Blog by Singapore Games Association

As with every year, the SGG team visits Gamestart organised by Eliphant - unfortunately, we didn't have a Singapore Pavilion this year. However, SGG was part of a really cool panel titled "How do I survive as a game developer?"  "How do I survive as a game developer?" panel (Photo: Adrian Kwong) Gwen (myself) had the opportunity to moderate a stellar panel of game devs - Shawn Toh from Battlebrew, Kang Soon from Joysteak, Desmond Hinkson from Republic Polytechnic and Carlo Arellano from Super Evil Megacorp (our guest from overseas!). 2 of our homegrown developers have also won Gamestart's indie award! We're really proud of them both, especially with Cubix being recent graduates of SUTD Game Lab's Game Innovation program. The winners of Gamestart's Indie Award (Photo: Richard Chan) Cubix's Weightless wins judge's choice (Photo: Richard Chan) Other news include GoGame announcing their new title "Disney Epic Que...

Good Game Experience (GGXP) 2018 was held from 8 to 9 September 2018 at Singapore Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands (MBS). GGXP is tied-up with the Singapore Toys, Game & Comic Convention (STGCC), and both are organised by Reed Exhibitions Singapore (Reed). Singapore Pavilion at GGXP 2018 (Photo: Gwen) The Singapore Games Guild (SGG) participated and executed its third Singapore Pavilion supported by IMDA. A total of 9 game studios were represented showcasing their games. This event also marks the first public appearance of the SGG branding as a stand-alone games association, where past Singapore Pavilions were represented by IGDA|SG (GGXP 2017, GameStart 2017). The Singapore Pavilion was presented by a diversity of veteran game companies and new/emergent startups (including those from programs such as PIXEL and SUTD Game Lab). The games showcased range from Digital, Mobile, Virtual Reality (VR) and tabletop games. The exhibitors were allotted i...

On the 28th July 2018, Singapore Games Guild in partnership with IGDA held its very first Industry Day at NUS Enterprise, our ecosystem partner. A total of 122 people attended, from students to industry veterans. Our aims were to encourage students/fresh grads to join the local games industry: 1. Talks - There will be a series of talks in the morning for the students / fresh graduates to attend, where they can get an insight into the current state of the industry & raise any questions they have with our speakers.  2. Portfolio Showcase & Networking– Roughly 12 – 15 games created by students / fresh graduates will be presented in the afternoon. Here was the itinerary: 10:00 - 10:15 : Opening Speech 10:15 - 10:45 : Game Industry 101 A summary of the current opportunities & communities in the local/regional games industry 10:45 - 11:15 : AAA and Indie: The Story Speaker: James Barnard (Springloaded) 11:15 - 12: 00 : Microtalks - Beyond Traditional R...

Welcome to the new SGG Singapore page! First and foremost, from the SGG team, we thank you all for the support so far! For 2017, alongside the new committee, we've done a little detour from the usual small events of our own and focused on forming a closer partnership with IMDA and local major game events. This post will be a quick rundown of what we've done as IGDA SG, major game launches/achievements and how you as a community helped the games industry! Singapore Indies (Game Developers)  (created/hosted by James Barnard) launched as an organic platform for indie developers to get together, have a beer at LePark (now sadly closed :( )!   Springloaded wins first place at GMGC Manila.   IGDA SG held a Games Industry 101 event for students/graduates.    Red Hare Studios officially published its first industry blog post! They do developer spotlight interviews & insightful game dev-related articles. The Gentlebros...