About GarageGames
GarageGames is a unique Internet publishing label for independent games and game makers. We are a band of professional game makers committed to publishing truly original and exciting titles on our own terms.
We want to give any and all game makers the opportunity to publish their games, find their audiences - and perhaps make their fortunes.
Our Mission
To provide independent developers with tools, knowledge, co-conspirators - whatever YOU need - to make great games.
Press Contact:
For more information or to receive press review copies contact James Wiley (jamesw@garagegames.com) or call 541-345-3040.
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GarageGames, the leading publishing label for independent games and professional game makers, is demonstrating new versions of its latest technology at Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week in San Jose.
GarageGames, the leading publishing label for independent games and professional game makers, is demonstrating new versions of its latest technology at Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week in San Jose.
Worldwide Distribution of Top Quality Books For Game Developers. GarageGames, the leading publishing label for independent games and professional game makers, is pleased to announce a partnership with premiere scientific book publisher A K Peters. Together, the two companies will produce and distribute books for game developers worldwide.
GarageGames, the leading publishing label for independent games and professional game makers, is pleased to announce a partnership with premiere scientific book publisher A K Peters. Together, the two companies will produce and distribute books for game developers worldwide.
Indie Built Arcade Title Blasts Onto the Xbox 360. GarageGames, the leading publishing label for independent games and professional game makers, is pleased to announce the launch of Marble Blast Ultra on Xbox 360 Live® Arcade.
GarageGames, the leading publishing label for independent games and professional game makers, is pleased to announce the launch of Marble Blast Ultra on Xbox 360 Live® Arcade.
GarageGames, a leading creator and publisher of fun casual games, announced today at MacWorld 2006 the exclusive release of TubeTwist, the award winning game by 21-6 Productions. TubeTwist takes gamers on an incredibly engrossing puzzle adventure through 5 exotic worlds and over 80 mystical and increasingly challenging levels.
Version 1.4 is even easier to use, offers improved workflow, and superior support for Unicode and the Mac platform.
GarageGames announced the release of the new Torque Game Engine (TGE), version 1.4, featuring hundreds of technology enhancements, from improved work flow and tutorials, to localization support and editor updates.
GarageGames announced that TubeTwist, a 3D adventure puzzle game by 21-6 Productions, took home the top honors with the 2005 IndieGamesCon Player's Choice "Best-of-Show" award, sponsored by Microsoft Casual Games.
GarageGames® announced the availability of Orbz for download on Xbox® Live Arcade (XBLA), a new social experience that brings popular retro classics and broad appeal games directly to your Xbox® video game system over the Xbox Live service.
GarageGames has announced the session highlights and speakers for the fourth annual Independent Games Conference. IndieGamesCon '05 (IGC) runs October 7-9, 2005. This year's conference is a fun, informal and informative gathering of independent game developers featuring a keynote address, "The State of the Revolution", by Mark Frohnmayer, GarageGames President. If you've caught the incurable desire to make games commercially, or even as a hobbyist, this is a community gathering of like-minded individuals you will not want to miss.
GarageGames announced today that registration for Indie Games Con 2005, to be held in Eugene, Oregon, October 7, 8 and 9th, is now open.
GarageGames® today announced the purchase of BraveTree Productions. This acquisition allows GarageGames to leverage BraveTree's 30 years of game industry experience as it continues to expand its focus and create fun original games for next-gen consoles and computers.
Jeff Tunnell refocuses on making games while Frohnmayer runs the shop at GarageGames
GarageGames® today announced that Mark Frohnmayer, one of its original founders and the lead programmer of Tribes, Tribes 2, and Marble Blast, has assumed the role of President of GarageGames. He succeeded Jeff Tunnell, GarageGames's original President, who stepped aside to focus on game development after six successful years at the helm of the company.
New TGE demo showcases the power of Torque
GarageGames® released today Tim Aste's WarZone demo for the Torque Game Engine (TGE). The demo's apocalyptic journey through a war-torn future showcases the robust Torque cross-platform development environment. The Torque Game Engine confirms its premiere position as the most powerful and liberally licensed AAA game engine technology with this richly imagined production.
The First Torque Game Debuts on Xbox Live Arcade
GarageGames® today announced that Marble Blast is available for download on Xbox® Live Arcade (XBLA), a new social experience that brings popular retro classics and broad appeal games directly to your Xbox® video game system over the Xbox Live service.
Expanding the power of Torque on the next-generation game development platform
GarageGames today announced new feature support for Mac OS® X version 10.4 "Tiger" in both the Torque 2D and Torque Game Engines. Both engines will enjoy the advantages of 64-bit support and Xcode\u2122 2.0 optimizations. Additional enhancements will include direct support for Tiger features Automator and .Mac Sync.
Every shot you take and death you die has an impact on the persistent universe.
GarageGames today announced that the release of the mecha game DH: Lore Invasion for PC, Mac, Linux and Linspire has arrived.
PHP Web DeveloperBased in Eugene, OR GarageGames is a 7 year old established bootstrap video game developer in the process of building a video game oriented community site (www.greatgamesexperiment.com), and are looking to expand the team of maintaining our company website (www.garagegames.com).GarageGames is composed of extremely talented and creative people who make video games, video game related products, and video game middle-ware with no outside pressure, corporate shallowness, or grind-house motivation techniques. We make the games we want to play, develop the technology we would want to use and we work on our own terms. We are very close-knit and unique culture of hard working, creative and highly motivated people. Unlike other companies, at GarageGames you are part of a team, a partner in development. At GarageGames, in addition to a base-salary and benefits we give all developers a royalty-like bonus and an internal royalty on projects they work on. Our mission is to provide independent developers with tools, knowledge, co-conspirators; everything needed to make great games. We give game makers the opportunity to publish their games, find their audiences, and perhaps make their fortunes. Job Description LAMP Web Developer - PHP, Object Oriented, MySQL, Apache, Linux Are you passionate about gaming and the communities that grow around it? If you are an expert at developing high-performance interactive web applications using Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP, we want to talk to you! We are now actively looking to hire some really motivated LAMP Web Developers that are passionate about developing community driven websites. We are looking for candidates that want to work for a medium sized video game and technology oriented company. Multiple positions available. Skills Required LAMP Web Developer, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, AJAX, XHTML, Javascript who is aware of scalability and optimization of web applications. Must Have Skills: 1.) 3+ years of hand on professional experience developing PHP web applications. Candidates must have PHP4 (we work with 4) and MySQL 5 experience. 2.) Bachelors in Computer Science, Information Systems a plus. 3.) Applicants with vast, professional portfolio will be given top consideration. Show us your past projects. 4.) JavaScript, XHTML, and CSS skills are a must Nice to have skills: 1.) Apache 2.) System Administration on Linux 3.) XML, RSS, AJAX. This is an exciting, creative and uniquely intense environment! For your hard work, you will be rewarded with an offer that will include a solid base salary, a comprehensive benefits package, paid time off, a great and fun working environment, and other cool perks! Interviews are starting this week and will be continuing until a proper candidate is found. Please send a resume and portfolio with cover letter to: Timothy Aste GarageGames, Inc. 245 West 5th Avenue Eugene, OR 97401 FAX: 541-484-7476 tima@garagegames.com |
