Nigel Kennington
@nigelkennington.bsky.social
I teach to make money. I design games to make it go away again.
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It's been a rough time for games but one thing that's kept me going is the fact we're running a showcase for our student's games on the 7th of August at CodeBase Edinburgh!
- Totally free to attend
- 10+ locally developed games
- Come support new devs 🧡
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
- Totally free to attend
- 10+ locally developed games
- Come support new devs 🧡
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
Get Free Ticket – Heriot-Watt MDes Graduation Showcase 2025 – CodeBase Edinburgh
Each year we celebrate our Masters of Design Students at Heriot-Watt University by giving them a special space to show off what...
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July 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's been a rough time for games but one thing that's kept me going is the fact we're running a showcase for our student's games on the 7th of August at CodeBase Edinburgh!
- Totally free to attend
- 10+ locally developed games
- Come support new devs 🧡
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
- Totally free to attend
- 10+ locally developed games
- Come support new devs 🧡
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
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ECGX 2025 showcased the new games - and talent - emerging from Edinburgh College. Georgia Cairns reports on the event for the SGN.
ECGX 2025 Highlights Incredible New Games Talent From Edinburgh
Written by Georgia Cairns It’s one thing to create a project or write an essay, submit it to your teacher or lecturer and wait hopefully for a good grade. It’s another thing entirely to take that work and display it loud and proud at an event specifically designed to do just that. Introducing ECGX 2025... The ECGX (the Edinburgh College Games Expo) is an annual event hosted by Edinburgh College that allows students of the FE/HE-level games development and digital design courses to showcase their end-of-year projects.
scottishgames.net
August 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
ECGX 2025 showcased the new games - and talent - emerging from Edinburgh College. Georgia Cairns reports on the event for the SGN.
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Tmrw is SWITCH 2 LAUNCH Da
...no wait, I mean it's EDINBURGH COLLEGE GAMES EXPO!!! #ECGx
Thu 5th June, 17:30, CodeBase, #Edinburgh
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb...
Besides all the truly amazing #gamedev student projects, we're also hosting 14 #indiegames by #Scottish #indiedevs. Look!🧵👁👁⤵
...no wait, I mean it's EDINBURGH COLLEGE GAMES EXPO!!! #ECGx
Thu 5th June, 17:30, CodeBase, #Edinburgh
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb...
Besides all the truly amazing #gamedev student projects, we're also hosting 14 #indiegames by #Scottish #indiedevs. Look!🧵👁👁⤵
Select tickets – ECGX - Edinburgh College Games eXpo 2025 – CodeBase
Edinburgh College Games eXpo rides again!
ECGX is the end of year show for both Edinburgh College game dev students and the lo...
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June 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tmrw is SWITCH 2 LAUNCH Da
...no wait, I mean it's EDINBURGH COLLEGE GAMES EXPO!!! #ECGx
Thu 5th June, 17:30, CodeBase, #Edinburgh
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb...
Besides all the truly amazing #gamedev student projects, we're also hosting 14 #indiegames by #Scottish #indiedevs. Look!🧵👁👁⤵
...no wait, I mean it's EDINBURGH COLLEGE GAMES EXPO!!! #ECGx
Thu 5th June, 17:30, CodeBase, #Edinburgh
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb...
Besides all the truly amazing #gamedev student projects, we're also hosting 14 #indiegames by #Scottish #indiedevs. Look!🧵👁👁⤵
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It's now only 2 sleeps to #ECGx! Where did all those sleeps go?
If you're in #Edinburgh this Thursday, come to CodeBase from 17:30 to play 40 student and #indiegames, including Keeno, a lo-fi village-management game that's not to be slept on.
Free tickets and info: dub.sh/ecgx2025
If you're in #Edinburgh this Thursday, come to CodeBase from 17:30 to play 40 student and #indiegames, including Keeno, a lo-fi village-management game that's not to be slept on.
Free tickets and info: dub.sh/ecgx2025
June 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's now only 2 sleeps to #ECGx! Where did all those sleeps go?
