Dare to be Digital - Team Diaries Feed

Inertia Interactive - Inertia Interactive Almost done

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:54:29 +0100

17:53 10/08/2009 Well tomorrow is officially our last day of development. We've got a upcoming video to show you but in ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Break a Leg - Final build

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:50:20 +0100

Dare to be digital is coming to an end, there are only a couple of days left before we pack ... click the title of this story for more

NPR3 - NPR3 Better late than never!

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:24:11 +0100

Here's a few things we've been working on... Images from week 8

... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates End of week 9?

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:09:36 +0100

This will be one of the last posts before we hit Protoplay. Our t-shirts have arrived, and they look awesome. ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon Week 9

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:06:24 +0100

At the end of week 9! These last two weeks have sped by. The programmers and artists have been working ... click the title of this story for more

Digital Colony - Digital Colony Last Full Week

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:02:35 +0100

The final full week is upon us, time to tidy up, finish off, and freak out. Meanwhile, enjoy some bee ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Week 9 update

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:12:54 +0100

The game trailer is ready, most of the interface is ready, the menu stuff is almost ready and there aren’t ... click the title of this story for more

Inertia Interactive - Inertia Interactive Promo video

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:31:09 +0100

Hi guys, Sorry for the silence over the last few weeks, we've been grafting hard on getting the game up and ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates A photo

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:57:13 +0100

Of the ugly members of Pixel Pirates

Top left: Sean, Top Right: Nnanna, Bottom Left: Liam and Bottom Right: Murray ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates Week 9

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:21:44 +0100

So, it's week 9 now. Things are going pretty well! We're running on 100fps on the integrated graphics card PC, ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker last week incoming

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:49:05 +0100

The last week is coming, our game project should be in final stage now. Painting remaining textures will still be ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Week 8

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:52:00 +0100

No crunch for us, we have been tweaking stuff and optimizing the game engine so the game runs smoothly on ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Some new screens

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:51:28 +0100

just a few new screens ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon Beginning Week 8

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:51:46 +0100

Week 6's extensive write-up was lost in the depths of the internet. Week 7 sped by and as we neared end ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates Week 7-8

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:17:21 +0100

Ahoy! We have been polishing our final assets, this means adding sound effects, UI stuffs, modelling more background props and bringing ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Week 7 update

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:53:42 +0100

For 7 weeks now we have been developing break a Leg, final version of Gameplay is complete and 70 % ... click the title of this story for more

Digital Colony - Digital Colony Week 7?!

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:07:58 +0100

Music, SFX, textures, animations and lights - these are some of this weeks highlights!

... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games Progress report

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:07:33 +0100

Its been a while since our last diary entry so we have a lot of new stuff to show.

The ... click the title of this story for more

Inertia Interactive - Inertia Interactive Week 7 progress

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:34:28 +0100

Well it’s Week 7 and we’re doing pretty well. First let me say a big happy birthday to Mitch, who turned ... click the title of this story for more

The Butterflyers - The Butterflyers Update- gameplay, characters and game design!

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:53:14 +0100

Hello,

As it is week 7 out of 9 development weeks, we will try our best to keep you updated ... click the title of this story for more

The Butterflyers - The Butterflyers Pictures

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:53:13 +0100

Some concept art, poster and a screenshot from the game foryou to look at!

... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Week 6

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:00:51 +0100

Heading into week 7 now; with if my maths are correct 22 days left. Got most of the mechanics tied ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker walking along the river tay

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:51:30 +0100

1 month has passed and we are making progress now...

i have finished all the models of the "garden" and try to complete ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker Programmer diary

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:44:30 +0100

I have been here for one and a half month. I spend the first 2 weeks on learning the engine, ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Week 6 update

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:08:14 +0100

Week 6 and feature lock down, the team is now focusing on the graphics in the game. The graphics programmer ... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune Week 6 End

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:09:55 +0100

Well it's been a tumultuous time for The Gentlemen since our last update, after productive discussions and with many mentors ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker 16-07-09

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:23:19 +0100

This is the poster we have made, which shows the two dream worlds and the Night Terror chasing Tom. Tom ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment New screenshot from Break a Leg, we have added more particle effects and the player character is rea

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:02:48 +0100

This screenshot is from week 6 and the game is starting to look better right now we are working with ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates Week 6 update!

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:29:54 +0100

In short, things have been going really well! The mentors we've had in the past week or so have been ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Week 5

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:06:04 +0100

Its the end of week 5 and we've managed to get all the core mechanics for the made, it will be ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Weekly Build 5

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:12:05 +0100

During our first 5 weeks in the Dare to be Digital final we have been working like crazy, adding new ... click the title of this story for more

Noobeez - Noobeez Week 5 update

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:45:57 +0100

This is our ingame screenshot update for week 5..!!..Hope you guys like it...:D ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon 5th Week

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:49:53 +0100

This week has started with work on 3D modelling on the claw machine for use in main menu (and opening ... click the title of this story for more

Noobeez - Noobeez Week 3-5 update

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:24:41 +0100

Sorry for not keeping you guys updated about our progress...The past couple of weeks have been very rough as we ... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune Week 4 Complete!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:14:38 +0100

Its been a busy week in the Darebrary for the Gentlemen of Fortune.

