Win a Nintendo Switch with Mario Kart!

Game Analytics, a sponsors of IGDA Finland Mentor Cafe at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018, have a special treat - now’s your chance to win a Nintendo Switch with Mario Kart!

In celebration of this years mentor cafe at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki, we’re running a competition with GameAnalytics to win a Nintendo Switch and Mario Kart! All you have to do is sign up for the demo version of the GameAnalytics tool to be automatically entered into the prize drawer!

We’ll be picking the lucky winner this Friday, so make sure to enter before then so you don’t miss your chance -> https://goo.gl/3qvNFy

One Gamer Fund Charity Sale on Steam!

What happens when seven great game-related charities combine forces with developers around the world? Amazing bargains for players and an opportunity to change the world.  Get exclusive bargains on Steam from 20-23 September, and 50% of the developer proceeds will benefit One Gamer Fund.

One Gamer Fund is a partnership between Global Game Jam, Games For Change, IGDA Foundation, Take This, Able Gamers, Stack-Up, and Child’s Play to raise money for our charities and boost visibility of our work to support game developers and game players around the world.  Each of these organizations is a 501(c)3 registered charity, and works to support gamers, or game developers, in a meaningful way.  

Games featured in the One Gamer Fund charity sale on Steam include Goat Simulator, Never Alone, Fantastic Contraption, MageQuit, Titan Souls, Hello Neighbor and over 35 other great titles.  Visit the Steam sale page for more information.

IGDA Finland Mentor Café at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_T5Alg0Bxscc8Zf3SuSpcDb5HTdf-mJbF2QBYoCdl3CFH3w/viewform?usp=sf_link

The IGDA Mentor café is now being brought to Finland for the very first time - At Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki!

In the IGDA Mentor Café at PGC, games industry leaders will share their knowledge and expertise in short, 20 minute mentoring sessions.

Industry leaders share valuable knowledge, skills and advice in IGDA Mentor Cafés, “giving back” to anyone in the community who is seeking mentorship. Mentees will receive valuable advice and new connections to the industry! Topics can be related to anything in the games industry.

The IGDA Finland Mentor Café will be held on the 11th of September at 10AM and 11AM at the PGC Helsinki venue. Each Mentor Café session will last one hour.

The IGDA Finland Mentor Café team will match make mentors and mentees with each other and provide them with materials to get the most out of their session.

The IGDA Finland Mentor Café is sponsored by Game Analytics. A big thank you to Pocket Gamer Connects for providing the venue! 

Any additional questions can be sent to minna.eloranta@igda.fi.

CALL FOR GAME ART POSTERS @PGCHelsinki

IGDA Finland will have a booth at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on 11-12th of September. IGDA members are invited to have their game art pieces presented as posters at IGDA Finland booth. To sign up your work please fill in the following form:

https://goo.gl/forms/5kDItZzBdxcL5lWv1

Monetization in Games by Aalto ENT & IGDA Finland

19.10.2018 - SAVE THE DATE!

Aalto ENT and IGDA Finland are co-organizing the Monetization in Games seminar in Espoo, Finland on October 19. Finland is a top country in games and is now bringing together international experts to talk about how to monetize effectively and ethically. Join us on this learning mission with the Doom creator “John Romero”, Maarten Noyons, Michail Katkoff and Oscar Clark – either in person or via our free live stream!

More info:

https://www.facebook.com/events/276407792954825/