sound, audio complement delivered through loudspeaker, speakers or headphones, and sometimes also with other types of sensory feedback (e.g., haptic technology that provides Touch, tactile sensations). Some video games also allow microphone and webcam inputs for voice chat in online gaming, in-game chatting and video game livestreaming, livestreaming. Video games are typically categorized according to their hardware platform, which traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and PC game, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Development
Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game. It is a multidisciplinary practice, involving programming, design, art, audio, user interface, and writing. Each of those may be made up of more specialized skills; art includes 3D modeling of objects, character modeling, animation, visual effects, and so on. Development is supported by project management, production, and quality assurance. Teams can be many hundreds of people, a small group, or even a single person. Development of commercial video games is normally funded by a video game publisher, publisher and can take two to five years to reach completion. Game creation by small, self-funded teams is called indie game, independent development. The technology in a game may be written from scratch or use proprietary software specific to one company. As development has become more complex, it has become common for companies and independent developers alike to use off-the-shelf "engines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blitz Research
Blitz Research Ltd is a software company based in Auckland, New Zealand, specializing in BASIC-based programming languages. Founded in 2000 by Mark Sibly, the company's first product was ''Blitz BASIC'' ''2D'', a PC version of the Amiga Blitz Basic, released the same year. In 2001, '' Blitz3D'' was launched, enabling developers to create 3D games and applications using DirectX. In 2003, ''BlitzPlus'' succeeded Blitz BASIC 2D, offering extended capabilities for developing Microsoft Windows applications as well as games. In December 2004, the company released '' BlitzMax'' for Windows, macOS, and Linux, supporting both OpenGL and DirectX. In 2011, Blitz Research introduced the ''Monkey'' programming language and the ''Monkey X'' game engine, capable of generating code in C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and ActionScript, among others. ''Monkey 2'' was announced in May 2015. Blitz Research also developed the ''Maplet'' 3D modelling tool, which is no longer supported. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grinding Gear Games
Grinding Gear Games is a New Zealand video game developer founded in 2006 and based in Auckland. A former independent developer, the studio was acquired by Chinese tech company Tencent in May 2018, after the Chinese company had published the studio's sole title, ''Path of Exile'', in mainland China. The open-beta build of ''Path of Exile'' was released worldwide in January 2013 and the 1.0 version of the game was released in October 2013. History Grinding Gear Games games was founded in 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand. The company states that its founding members come from various countries and backgrounds. GGG developed ''Path of Exile'', which was released on 23 October 2013. During the open beta, from 23 January 2013 to release, more than 46,000 people participated. GGG crowd funding, crowd funded ''Path of Exile'' through allowing users to pre-purchase in-game microtransactions ahead of the games launch date. In only 6 days, GGG was able to raise over $245,000. The company the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Design School
Media Design School is a private tertiary institution that provides specialist industry training in 3D animation and visual effects, game art, game programming, graphic and motion design, digital media artificial intelligence, and creative advertising. The school is located in central Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ..., New Zealand, and was established in 1998. References External links * {{authority control Vocational education in New Zealand Video game universities Digital media schools Education in Auckland Universities and colleges in New Zealand Auckland CBD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metia Interactive
Metia Interactive ( ) is a game development studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. They are a member of the NZGDA. Metia Interactive specialises in designing and creating game art assets, including modelling and texturing, as well as pre-rendered and realtime animations. Metia is a licensed developer for the Sony PlayStation Portable. Their PlayStation Portable title, ''Cube'', was awarded ''Runner Up'' for ''Best Unsigned Game (Professional)'' at the Australian Game Developers Conference, 2005. Cube is being published by D3 Publisher. The game features sound and music by New Zealand electronica band, Pitch Black Pitch Black may refer to: Film * ''Pitch Black'' (film), a 2000 science fiction movie * Pitch Black, the boogeyman in the animated film ''Rise of the Guardians'' Music * Pitch Black Records, a Cyprus-based record label established in 2007 * Pit .... Metia also has a joint venture with Film Factory New Zealand to work on Guardian Maia, which additional to the game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninja Kiwi
Ninja Kiwi, previously known as Kaiparasoft Ltd, is a mobile and online video game developer founded in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006 by brothers Chris and Stephen Harris. Ninja Kiwi's first game was a browser-based game called ''Cash Sprint'', developed on the Adobe Flash Platform. Since then, they have produced more than 60 games across platforms including Adobe Flash, Android, iOS, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and more recently, Steam. Their most well-known titles are the '' Bloons'' and ''Bloons Tower Defense'' games. In 2012, Ninja Kiwi purchased Digital Goldfish, a Dundee, Scotland-based developer, for an undisclosed sum. Ninja Kiwi has a virtual currency known as NK Coins; purchases of games and in-game purchases can be transacted using NK Coins. About eighteen months before its dissolution by its parent company, Mochi Media (another major gaming website) discontinued its virtual currency (Mochi Coins) and replaced it with Ninja Kiwi's virtual currency. Ninja K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PikPok
Prodigy Design Limited, operating as PikPok, is a video game developer and publisher based in Wellington, New Zealand. Established in 1997, the company originally operated under the name Sidhe. In 2012, it introduced the PikPok brand to focus on mobile gaming, which later became the company's primary identity. The company is a developer and publisher of iOS, Android, and computer games. It is known for ''Flick Kick Football'', ''Flick Kick Football Legends'', and '' Into the Dead''. It has also partnered with Adult Swim to produce a number of games, including ''Robot Unicorn Attack 2'', ''Giant Boulder of Death'', '' Monsters Ate My Condo'' and its sequel '' Super Monsters Ate My Condo''. PikPok has also partnered with DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wētā Workshop
Wētā Workshop is a creative company delivering concept design, special effects, props, collectibles, immersive visitor experiences and video games. Based in Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand. It also offers two tourism experiences, the Wētā Workshop Experiences Wellington Tour and Wētā Workshop Unleashed in Auckland. It is known for effects for television and film. History Founded in 1987 by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger as RT Effects, Wētā Workshop has produced creatures and makeup effects for the TV series '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and effects for films such as ''Meet the Feebles'' and ''Heavenly Creatures''. A digital version, Weta Digital (now Wētā FX), was formed in 1993 and operates independently as a separate company. The company is named after the New Zealand wētā, one of the world's largest insects. Wētā Workshop's output was used in director Peter Jackson's film trilogies ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