If you're in #Edinburgh this Thursday, come to CodeBase from 17:30 to play 40 student and #indiegames, including Keeno, a lo-fi village-management game that's not to be slept on.
Free tickets and info: dub.sh/ecgx2025
If you're in #Edinburgh this Thursday, come to CodeBase from 17:30 to play 40 student and #indiegames, including Keeno, a lo-fi village-management game that's not to be slept on.
Free tickets and info: dub.sh/ecgx2025
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Hey #gamer / #gamedev of #edinburgh! Do you know about #ecgx? 👀
It's a free night celebrating both our amazing students and local #indiedevs! You can play 40 (FORTY! 🫨) hot indie games and student demos at CodeBase on Thu 5th June, from 5.30.
Get […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
It's a free night celebrating both our amazing students and local #indiedevs! You can play 40 (FORTY! 🫨) hot indie games and student demos at CodeBase on Thu 5th June, from 5.30.
Get […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
May 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hey #gamer / #gamedev of #edinburgh! Do you know about #ecgx? 👀
It's a free night celebrating both our amazing students and local #indiedevs! You can play 40 (FORTY! 🫨) hot indie games and student demos at CodeBase on Thu 5th June, from 5.30.
Get […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
It's a free night celebrating both our amazing students and local #indiedevs! You can play 40 (FORTY! 🫨) hot indie games and student demos at CodeBase on Thu 5th June, from 5.30.
Get […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
Reposted by Nigel Kennington
Calling #scotgamedev & folks interested in #Scottish #gamedev in #Edinburgh! Please boost the post quoted below to help out our amazing college students!
Grab yerself a ticket while you're at it!😁
@hubworld.bsky.social @scottishgames.bsky.social @brianbaglow.bsky.social @scotgamedev.bsky.social
Grab yerself a ticket while you're at it!😁
@hubworld.bsky.social @scottishgames.bsky.social @brianbaglow.bsky.social @scotgamedev.bsky.social
9 sleeps until #ECGx ! 👀
Here's some more pics from our amazing FE & HE #gamedev students. Come to #Edinburgh College Games Expo, 5th June, CodeBase, and you can play these amongst 40 games from both students and #indiedevs. Yes, FORTY!
Get free tickets & info here👉 dub.sh/ecgx2025
#scotgamedev
Here's some more pics from our amazing FE & HE #gamedev students. Come to #Edinburgh College Games Expo, 5th June, CodeBase, and you can play these amongst 40 games from both students and #indiedevs. Yes, FORTY!
Get free tickets & info here👉 dub.sh/ecgx2025
#scotgamedev
May 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Calling #scotgamedev & folks interested in #Scottish #gamedev in #Edinburgh! Please boost the post quoted below to help out our amazing college students!
Grab yerself a ticket while you're at it!😁
@hubworld.bsky.social @scottishgames.bsky.social @brianbaglow.bsky.social @scotgamedev.bsky.social
Grab yerself a ticket while you're at it!😁
@hubworld.bsky.social @scottishgames.bsky.social @brianbaglow.bsky.social @scotgamedev.bsky.social
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9 sleeps until #ECGx ! 👀
Here's some more pics from our amazing FE & HE #gamedev students. Come to #Edinburgh College Games Expo, 5th June, CodeBase, and you can play these amongst 40 games from both students and #indiedevs. Yes, FORTY!
Get free tickets & info here👉 dub.sh/ecgx2025
#scotgamedev
Here's some more pics from our amazing FE & HE #gamedev students. Come to #Edinburgh College Games Expo, 5th June, CodeBase, and you can play these amongst 40 games from both students and #indiedevs. Yes, FORTY!
Get free tickets & info here👉 dub.sh/ecgx2025
#scotgamedev
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
9 sleeps until #ECGx ! 👀
Here's some more pics from our amazing FE & HE #gamedev students. Come to #Edinburgh College Games Expo, 5th June, CodeBase, and you can play these amongst 40 games from both students and #indiedevs. Yes, FORTY!
