Games Gathering Lviv Discount & Call for Speakers

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Games Gathering is a hybrid conference running from April 3-6, 2025. The event kicks off online on April 3 and continues at the Hotel Dnister in Lviv April 4-6.

This is one of Ukraine’s premier gaming events offering networking and professional development and the online day offers a great opportunity for people looking to gain more speaking experience who have difficulty traveling. Submit your talk by March 14 using this form.

April 3: Online conference
April 4: Preparty for speakers and business ticket holders
April 5-6: Physical conference and main party

IGDA Finland members get 10% off tickets using promocode GGLVIVPARTNERS25 when registering on the conference website.

Submit Your Game for DevGAMM Gdansk 2025!

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🇵🇱 DevGAMM Gdansk is gearing up for its 3rd edition, taking place on February 27-28, 2025. This year’s conference promises to be unforgettable, featuring industry giants like Larian Studios, Riot Games, 11bit, Techland, and more as speakers!

Don't miss your opportunity to participate in Game activities:

Digital Vikings Awards: Celebrating the most anticipated games from the Baltic region.
Game Showcase: Test games, connect with publishers, and get valuable feedback.
Public Pitch: Present your game to publishers and a live audience.
Game Roast: A fun, comedy-style critique of your game.
Steam Event: Highlighting the best games from the conference.

Submissions for all activities, including the Digital Vikings Awards and Game Showcase, close on January 27.
👉 Submit your game here: https://devgamm.com/gdansk2025/game-activities/

IGDA Finland get 15% off ticket prices when using promo code: IGDAFinland15

IGDA Finland End of the Year Highlight

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This year we hosted over 250+  meetups from all over Finland!

These events involved regular meetups, tabletop game nights, game jams, game dev lunches, picnics, hub visits, collaborations between hubs and other organizations, and much more!

Grant

The first-ever IGDA Finland Grant was announced, and it went to the talented team at End-all Entertainment and their game Paradigm Island!

Finnish Game Awards 2024

At the Finnish Game Awards 2024, this year’s IGDA Volunteer of the Year 2023 went to  Nova Salmivaara.

#LastOnline

This year we were honored to take part in the Blood Donation Campaign #LastOnline, which have been shared at our hubs, and highlighted on our posts!

The Campaign will run until the end of the year so there is still time to save lives:

More things that happened this year:

  • We got a new hub: Ostrobothnia, a vibrant community led by Benjamin Vehling in the regions of Jakobstad and Kokkola. 

  • Leadership Day by IGDA Finland was part of Finnish Games Week together with PGC Helsinki and W <3 Games.

  • Kajaani Hub celebrated its first Kajaani Game Awards.

  • Lahti Hub celebrated its 5th anniversary

  • Peliosuuskunta Expa / Jyväskylä Hub, became the northmost Unreal Authorized Training Center.

  • Continue to support the art event Theme Park Finland.

  • This year you could find popular chat corner at events like PGC and W Love Games.

Find out when our next year’s events are by checking out the calendar or by following our hubs directly from our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/igdafinland 

We have also worked on improving things inside IGDA Finland, such as spicing up hubs leads meetings with useful workshops, improving our anti-harassment work, general communication, collaboration and onboarding. We will continue working on these next year as well.

Thank you to the current board members. Kristo Juurinen, Vesna Grau, Jami Andersson, Niko Pyrhönen and of course our beloved chairperson JJ Häll.

We will continue the work with IGDA Finland together with a new board that is filled with folk of high talent!

With the lead of our new chairperson Kim Kupiainen, we will also have Karoliina Kuutti, Jonne Taivassalo, Emma Varjo, Joeli Niva, Vesa Raudasoja, Aleksi Kariniemi and Emma Von Munthe Af Morgenstierne Vantaa.

As our advisors we will have, Christopher Hamilton, Natasha Skult, Teemu Haila, Jay Ranki, JJ Häll, Niko Pyrhönen and Jami Andersson. They will ensure that whatever we do, provides the highest value to the community.

This year has been challenging for many in our community, with significant hardships affecting individuals and companies across the game industry. We acknowledge the struggles that many of you have faced and emphasize that IGDA Finland remains committed to being a support network for you. Our hubs, events, and special interest programs will continue to be available to help connect, uplift, and inspire our community as we navigate these uncertain times together.

If you or your company want to support our work, please explore our JOIN US page or consider volunteering with one of our amazing HUBS

IGDA Future Invites You to Contribute to "Should Games Be Fun" Survey

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Fellow gamedevs - IGDA Future team invites you to help researchers from University of Turku and University of Jyväskylä in their study of finding what defines “fun” in games!

Survey is completely anonymous and welcomes both gamers and game developers to give their input on what is fun in games, it takes 10-25min to fill and we thank you in advance!

https://form.jotform.com/243111190156344

Last Call for Speakers

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Games Gathering is a hybrid conference that will take place in Kyiv and online from December 5-8, 2024.

Want to share your experience, then don’t miss the November 8th deadline for speakers. This is a perfect opportunity for anyone looking to get more speaking experience but has a challenging time with travel. To apply fill in the application form.

The conference will bring together talented developers, investors, and enthusiasts from all over the world to share the latest ideas and experiences. Expect interesting lectures from top experts, the Indie Blast exhibition, as well as special networking areas such as Beer Point and Business Lounge, as well as networking parties.

Join the event from anywhere in the world! Games Gathering 2024 Kyiv invites everyone who is passionate about gaming.

IGDA Finland members can get a 10% discount by using promo code GGKYIVPARTNERS24 when buying their ticket.

Visit the conference website for more information.