Blitz 1UP

Giving indie developers a boost

ARTICLES

  • Location Based Competition
  • 14/09/2010

    Got a great idea for a location based game? Fancy getting 10,000 Euros to develop it further?Future Position X and Locamotive AB, in association with Nordic Game Program, have announced an international contest for the best Location Based Game Concept.

  • Games for Netbooks Competition
  • 19/08/2010

    http://forums.blitz1up.com/download/file.php?id=Intel has teamed up with the Game Creators to bring you the Games for Netbooks Competition.

  • Interview with Rock Paper Shotgun's Kieron Gillen
  • 16/08/2010

    http://forums.blitz1up.com/download/file.php?id=The Blitz 1UP team interview Kieron Gillen, director of Rock Paper Shotgun and author of the infamous How to Use and Abuse the Gaming Press blog, to find out what lights up his inbox.1.

  • So you need a typeface? (Free fonts & font tools!)
  • 05/08/2010

    Julian Hansen, a graphic design student from Denmark has created a flowchart that manages to both amuse and educate all at the same time.

  • "Indie Fund" is live!
  • 08/07/2010

    Looks like the ace Indie Fund business angel service for Indies started by Jonathan Blow, Kyle Gabler, Aaron Isaksen, Kellee Santiago, Nathan Vella and Matthew Wegner is now open for business!Indie Fund is a funding source for independent developers, created by a group of successful Indies looking to encourage the next wave of game developers.

  • Designer and Developer MicroBlogging Site
  • 22/06/2010

    Got something to share but don't like writing huge blog posts, or don't think a traditional blog quite gives you the right tools?Look no further.

  • Add Wings 3D to your toolbox!
  • 14/06/2010

    Wings 3D is a free, open source and easy-to-use 3D modelling tool perfect for low poly mesh generation.

  • Add Open Office to your toolbox!
  • 04/06/2010

    It’s not the most glamorous of jobs but sooner or later we all need to write a document.

  • Make 'em Up - Game Development Competition
  • 02/06/2010

    Game developer Turborilla have launched a new game development competition called "Make 'em Up' - we've got no idea if it will be any good, but we thought we'd tell you about it anyway!Looks like they're offering 65,000 Euros for a 50/50 split on the game.

  • Developer Stories: Binary Tweed
  • 26/05/2010

    http://forums.blitz1up.com/download/file.php?id=I’d always been interested in video games – I wrote a program in Spectrum BASIC to print out the alphabet before I even knew the whole alphabet from start to finish (I believe I just typed the ones I didn’t know in the order they appeared on the keyboard).

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