Santa Vs Banker. No one saw that one coming did they? Affinity Tech, the developers of this grand game, based in Dublin, Ireland and are the minds behind this extremely hilarious side-scrolling platformer pursuit game. Santa Vs Banker is a follow up game to the upcoming “Joe Vs Banker” game. What is this game all about exactly though? The goal of the game is to essentially help Santa stay ahead of the Banker, the Baliff and an extremely vicious dog. Even though they sound cruel as it is, the three get even worse as thy attempt to repossess Santa’s sleigh, his reindeer, and presents to completely dash the hopes and dreams of Children whom await a Christmas full of presents.

Affinity Tech is designing Santa Vs Banker in a way that players will experience beautifully designed rooftops. Not only that, but you the player will be able to throw presents down the chimneys while avoiding obstacles and your terrible enemies who wish to stop you. Santa Vs Banker really has a jingle (see what I did there?) to it, and really has a lot of potential, even if it is a silly platformer. Affinity Tech really does have a lot of creativity being poured into this specific title, but they also need the help funding the game. Thankfully, their goals aren’t completely extreme and are only asking for a small amount of $10,000, which really isn’t much when it comes to develping a game.

If you’d like, you can head on over to IndieGoGo where you’ll be able to look at the numerous reward tiers and find out for yourself if this project is worth donating to or not. Affinity Tech has plans to bring Santa vs Banker to the PC, but will also be putting out the game on Android and iOS in a different campaign. You can check out more information about the developer by heading to their website.

Source: The Indie Game Magazine – ‘Santa Vs Banker’ — Help Stop The Banker From Repossesing Santa’s Sleigh

A new overnight game jam is being held in Pinewood Studios of all places! Game Hack is a TIGA-backed game development night with free food and lots of prizes to be won.

We may have a number of game jam events online and there’s certainly a few held in real buildings with walls and everything in other countries around the world, there is a lack of them in the UK though. It is for this reason that Bluevia decided to organize Game Hack with the help of TIGA, which, if you didn’t know, is the UK gaming industry’s trading association.

So basically Game Hack is a meetup of developers, encouraging them to come together and make games overnight in Pinewood Studios. There’s free transport being arranged from Slough and Paddington to get to Pinewood and there will also be free pizza and beer to keep those ideas fuelled.

There are no restrictions as what you can make and with what tools, however, there are certain prizes being awarded for games of a certain type or using a particular development tool. These are licenses, cash, smartphones, tools, and memeberships – not shabby ones either, these are really great prizes. The companies tied to these prizes include Adobe, Antix Labs, Turbulenz, Made With Marmalade, obviously Bluevia and a few others.

The organizers aren’t taking any money from entry free, it’s a £5 donation to GamesAid and o2ThinkBig – go grab your tickets here.

This seems like a really good opportunity for any indie developer, not just because of the prizes and free catering, but also meeting up with other developers and getting involved in the bustle of fast-paced game development. If this first Game Hack goes well, the organizers would love to continue to do more events of the same calibre, so make it a good show!

You can find out more information about Game Hack over on the event’s official website.