Codewise the bag has been having various tweaks ... click the title of this story for more

Five Armed Bandits - Five Armed Bandits New Screenshots 2/07/09

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:25:12 +0100

Here's some new screenshots! ... click the title of this story for more

Inertia Interactive - Inertia Interactive End of Week 4 - Bungee Ball is dead!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:36 +0100

After revisions to our design that have seen the firing mechanisms be sacrificed to the gods of game development we ... click the title of this story for more

Digital Colony - Digital Colony Week 4

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:56:18 +0100

Some updated screenshots as things gradually come together. Game's come a long way since we last posted, most of the ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment The Mentors

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:50:22 +0100

During week 4 several mentors have tested the game and most of them really like the game, witch is a ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Week 4

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:49:33 +0100

The 3 first weeks has been 3 weeks of fun, every feature wanted implemented on time. Seems that our plan ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment 95 words about Break a Leg

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:56 +0100

Break the laws of physics in this fast paced abstract platform game; Soar from one building to another in first ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates Make an Explorer

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:26:05 +0100

Hey peeps! Just thought you'd like to know that we're allowing you guys (the public) to join us on our game ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games nearly 4 weeks in

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:43:31 +0100

Its towards the end of the fourth week and our team has made good progress in our project.

We have a ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon Middle Week 4

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:50:57 +0100

(Dan) Wednesday night after a hot stuffy day at Dare central. It's a nice library but not blessed with windows ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates It's week 4!

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:23:34 +0100

This week we've been playing around with the environment some more! We had a slight hiccup on the FPS side ... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune Gentlemen of Fortune Cookies

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:29:12 +0100

and cakes for all!

... click the title of this story for more

Inertia Interactive - Inertia Interactive More screenshots

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:54:01 +0100

Hi guys, Sorry we've been pretty busy getting stuff sorted with the game and have kind of left our updates ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon End of week 3/Planning for week 4

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:45:43 +0100

Week 3 of the Dare competition is over and we've got over one particular crunch moment for the team in ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Update with renders and screenshots

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:26:41 +0100

Some Renders and screens from the game

... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates Week 3, part 2

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:08:58 +0100

We're about to start Week 4, and this week we: went to Pizza Hut for Faye's 21st, covered her desk ... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune BUSTED!

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:13:35 +0100

New screencaps! :D

Here is Fingers getting spotted!

Stick to the shadows to avoid detection!

Videos on their way...

... click the title of this story for more

Thunderbirds - Thunderbirds Week3 complete

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:04:15 +0100

Hey! So today, we are working hard setting up some AI for our enemies, and adding some more guitar sounds ... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune Ingame screenshot

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:08:59 +0100

at long last! :D

... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune Newest Art - Wallpapers!

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:06:29 +0100

Been getting complains at no screenshots, so here are... not screenshots.

3 Wallpapers for you of our central characters: Fingers, Guard, ... click the title of this story for more

Thunderbirds - Thunderbirds Working on collisions and scene art

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:49:01 +0100

Hey! So today, we are working towards finalizing our techniques for adding collision meshes to characters, so their fighting animations ... click the title of this story for more

Five Armed Bandits - Five Armed Bandits Shaders!!

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:46:59 +0100

Custom shaders are working. Behold the shiney shader! ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Weekly Build 2

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:21:47 +0100

Weekly build 2 Another great week with a lot of new features, this week we added air control, air shaft ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games Week 3 - Progress Update

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:26:32 +0100

Added some more screen shots above. Progress this week includes particle effects, dynamic shadows, audio implementation, improved enemy A.I., improved ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon 3rd Week

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:30:58 +0100

Over the weekend we went out to the mountains, to a little place called Auchavan. Wanted the team to get ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon End of 2nd week

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:25:49 +0100

Didn't hit our targets for the second week. Andy wasn't too well so that meant programming didn't hit their goals, also 3D ... click the title of this story for more

Noobeez - Noobeez Level Concepts

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:23:18 +0100

Level Concepts ... click the title of this story for more

Noobeez - Noobeez Level Concepts

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:22:20 +0100

... click the title of this story for more

Noobeez - Noobeez Some art works

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:05:31 +0100

Some art works that would resemble the bits and pieces that would form our final level. ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates Week 3

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:52:46 +0100

It's week 3 and we've blocked out our level and we're passing it on to our handsome coders. We just ... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune More Artwork

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:36:47 +0100

Adding an early stage environment to go with yesterdays character pics :) ... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune Adding Artwork

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:36:57 +0100

i have to create a diary entry, and link to a picture uploaded elsewhere, to upload a picture?

this seems strange, ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker 22-06-09

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:54:32 +0100

Here is the concept design for Tom and the monster in nightmares.

