Welcome to Willow Guard launch party!

IGDA Finland Turku Hub March meetup sponsored by MiTale, a local indie gamedev company launching Willow Guard on April 10th to Steam and Itch.io! Join the event and meet developers who will share their 2-years-deving work on the game.

When and where?

Date & time: March 27 from 18.00

Place: Saaristobaari, Aurakatu 14, 20100 Turku

If you wish to check the game, feel free to play a Demo on Steam: https://bit.ly/47PrJux

Welcome!

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub monthly meetup!

As it is tradition, our October meetup is a Halloween Party, hosted at HIVE-Turku Game Hub with the following program:

🕸 Demo Corner and networking - starting at 16.00

🕷 Karaoke

🦇 Board Games

Date: 31.10.2024

Time: 16.00 Doors open with Demo Corner, 18.00 party starts

Place: Turku Game Hub. Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 A, 3rd floor, 20520 Turku

Sign up for the Demo Corner here: https://forms.gle/A8VCCUwoi8VrVLccA

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub September meetup and DEMO CORNER! 👾

This time we are dedicating the event to celebrate a major milestone - 10th anniversary of Quantum Game Jam 🎉

We will present the history of the jam and how it evolved into a global event, along with the most inspiring games that became actual commercial games from the quantum game jams.

In addition to the program we also host a DEMO CORNER for the teams to present their latest games and innovations, if you wish to get a table please fill in this form:

https://forms.gle/NCLZR2MoEQFtoXNY9

Welcome to Over 7 Hills 2023

IT & Games Industries conference in Turku, Finland

Where and when?

FEBRUARY 7, 2024 at Turun Ammattikorkeakoulu / ICT-talo

(Joukahaisenkatu 3,  20520 Turku).

This year we aim to have full day program with the inspiring talks, workshops and mentoring sessions as well as networking opportunities with the IGDA Finland Turku Hub afterparty! The event is free to attend but registration is mandatory through this Eventbrite page.

​We welcome teams of all backgrounds and sizes to present their work at the Showroom as well as IGDA Finland Turku Hub afterparty where will be Demo Corner! Make sure to sign up for the free booth space at Showroom (first time first served, max 20 slots available).

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub September meetup as an afterparty of the IT and games conference - "Over 7 Hills"!

About the conference

Over 7 Hills is a hybrid event celebrating IT and game business development in South-West Finland! We aim to have full day program, from Executive Breakfast in the morning to the inspiring talks, workshops and mentoring sessions as well as networking opportunities with the IGDA Finland Turku Hub afterparty! The event is free to attend but registration is mandatory.

Ticket registration:
https://bit.ly/3K0NQCE

The afterparty

What better way to end such an event than with IGDA Finland Turku Hub meetup! We will start at 19:00 in Saaristobaari, more information about the evening program will be shared closer to the event.

See you soon!

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub April online meetup with Psyon Games!

Speakers:

Niko Pyrhönen, Producer & Valtteri Lahti, COO, Psyon Games

Psyon Games:

• We fuse science and games to change the world for the better

• Specialized in digital healthcare and awareness solutions

• Health Start-Up of the Year by EyeForPharma 2020

• Released ADHD awareness game FULL ADHD with Takeda

• Pursuing a global game campaign to increase COVID-19 awareness and vaccination uptake with WHO

The event will take place online on IGDA Finland Twitch channel on the 20th of April from 18:00

(EEST/GMT+3), welcome!

IGDA Finland invites you to our November ONLINE MEETUP with exciting program together with our sister chapter form Italy – IGDA Turin!

We are delighted to host this this event with remarkable guests from Finnish and Italian gamedev scenes, sharing the cultural, social and bizdev practices among our communities. Please welcome:

- Marco Mazzaglia - Technical Director of Academy and Videogame Evangelist at Synesthesia
- Valerio Di Donato – CEO of 34BigThings
- Davide Cavuoto - Game Designer at Tiny Bull Studios

and

- Gabriele Aimone - Director of Helsinki Games Capital, previously Supercell
- Minna Eloranta - Co-Founder and CEO of Boom Corp
- Natasha Skult - Co-Founder and CEO of MiTale

hosted by incredible Joonas Häll from Helsinki and Jami Salati from Turin.

The event will take place online on the 24th of November from 19:30 (EET/GMT+2) on Twitch channels of

IGDA Finland ( https://www.twitch.tv/igda_finland )

and

IGDA ( https://www.twitch.tv/igda )

while the networking will take place at the Finnish Game Dev Discord channel:
discord.gg/aCfTY6E

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub October online meetup with Turku PC-devs!
We are delighted to have a panel discussion with the developers from Turku focusing on the PC and console titles.

