Mobidictum: Call for Speakers

The Mobidictum Business Event is the largest game industry conference in Turkey and MENA region and aim to grow the game industry in the region by bringing world-class publishers, service providers, and game companies to Turkey. The event will take place in Istanbul on Sept 5-6, 2022 and is organized by Mobidictum, a mobile gaming news platform focusing on Turkey.

Anyone interested in speaking should fill in their application form before the July 1 deadline.

Indies wishing to showcase at the event should contact the organizers and apply for a demo spot. There are a limited number of free spots available.

IGDA Finland members wishing to attend the event can get 20% of their ticket by using code IGDAFI when checking out.

For more information visit the conference website.

Get 10% Off Tickets to Develop Brighton

Develop:Brighton will bring the game development community together from July 12-14, 2022 at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton, UK. The three-day event provides opportunities to learn from each other, share experiences, keep up-to-date, pitch games, network and do business in a fun social setting.

Early Bird passes will be on sale until Wednesday, June 5 and IGDA Finland members can get an additional 10% off when using the following code: DQDXAG

DevGAMM Vilnius '22 Calling for Speakers

DevGAMM will go to Vilnius on July 28-29,2022 will feature business meetings, talks from industry experts, expo with new games and company booths, and job opportunities at the Radisson Blu Lietuva.

Anyone interested in presenting a talk at the event can apply using the speaker submission form. All talks will be in English and the submission deadline is June 15.

The game developers can also submit their games to DevGAMM Showcase, which is an opportunity to present projects to the conference audience and get feedback. The submission deadline is July 13. Apply here.

For participants interested in hot topic discussions, there will be a number of round tables with experts Each table has a moderator and everyone will share experiences and get insights. There is also a Career Wall for anyone currently seeking employment. Attendees will also get access to PINE for scheduling business meetings and networking parties.

Visit the conference website for more information. Tickets are already on sale.

This conference was born in Ukraine and most of the team are Ukrainians. Money raised from the tickets and sponsorship packages will go to special funds to for Ukrainian relief.

IGDA Helsinki May Meetup / Skunkworks Games

That joyful bliss that is also known as summer is coming at as real fast like. You know what that means, it's time for the last Meetup before the holidays!

And we're going to march into this summer with beautiful memories of a wonderful Meetup. This time we're having the Meetup in tandem with Skunkworks who are not only helping us host a grand event but also giving us two in-depth seminars!

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Christina Lassheikki

Sprinkling in story:
Quick questions to sneak in narrative design
The Narrative Designer at Skunkworks Games. With a background in art education, film making and creative writing, Chride is wrapping up their MA in Game Design and Production on game narrative careers and hiring. For 5 years they’ve been working in games research and in the industry on casual, indie and edugame titles.

Alexander Häußler

Adding a little extra:
How to keep adding animated effects to a growing game
The Technical Director at Skunkworks with a focus on game client development in Unity. In the past 13 years, Alexander worked mostly on globally released casual titles. Starting with C++ engines, he moved to browser games and finally ended up making mobile games in Unity.

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WHAT:
IGDA Helsinki's last Meetup + seminars before the summer!

WHEN:
10.05.
Doors open at 17:00
Seminars start at 18:00

WHERE:
Maxine, Kamppi shopping center, 6th floor

I WANNA DEMO MY GAME:
Click this here link and let's get in touch!

TL;DR:
Come on over to welcome summer in the last IGDA Helsinki Meetup before the holidays!
We got fun and games, and two solid seminars!

Welcome to Arctic Game Week 2022 - Skellefteå, Sweden May 25-28

For members of IGDA Finland and the Swedish Games Industry Association (Spelplan) Arctic Game Week has a special price for a business ticket of 1950 SEK (regular price is 2500 SEK). The ticket gives you full access to Arctic Game Conference, Fantastic Conference, Nordsken, Nordsken VIP-party and MeetToMatch.

Check out the full program at Artic Games Week 2022!