SA game dev stats - local industry gaining strength

Didn't realise there was much of an industry in SA. Some of those titles sound really exciting - Eskom Energy Planner anyone? :P
 
It's great that the SA game industry is growing and that we are getting games out there. My question is, when do we get a AAA game studio in South Africa and release something big? Indie games are great but just imagine the jobs that will be created if a big game studio is started in South Africa. Our labour is cheaper than overseas so surely it should be feasible.
 
Solitude said:
It's great that the SA game industry is growing and that we are getting games out there. My question is, when do we get a AAA game studio in South Africa and release something big? Indie games are great but just imagine the jobs that will be created if a big game studio is started in South Africa. Our labour is cheaper than overseas so surely it should be feasible.
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Yeah you raise a good point. But much like film I think SA would have difficulty breaking into the mainstream market. Which is unfortunate.
 
brendanvb said:
Yeah you raise a good point. But much like film I think SA would have difficulty breaking into the mainstream market. Which is unfortunate.
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I think Solitude is referring to getting an established Developing House to open a local-talent Dev Branch in SA. If Ubisoft, for example where to open a Ubisoft Cape Town Dev House it would pull great talent and as Solitude stipulates create brilliant opportunities for many unknown geniuses in our country.
 
Stunt said:
I think Solitude is referring to getting an established Developing House to open a local-talent Dev Branch in SA. If Ubisoft, for example where to open a Ubisoft Cape Town Dev House it would pull great talent and as Solitude stipulates create brilliant opportunities for many unknown geniuses in our country.
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Oh that makes sense. I'd definitely like to see that happen.
 
Solitude said:
It's great that the SA game industry is growing and that we are getting games out there. My question is, when do we get a AAA game studio in South Africa and release something big? Indie games are great but just imagine the jobs that will be created if a big game studio is started in South Africa. Our labour is cheaper than overseas so surely it should be feasible.
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There was a studio called I-Imagine but they backed the wrong horse by releasing there game exclusively on the original X-BOX.
It had potential but the ps2 was dominating by the time the game came out
 
XbatousaiX said:
There was a studio called I-Imagine but they backed the wrong horse by releasing there game exclusively on the original X-BOX.
It had potential but the ps2 was dominating by the time the game came out
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What game did they release? Did we even have the original Xbox in South Africa? I don't recall having ever seen it anywhere at the time.
 
I think the rage expo every year has made not only the gaming community in south africa grow but also the dev community. I just wish that a AAA title would be made here or just worked on here. Do you guys know of any andriod or windows apps or games made by our locale hereos?
 
brendanvb said:
Just did some reading up on it. Looks like it would've been pretty fun. So I guess I-Imagine went bust then?
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Not a hundred percent sure, think they might be making mobile games. Haven't heard about them in a long while maybe like 10 years lol.
 
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brendanvb said:
Didn't realise there was much of an industry in SA. Some of those titles sound really exciting - Eskom Energy Planner anyone? :P
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Let's do an Eskom CEO simulator. It's exactly like Sims, but with an infinite money cheat.

Back on topic: I think the main reason big developers won't open a local dev house is lack of experienced employees. If SA devs can get a steady stream of Indie games in the market it will be another story. Another factor may be the number of strikes in SA. You don't want a strike and union issues a month before release of a AAA title.
 
Broforce is seriously a hell of a lot of fun! I highly recommend it to everyone!

That being said, Its old school...

Would be great to see some Sa developers produce something with a decent engine...
 
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