Get free tickets & info here👉 dub.sh/ecgx2025
#scotgamedev
Here's some more pics from our amazing FE & HE #gamedev students. Come to #Edinburgh College Games Expo, 5th June, CodeBase, and you can play these amongst 40 games from both students and #indiedevs. Yes, FORTY!
Get free tickets & info here👉 dub.sh/ecgx2025
#scotgamedev
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We've been invited to be guest exhibitors at this year's #ECGx! Two members of our lovely team will be there presenting our demo, so if you're in the city of Edinburgh come and say hi!
The Edinburgh College Games Expo 2025 is coming!
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
ECGx 2024 Event Highlights
YouTube video by Nigel Kennington
youtu.be
May 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We've been invited to be guest exhibitors at this year's #ECGx! Two members of our lovely team will be there presenting our demo, so if you're in the city of Edinburgh come and say hi!
Was called a dobber by a glaswegian space pirate - 10/10
remember when we made a game about the banal fascism of encroaching bureaucracy
Love me some Void Bastards, what a game. Scavenging what ya can and having to leg it with whatever ya can carry when the going gets too tough #videogames #games #steam #fps
May 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Was called a dobber by a glaswegian space pirate - 10/10
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Since it's #ECGx season, I figured that, rather than panicking and trying to get Exon's existing levels back in working order for public exhibition, it might be better to make a brand new -- SMALL -- demo level using all the new props. One that, you know, passers-by might be able to beat.
May 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Since it's #ECGx season, I figured that, rather than panicking and trying to get Exon's existing levels back in working order for public exhibition, it might be better to make a brand new -- SMALL -- demo level using all the new props. One that, you know, passers-by might be able to beat.
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Here's another student game (title TBC) you can play at #ECGx. Bounce into @codebasetech.bsky.social in #Edinburgh on 5th June to solve this 1st-person traversal puzzler & unlock a whole test chamber of 30+ student & local #IndieGames to check out!
Tickets + details > dub.sh/ecgx2025
#ScotGameDev
Tickets + details > dub.sh/ecgx2025
#ScotGameDev
May 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here's another student game (title TBC) you can play at #ECGx. Bounce into @codebasetech.bsky.social in #Edinburgh on 5th June to solve this 1st-person traversal puzzler & unlock a whole test chamber of 30+ student & local #IndieGames to check out!
Tickets + details > dub.sh/ecgx2025
#ScotGameDev
Tickets + details > dub.sh/ecgx2025
#ScotGameDev
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Into the Restless Ruins
(a Scottish dungeon deckbuilder with IMPECCABLE vibes, by Ant Workshop)
is out!
You should buy it today!
But if you don't, you should wishlist it, then come to #ECGx 👈 on 5th June, try it out in person, *then* buy it.
Or both!
#ScotGameDev #IndieGames #GameDev #Edinburgh
(a Scottish dungeon deckbuilder with IMPECCABLE vibes, by Ant Workshop)
is out!
You should buy it today!
But if you don't, you should wishlist it, then come to #ECGx 👈 on 5th June, try it out in person, *then* buy it.
Or both!
#ScotGameDev #IndieGames #GameDev #Edinburgh
Into the Restless Ruins is a deckbuilder in the Scottish highlands, where you create a dungeon then battle through it.
Out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/...
Out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/...
May 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Into the Restless Ruins
(a Scottish dungeon deckbuilder with IMPECCABLE vibes, by Ant Workshop)
is out!
You should buy it today!
But if you don't, you should wishlist it, then come to #ECGx 👈 on 5th June, try it out in person, *then* buy it.
Or both!
#ScotGameDev #IndieGames #GameDev #Edinburgh
(a Scottish dungeon deckbuilder with IMPECCABLE vibes, by Ant Workshop)
is out!
You should buy it today!
But if you don't, you should wishlist it, then come to #ECGx 👈 on 5th June, try it out in person, *then* buy it.
Or both!
