Exclusive IGDA Finland screening: YLE Teema "Pelinrakentajat" documentary on Finnish game industry

YLE Teema provides an exclusive opportunity for the Finnish game developers community to see Pelinrakentajat documentary before the masses. The documentary film is in Finnish. When & where: January 18th at 7PM, Andorra movie theater, downstairs of Corona Pub, at Eerikinkatu 11.

Register to the event: / rekisteröidy tapahtumaan täältä: http://pelinrakentajat.eventbrite.com/

*** YLE Teema ja IGDA Finland kutsuvat teidät seuraamaan Pelinrakentajat dokumenttifilmin ekslusiivista ennakkoesitystä. Päivämäärä on 18. tammikuuta, kello 19. suomalaiset pelikehittäjät ovat lämpimästi tervetulleita Andorraan, Eerikinkatu 11 (alakerta).

Pelinrakentajat on YLE Teeman peli-illan avaava dokumentti. Suomalaisesta pelintekemisestä kertova tarina lähtee 90-luvun alun demoscenestä ja kulkee suurien konsolipelien ja pienempien kännykkäpelien kautta aina tähän päivään. Ennen kaikkea siitä tinkimättömyydestä ja intohimosta, minkä avulla Suomen peliteollisuus on noussut 20 vuodessa lähes tyhjästä merkittäväksi teollisuudenhaaraksi.

Dokumentissa on haastateltu kymmentä pelialan vaikuttajaa mm. Remedyltä, Housemarquelta,Bugbearilta, RedLynxiltä ja Roviolta. Toimittaja Kaj Laaksonen Ohjaaja Tommi Mattila Tuotanto Markku Mastomäki YLE Kulttuuri ja viihde 2012 Kesto 54 minuuttia   Tervetuloa! Welcome!

IGDA November Gathering with Supercell!

Finnish game industry is super hot and Supercell is even hotter! If you want to know what's cooking at the Supercell HQ, join the presentation and pub night at Cuba on November the 8th. The event starts at 6PM with a presentation by Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen at MJK auditorium. Ilkka will share some insights what Supercell is about to do next. There is room for the first 73 - better hurry hurry! And for the rest of the crowd: see you at the Cuba bar. Pub night starts at 7PM with special program. First of all, we'll have mega-sized Supercell logo that definitely should be amongst 7 wonders of the world! The first-ever public viewing of one of the Supercell's upcoming games will also happen at Cuba because Supercell <3 IGDA Finland! The news pair well with Super-drinks offered by the company. Sweet!

Mark the date and join us for what will for sure be an amazing time!

IGDA Finland Presentations venue is sponsored by Sulake.

Presentation Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 6PM Place: MJK auditorium, Iso Roobertinkatu 20-22 Register: http://igdasupercell.eventbrite.com/

IGDA Finland November Gathering Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 7PM Cuba Bar, Erottaja 4, Helsinki Finland

Jobs.Igda.fi and Mentor Network for women in games!

I would like to remind you that IGDA Finland provides job board jobs.igda.fi for all game industry related positions. Now Finnish game companies are starting the Mentor Network for women. IGDA Finland proudly supports this initiative. If you would like to work in Finnish game industry, mark November the 1st 6PM to your calendars. Register through Facebook or by sending an email to sonja . kangas igda fi. Mentor Network will organize a kick off cocktail event in Helsinki. ANY woman interested in working in game industry from students to freelancers and professionals of various fields is warmly welcome to the cocktail event to hear more. We want to find the brightest talents and help Finnish game industry to grow and flourish! Mentor network for women interested in game industry positions

Mentor network is organizer by a few Finnish game studios not IGDA - IGDA membership is not needed.

Our objective is clear: we want to attract more women to games business, as employees, co-founders and founders. Game industry is not what it used to be. There has been positions for management, design, art, sound and programming talents in games. Additionally we need game economy experts, cultural specialists, marketing & communication experts and sales skills to make Finnish game industry to grow and bloom. New ideas and perspectives are more than welcome, too!

The range of game categories and genres cover the whole spectrum of human life. Play takes place on smart phones on the move, as snack sized Facebook entertainment during the workday, as social pastime and hobby. Gamification puts game mechanics outside traditional games and only the sky is the limit.

The industry needs more diverse know-how. We want to help you to understand how exciting this industry is with a lot of global growth potential. We want to hire you!