... click the title of this story for more

Inertia Interactive - Inertia Interactive Beginning of Week 3

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:47:54 +0100

At the beginning of Week 3 and we’ve had plenty of things to think over in the past two weeks. ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Week 2

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:44:40 +0100

So this week we've managed to get a few more features into the game, we should have something playable by ... click the title of this story for more

Digital Colony - Digital Colony 19-06-09

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:39:23 +0100

Week 2 is over! ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Concept Art

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:35:21 +0100

Just another bit of concept art ... click the title of this story for more

Digital Colony - Digital Colony 18-06-09

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:15:02 +0100

Pictures goin' up.

... click the title of this story for more

Gentlemen of Fortune - Gentlemen of Fortune Welcome to Gentlemen of Fortune

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:19:28 +0100

Greetings one and all!

Day10: Our first diary entry is a little later than intended because we've all been busy chaps getting ... click the title of this story for more

Digital Colony - Digital Colony Screenshot test diary!

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:42:48 +0100

Does this work????? ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games rEtRo mOdE!

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:44:27 +0100

... ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker 18-06-09

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:40:56 +0100

Mentors suggest we cut some content in games out so that we can finish it in 10 weeks. We discussed ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games Volcanoe now has lava!

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:18:34 +0100

now just to animate it! ... ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker 17-06-09

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:47:06 +0100

We spent a whole day discussing about the game design in every detail, as well as working out a priority ... click the title of this story for more

Thunderbirds - Thunderbirds Productive Day!

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:46:27 +0100

Today has been a good day, the programmers have gotten some work done on implementing functionality in the LightSpeed game ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games Level Design

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:52:51 +0100

These are some of our latest pics for our level design! ... click the title of this story for more

Five Armed Bandits - Five Armed Bandits Character Model

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:13:13 +0100

We've finished a first build of a character! Here he is in all his beauty. ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Concept Art

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:30:29 +0100

Some Concept Art ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Mood Board

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:08:59 +0100

Just updating with some of the background images we made to set the scene and visual style for the art design ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games 16-06-09

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:42:04 +0100

new pic

... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates 16-06-09

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:19:25 +0100

Today is Tuesday. Everything is going to plan so far! Models are being created, and unwrapped. Textures are being painted. ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon Monay morning 2nd week

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:48:20 +0100

We had our Monday morning sprint meeting on Sunday night, so we didn't have to take down and ship the 'wall of ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games 15-06-09

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:22:59 +0100

new gameplay screenshot added ... click the title of this story for more

CottonBall Physics - CottonBall Physics Week 1

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:19:56 +0100

So week 1 is officially over now I suppose, Everything going according to plan so far after getting set up ... click the title of this story for more

Bubblegum Games - Bubblegum Games 14-06-09

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:33:46 +0100

Hey everyone, this is our first diary entry!

After most of our software not working ealrier in the week and Eamonn's ... click the title of this story for more

Noobeez - Noobeez 1st week summary

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:47:35 +0100

The first week went off well, got more familiarized with the engine and made quite a few changes and updates ... click the title of this story for more

Virtual Horizon - Virtual Horizon First Week at Dare

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:22:08 +0100

Let's get started!

Virtual Horizon members arrived in Dundee from the disparate locales of France, Cardiff, Oxford and
India ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment Weekly Build 1

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:27:03 +0100

Week 1 This has been a great week for the whole team and as the team leader I am proud of ... click the title of this story for more

Digital Colony - Digital Colony 12-06-09

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:52:12 +0100

First week over, good start I think! Bees are happening. Bees with lips and moustaches. ... click the title of this story for more

Inertia Interactive - Inertia Interactive End of the first week

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:35:30 +0100

First off, thanks for checking out our team diary, we really appreciate your support and hope you'll keep up with ... click the title of this story for more

Trouble Maker - Trouble Maker 11-06-09

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:51:08 +0100

The fourth day in Dare, we are making progress. Tom's model has been finished by Calum but yet still need ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment FIrst version Level 1

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:57 +0100

After some intense hours the first version the first island of level 1 is ready, the layout is starting to ... click the title of this story for more

Five Armed Bandits - Five Armed Bandits Concept Art

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:51:28 +0100

The team has been working very hard, and the artists have produced some concept work! Here it is: ... click the title of this story for more

PixelPirates - PixelPirates Ahoy!

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:46:03 +0100

We are Pixel-Pirates! We just thought we would post our first blog entry, and introduce ourselves. We are: Murray, Liam, Sean, Nnanna ... click the title of this story for more

Derail Entertainment - Derail Entertainment the first week

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:41:38 +0100

this is the first week, weeeeee, break a leg ... click the title of this story for more