Calling all Game Writers
Join us as we launch the Dunedin Festival of Interactive Narrative and Storytelling with special guest, Professor Mark Marino.
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- Feb 9
- 2 min
Game Writing Festival for Ōtepoti - Dunedin
CODE is indulging the growing practice of video game writing and narrative design with an international "Festival of Interactive Narrative
- Jan 19
- 2 min
CODE is Back for 2023
With a new year, come new possibilities and new releases! Pictured: Picky Meowy by Dunedin indie game studio, Cheese Berries. We started...
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
CODE ends successful year on a high
The government-backed New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) is ending the year on a high note by funding five new Dunedin game...
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
Funding boost to support NZ’s game development industry
New Zealand’s game developers will receive an immediate funding boost to help support the growth of local studios beyond the current...
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
CODE Launches Travel Grants for International Engagement
After the success of our campaign for Melbourne International Games Week and PAX Australia, we are capitalising on that success by...
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
CODE Takes On Melbourne International Games Week With 40-strong Cohort
Dunedin’s burgeoning game development sector is about to put New Zealand on the map at the biggest games convention in the Southern...
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
Studio Profile: Atawhai Interactive
An interview with Mickey Treadwell and Lisa Blakie at Atawhai Interactive.
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
CODE NZ goes to Melbourne International Games Week and PAX AUS
After a false start during the pandemic and the borders reopening, we are making our dream come true! Overall, our cohort has around...
- Aug 25, 2022
- 1 min
Studio Profile: Hyporeal
An interview with Josiah Hunt, founder and director of Hyporeal. So what was the original inspiration for Blackheart? Blackheart is...
- Aug 17, 2022
- 1 min
Studio Profile: Deep Field Games
An interview with Henry Feltham, production director and narrative designer at Deep Field Games. So what was the original inspiration for...
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
Studio Profile: Balancing Monkey Games
Before We Leave launched in May 2020. How has life changed for the Balancing Monkey Games (BMG) team? How has life changed since the...
- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
CODE marks limited company status with grants to Dunedin video game developers
The government-backed New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) today celebrates becoming an incorporated company, CODE Limited....
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
CODE funding attracts ‘Mad Carnival Entertainment’ - a new Dunedin satellite studio with big project
CODE funding attracts ‘Mad Carnival Entertainment’ - a new Dunedin satellite studio with big project
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
$1.19m boost for the Dunedin game development sector
Nine Dunedin studios receive CODE funding; new courses and partnerships announced by Otago Polytechnic Dunedin’s game development...
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Five new Dunedin game development studios receive CODE funding
The New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) based in Dunedin, today announced five successful grant recipients as part of its...
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
Kiwi Paralympian Holly Robinson to feature in world-first Paralympics game
Major milestone in partnership between NZ’s Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) and JP GAMES Dunedin-based Kiwi Paralympian Holly...
- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
Funding Programme Announcement: Service Start
In the organisation’s continued measures to grow and support the video game industry in Ōtepoti Dunedin, CODE is pleased to announce that...
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
New players enter the Dunedin game development industry
Dunedin’s game development industry has had a strong start to 2021, with seven new and emerging local studios revealing an exciting mix...
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
First CODE grants awarded to burgeoning Dunedin game developers
Nearly $450,000 has been allocated to seven established and start up digital game developers from Dunedin as part of the Centre of...
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