#ScotGameDev #IndieGames #GameDev #Edinburgh
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We’ll have something new at this…
The Edinburgh College Games Expo 2025 is coming!
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
ECGx 2024 Event Highlights
YouTube video by Nigel Kennington
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’ll have something new at this…
Reposted by Nigel Kennington
Here's a preview of Trespasser Deep, by one of our talented teams of #GameDev students.
Discover its lurking leviathians, and dive into a sea of #IndieGames and student projects at #ECGx, the #Edinburgh College Games Expo on 5th June.
Links below! 🤿🔦🦑
#ScotGameDev #IndieDev #LookOutForThatSquid
Discover its lurking leviathians, and dive into a sea of #IndieGames and student projects at #ECGx, the #Edinburgh College Games Expo on 5th June.
Links below! 🤿🔦🦑
#ScotGameDev #IndieDev #LookOutForThatSquid
May 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's a preview of Trespasser Deep, by one of our talented teams of #GameDev students.
Discover its lurking leviathians, and dive into a sea of #IndieGames and student projects at #ECGx, the #Edinburgh College Games Expo on 5th June.
Links below! 🤿🔦🦑
#ScotGameDev #IndieDev #LookOutForThatSquid
Discover its lurking leviathians, and dive into a sea of #IndieGames and student projects at #ECGx, the #Edinburgh College Games Expo on 5th June.
Links below! 🤿🔦🦑
#ScotGameDev #IndieDev #LookOutForThatSquid
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The Edinburgh College Games Expo 2025 is coming!
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
ECGx 2024 Event Highlights
YouTube video by Nigel Kennington
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Edinburgh College Games Expo 2025 is coming!
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
#ECGx is both the end-of-year-show for #Edinburgh College #GameDev students
AND a mini expo for #ScotGameDev!
Come to CodeBase on Thu 5th June (5:30pm) to play around 30 or 40 games from students and local indies.
youtu.be/txo0rFRsnrI
INFO🧵⤵
OK, so this week we have #noscreenshotsaturday. I love #monogame, but the 3d support is massively behind the 2d and my early decisions have started to smell so it's time to refactor of the 3d backend (a grander name than it deserves!) and clear some technical debt. Hopefully it won't take too long 🫣
April 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
OK, so this week we have #noscreenshotsaturday. I love #monogame, but the 3d support is massively behind the 2d and my early decisions have started to smell so it's time to refactor of the 3d backend (a grander name than it deserves!) and clear some technical debt. Hopefully it won't take too long 🫣
Yes, I am petty, why do you ask?
April 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yes, I am petty, why do you ask?
With some better code underneath - time to work on the card actions again. Firstly lets get some animation going as the cards transition between placements - a little lerp should do for now. Might make it fancier later...
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
April 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
With some better code underneath - time to work on the card actions again. Firstly lets get some animation going as the cards transition between placements - a little lerp should do for now. Might make it fancier later...
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
With a digital #boardgame like Microverse, the ability to cache player actions and undo them seems pretty important, so this week we have a simple command pattern layer between the player inputs and the game world.
Very satisfying to build a galaxy and then undo it!
#monogame #screenshotsaturday
Very satisfying to build a galaxy and then undo it!
#monogame #screenshotsaturday
April 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
With a digital #boardgame like Microverse, the ability to cache player actions and undo them seems pretty important, so this week we have a simple command pattern layer between the player inputs and the game world.
Very satisfying to build a galaxy and then undo it!
#monogame #screenshotsaturday
Very satisfying to build a galaxy and then undo it!
#monogame #screenshotsaturday
Late again!
Microverse players now have their stock of influence and hexes, which doesn't sound like much, but it involved refactoring a bunch of stuff to c# Interfaces that *should* make things easier later on.
Also cute rollout tooltips for funsies.
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
Microverse players now have their stock of influence and hexes, which doesn't sound like much, but it involved refactoring a bunch of stuff to c# Interfaces that *should* make things easier later on.
Also cute rollout tooltips for funsies.
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
April 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Late again!