Meet the panellists:

Veli-Peka Kokkonen (Forbidden Studios)
Aku Jauhiainen (FakeFish)
Aksel Junkkila (BugByte)
Vitali Kirpu (Vitali Kirpu Productions)
Petter Skult (MiTale & RedNettle Studio)

The event will take place online on IGDA Finland Twitch channel on the 20th of October from 18:00 (EEST/GMT+3), welcome!

https://www.twitch.tv/igda

https://www.twitch.tv/igda_finland

For post-panel-networking event join Finnish GameDev Discord server!

discord.gg/aCfTY6E

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub August online meetup with Boost Startup Journey GAMETRACK teams!
The HIVE - Turku Game Hub has been helping the teams thought their journey and we are delighted to share with you their progress!

Meet:
FoxTale Games
Fley Digital
Steamy Potatoes

Join our Discord and try their games at virtual booths, help them improve their pitch and presentation for the final Boost Startup Journey Demoday on the 28th of August 

Discord demo booths: https://discord.gg/P9EXtJ
Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/igda_finland

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub June online meetup with Take This!

With great honor we are inviting you to join an online interview with Eve Crevoshay, Executive Director of Take This - an organization with mission is to decrease the stigma, and increase the support for, mental health in the game enthusiast community and inside the game industry!

Join us on the 30th of June at 19:00 on IGDA Finland Twitch channel:

https://www.twitch.tv/igda_finland

We would welcome questions from our community in advance in order to address the most relevant topics during the interview, please fill this anonymous form:

https://forms.gle/cL6i94GTsbbLscHr5

The event will afterwards continue at Finnish Game Dev -> IGDA Online Meetup Discord channel:

https://discord.gg/ZB69MqJ

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub May gathering with creators of Fungus – narrative design tool for writers and game developers!

We are honored to have creators and developers of Fungus, Chris Gregan and Steve Halliwell, joining us in open discussion about game narrative design practices, Fungus as a tool and lots of other inspiring topics about game writing!

Join us on the 26th of May from 13:00 (Finnish time) on Twitch:

https://www.twitch.tv/igda_finland/

After the stream we shall continue discussions on Discord:

https://discord.gg/rWpC9Pm

Welcome to first ever IGDA Finland Turku Hub ONLINE MEETUP!

We are delighted to announce guest of the meetup - Benjamin Gregg, developer of fantastic game KUMO, who will share his indie story with us.

Join us on Wednesday, the 29th of April, from 18:00 through Twitch stream:

https://www.twitch.tv/turkugamehub

and then we can continue mingling through Discord voice channels set up for the meetup with various gamedev topics:

https://discord.gg/bTcX8H

See you then!

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub - GAME DAY as part of Tech Turku Week 2020 in collaboration with The HIVE - Turku Game Hub and Turku Business Region on the 4th of March.
Attending is free of charge and there is no need to pre-register, just come to the Hive! Here is the program for the day:

9:00 - Game Executive Breakfast (invite only)

ICT Talo:
10:00 - 15:00 - Visit booths and play games of Turku based game companies

Hive-Turku Game Hub:
11:00 - 14:00 Robert Bäckström from RawFury, talk and 1on1 discussions with game companies
15:00 - 17:00 - Bibbi Wikman from Cold Pixels, talk and 1on1 discussions with game companies
17:00 - Board games night

Saaristobaari:
17:00 - 23:00 - IGDA Finland Turku Hub March Meetup @ Saaristobaari (Aurakatu 14)

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub February gathering!

This time we have COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT panel discussion by our amazing panelists:

Maria Maunula - Community Manager at Nitro Games
Emmi Dovahkiin Junkkari - Social Media / Community / Brand Manager at Forbidden Studios
Vilma Savolainen - Community Manager at FakeFish

Where and when?
18th of February from 17:00 at Saaristobaari – see you there!

Welcome to the first IGDA Finland Turku Hub meetup of 2020!

In celebration of upcoming Global Game Jam 2020 and amazing work by organizers of Finnish Game Jam sites across Finland, we wish to dedicate our gathering to GAME JAMS <3

We are honored to have jamming SUPERSTAR joining us, one and only Samuli Jääskeläinen who will tell us about his jamming career and incredible experiences game jams can offer!