Sonja Kangas, SPM Digital Chocolate (sonja (.) kangas (@) igda (.) fi; 0400759817 Other mentors: Elina Arponen, CEO Tribe Studios Heini Kaihu, SVP Habbo Product Sulake Arja Martikainen, HR Director Digital Chocolate Mari Mäntylä, Lead Designer Digital Chocolate Tiina Zilliacus, CEO Gajatri Studios

*********** Pelialan mentorointiohjelma naisille

Huom! Mentoriohjelma on suomalaisten pelialan yritysten yhteistyön tulos. IGDA ei ole järjestävänä tahona eikä IGDA-jäsenyyttä vaadita osallistumiseen.

Tavoitteemme on selvä: haluamme innostaa enemmän naisia työskentelemään pelialalla ja perustamaan pelialan yrityksiä. Peliteollisuus ei enää ole sama, mitä se oli kymmenen vuotta sitten. Pelialalla on ollut haastavia positioita hallinnan, suunnittelun, grafiikan, ohjelmoinnin ja äänisuunnittelun eksperteille. Lisäksi pelialalle tarvitaan enenevässä määrin peliekonomian ymmärtäjiä, kulttuurintuntijoita, markkinointi ja viestintäammattilaisia ja myyntitykkejä, jotta suomalainen peliteollisuus kasvaa ja kukoistaa entisestään. Uudet ideat ja näkökulmat ovat myös enemmän kuin toivottuja!

Pelikategorioiden ja lajityyppien määrä kattaa koko ihmisen elämänskaalan. Erilaisia pelejä pelataan mobiililaitteilla matkalla, haukkapalarentoutumisena Facebookissa työpäivän keskellä, sosiaalisena ajanvietteenä ja harrastuksena. Gamification eli pelillistäminen on yksi tapa laajentaa pelimekaniikkojen hyödyntämistä pelien ulkopuolelle, jolloin vain taivas on rajana.

Suomen peliteollisuus tarvitsee lisää monipuolista tietotaitoa. Mentoriryhmänä me haluamme auttaa sinua ymmärtämään kuinka mielenkiintoinen ja haastava toimiala pelit on ja miten paljon tällä globaalilla toimialalla on kasvupotentiaalia. Haluamme palkata sinut!

Sonja Kangas, SPM Digital Chocolate Muut mentorit: Elina Arponen, CEO Tribe Studios Heini Kaihu, SVP Habbo Product Sulake Arja Martikainen, HR Director Digital Chocolate Mari Mäntylä, Lead Designer Digital Chocolate Tiina Zilliacus, CEO Gajatri Studios

IGDA Finland supports game education!

IGDA Finland is collaborating with exiting events and networks in Finland! One of them is a collaboration IGDA Finland does with City of Helsinki Youth Department and Bugbear Entertainment.

In June 2011, City of Helsinki in collaboration with Bugbear Entertainment and IGDA Finland organized a game development club at Happi venue in Sörnäinen, Helsinki. The club was open for any 15-25 year old interested in game development. Bugbear provided production, design and programming experts to help the young. IGDA Finland volunteers Vesa-Matti Raudasoja and Joona Pulliainen coordinated the club.

The club lasted a month. There were 12 participants who formed into four teams. Participants were hobbyists and gamers with little knowledge on either programming, composing music for games or art. The team could decide the platform, genre, story and mechanics by themselves. One of the games developed during the month called "Dangerous Dungeons" was developed further. It participated in Summer Game Jam 2011 organized by Stencyl game editor and won!

The second round is currently ongoing at Happi. IGDA Finland volunteer Vesa-Matti Raudasoja is running the show together with Bugbear talents. If you are interested in getting into game industry and you are 15-25 year old but what or how -- check out Happi website for more information: pelitalo.nettiareena.fi/.

Finnish Game Industry newsletter by Walkthru & IGDA Finland

This is something we are very happy and excited about! IGDA Finland together with IGDA industry partner Walkthru will start putting out news from Finnish Game Industry through IGDA Finland channels. The newsletter will be written in Finnish and the first one is coming out within a week! Stay tuned!

The newsletter will cover topical issues from Finnish game industry, everything from news to good feeling and buzz. If you want to share some news and positive wibes from your studio, let us know! The writing part will be done by Walkthru and layout & distribution by IGDA Finland.