Microverse players now have their stock of influence and hexes, which doesn't sound like much, but it involved refactoring a bunch of stuff to c# Interfaces that *should* make things easier later on.
Also cute rollout tooltips for funsies.
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
Microverse players now have their stock of influence and hexes, which doesn't sound like much, but it involved refactoring a bunch of stuff to c# Interfaces that *should* make things easier later on.
Also cute rollout tooltips for funsies.
#monogame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
Very litle time to work on Microverse this week.
I wanted to get the "weird" systems implemented for #screenshotsaturday, but the Binary Star was being a bit of a dick so the Nebulae and Black Hole do exist, but the underlying code is bit of a mess.
I'll regret that later...
#indiedev #monogame
I wanted to get the "weird" systems implemented for #screenshotsaturday, but the Binary Star was being a bit of a dick so the Nebulae and Black Hole do exist, but the underlying code is bit of a mess.
I'll regret that later...
#indiedev #monogame
March 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Very litle time to work on Microverse this week.
I wanted to get the "weird" systems implemented for #screenshotsaturday, but the Binary Star was being a bit of a dick so the Nebulae and Black Hole do exist, but the underlying code is bit of a mess.
I'll regret that later...
#indiedev #monogame
I wanted to get the "weird" systems implemented for #screenshotsaturday, but the Binary Star was being a bit of a dick so the Nebulae and Black Hole do exist, but the underlying code is bit of a mess.
I'll regret that later...
#indiedev #monogame
Satisfying one this week!
Cards are now in "hands" or "displays" and have backs. AND systems can now hold and display their influence totals. First time for #screenshotsaturday that Microverse has started to feel like the beginnings of a proper #monogame #boardgame thing!
Cards are now in "hands" or "displays" and have backs. AND systems can now hold and display their influence totals. First time for #screenshotsaturday that Microverse has started to feel like the beginnings of a proper #monogame #boardgame thing!
March 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Satisfying one this week!
Cards are now in "hands" or "displays" and have backs. AND systems can now hold and display their influence totals. First time for #screenshotsaturday that Microverse has started to feel like the beginnings of a proper #monogame #boardgame thing!
Cards are now in "hands" or "displays" and have backs. AND systems can now hold and display their influence totals. First time for #screenshotsaturday that Microverse has started to feel like the beginnings of a proper #monogame #boardgame thing!
My god, it's full of cards! I think going "full nordic" with the feedback animations would be inappropriate for the theme, but a bit of bounce is still nice.
#monogame #boardgame #indiedev
#monogame #boardgame #indiedev
March 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My god, it's full of cards! I think going "full nordic" with the feedback animations would be inappropriate for the theme, but a bit of bounce is still nice.
#monogame #boardgame #indiedev
#monogame #boardgame #indiedev
Skipped last week: away somewhere lovely. Back for #screenshotsaturday now though and we have a skybox and a bit of 4x style camera control. Might need to dim the textures a wee bit though to keep the eye focused on the "table".
#monogame #TheresNoSuchThingAsParallaxWhenYourHeadsInABucket
#monogame #TheresNoSuchThingAsParallaxWhenYourHeadsInABucket
March 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Skipped last week: away somewhere lovely. Back for #screenshotsaturday now though and we have a skybox and a bit of 4x style camera control. Might need to dim the textures a wee bit though to keep the eye focused on the "table".
#monogame #TheresNoSuchThingAsParallaxWhenYourHeadsInABucket
#monogame #TheresNoSuchThingAsParallaxWhenYourHeadsInABucket
Damnit. Missed #screenshotsaturday, but gotta keep it going! Got the grid done thanks to the most excellent www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexagons/ and a small amount of whimpering. Also, hello Binary Star: you were MUCH easier to casually write into a rulebook than to add to the system code.
February 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Damnit. Missed #screenshotsaturday, but gotta keep it going! Got the grid done thanks to the most excellent www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexagons/ and a small amount of whimpering. Also, hello Binary Star: you were MUCH easier to casually write into a rulebook than to add to the system code.