See you on FRIDAY, the 17th of January in Saaristobaari from 17:00!

Welcome to our last gathering of IGDA Finland Turku hub for 2019!

This year was HUGE SUCCESS for Turku gamedev scene and we wish to celebrate together on the 3rd of December from 17:00 in Saaristobaari (Aurakatu 14). Why to attend? Well check this program :D

17:00 - Doors open and mingling can start

DEMO CORNER is open throughout the evening! If you wish to take part of Demo Corner, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/xanjLvFtpU9vy7t49

18:00 - OPEN MIC - everyone is welcome to grab a mic and say what they have done this year - all the goods and bads - share your story with fellow devs ♥

20:00 - Boost Turku presenting their plans for Game Track of Boost Startup Journey 2020

20:30 - Game Awards by HIVE- Turku Game Hub
(you have still time to vote by 30th of November at: https://forms.gle/PaRAAybF79qaoBnV8)

21:00 - Secret Santa!!!! For those who wish to participate in "Secret Santa" bring your present along and our volunteers will take care of the rest ;)

See you there!

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub October gathering with KICKSTARTER!!!

We are delighted to announce the star of our event Michael Liebe, who is the lead of European outreach for games on Kickstarter. This is unique opportunity to learn all about getting your games successfully launched and funded on Kickstarter.

See you on the 3rd of October from 17:00 at Saaristobaari!

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub September gathering with FAKEFISH!

We are delighted to host an event with FakeFish who are going to present their splendid work on Barotrauma game. The gathering will take place at Saaristobaari (Aurakatu 14) from 17:00, see you there!

Welcome to awesome August gathering by IGDA Satakunta and Turku Hubs!

We have decided to join forces and make gathering in between Pori and Turku - welcome to Rauma :D

Our gathering will take place on 27th of August from 18:00 at Sky Launge Torni (Vesitornintie 2, 26100 Rauma) where we shall have teams from Satakunta and Turku presenting their work and also show their games at demo corner!

We will have organized rides from Pori and Turku to Rauma, if you need a ride please fill in the following form or contact Kati (kati.fager@igda.fi) and Natasha (natasha.trygg@igda.fi) directly.

https://forms.gle/rL2rBAVq1THMKNpW9

For those who wish to demo their games and have special requirements, please inform Kati or Natasha in good time.

See you in Rauma!

ASK IGDA :D

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub June gathering where we will discuss all about IGDA – discover how can IGDA Finland support your career as developer, networking opportunities as well as scholarship programs – ASK US ANYTHING!

Join us on 25th of June from 17:00 in Saaristobaari and ask anything you wish to know about IGDA and why being a member is so cool! We are looking forward to hear what topics and guests our local gamedev community wishes to have at upcoming IGDA Finland Turku Hub events ♥

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub May gathering!

We are delighted to have myTrueSound to share their story in creating very unique type of games! Wish to know more? Join our gathering on 7th of May at Saaristobaari (Aurakatu 14) from 17:00 ;)

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub April Gathering with BugByte team!

Bugbyte has just finalized incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign for their game Space Haven! Now you have great opportunity to hear all about their work behind it as well as game development stories ;)

That is not all! We will also have the game available to play before anyone else!

See you all on Wednesday 24th of April from 17:00 at Saaristobaari!

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub gathering with Bit1 student game competition.

PreBit Turku is a preliminary competition where the judges will select top three games to represent Turku in the main event of Bit1.
Bit1 finals will be on May 2019 in Tampere where the best student game of the year will be selected.

The competing teams:
Vainary
EvilMatch
LoveBoys
MTOEM
Philip Lindberg

The Judges:
Janne Kodisoja (Rival Games)
Jukka Laakso (Rival Games)
Marcus Alanen (Tribe Flame)

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub March gathering withFinland Unity User Group! We are happy to host Unity meetup and discuss tech-challenges with incredible speakers:

Ari Þór Arnbjörnsson (Housemarque) - Unity UI Optimizations
Bastian Blokland (Armada Interactive) - Data Driven Game Logic
Roland Kindermann (Redlynx) - Making South Park: Phone Destroyer

The event will take place 5th of March from 17:00 at The HIVE - Turku Game Hub (address: Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 / Pharmacity, 3rd floor).

Welcome to IGDA Finland Turku Hub February gathering!

Meet quantum physicists from University of Turku behind this year's Quantum Wheel jam and try the games made during the jam :D

When and where?
19th of February from 17:00 in Saaristobaari

See you there!