IGDA Finland x Rovio Holiday Party!

IGDA Finland & Rovio Present: Fireside with Reggie Fils-Aimé, plus more!

Tuesday 15th December
19:00 - 21:00 EET

IGDA Finland and Rovio will be bringing some holiday cheer to all of the studios, homes and home offices out there with a special online holiday party. 
Rovio will host a fireside chat with Reggie, who will share his experiences, thoughts on what the future holds and answer some of your questions.

This will be a one-time live event only, there will be no possibility to see it afterwards so make sure to tune in!

On top of getting your sweet fill of Reggie we have:
- Rovio’s inhouse band 
- Holiday cheers from Finnish game devs
- The traditional Yule Log

The livestream will take place on the following streaming services:
IGDA Finland Twitch
IGDA Finland Youtube
IGDA Finland Facebook

See y’all in December!

IGDA Finland Video Holiday Card Challenge

We’re inviting the whole community to enter our holiday video greeting card challenge! Deadline on December 7th!

More info and sign-up!

Record and send your holiday wishes to the Finnish Game Development community. The best videos will appear as part of the upcoming IGDA Finland / Rovio Holiday Party video stream on December 15. And the best submission will get a Holiday gift from IGDA Finland!

Videos can be whatever you want: funny hellos, heartfelt holiday wishes, saying goodbye and good riddance to 2020 - what a rubbish challenging year it has been. The submissions can be animations, computer demos, people sending greetings, singing, dancing, burning their 2020 calendars, virtual hugs for non-Finns, a party, your dogs/cats being silly or just being festive. Go crazy y’all!

We’re looking forward to hearing from all y’all, and let’s have a nice ending to this trying year together. See you in December!

Pathfindings: A Global South Initiative

Pathfindings is a celebration of game development from the global south taking place online from November 12-15. Seeking to create direct impact by elevating and giving a platform to otherwise marginalized voices, this three day online conference will touch on development practices, culture, heritage, diaspora and decolonization with developers and the community from global south speakers who deserve to be celebrated streamed by IGDA HQ on Twitch, and can be accessed on MeetToMatch.

The event is free for developers, however a “pay it forward” option is available to help support the initiative and our parent organization, the IGDA. Get your ticket through Eventbrite

Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4 SPECIAL OFFERS!

Next week it’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4, the big online conference. There are free tickets still available for indie developers, so please do register HERE.

There’ll be over 250 speakers giving talks and panels - some familiar faces I’m sure but also some newcomers from around the world. There’s a MeetToMatch meeting system and a bunch of fringe activities including the awesome IGDA Mentor Café which will take place on Discord. Shout if you have any questions or please do register your desire for a free indie ticket. If you don’t qualify as an indie, here’s 20% off any other ticket:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pg-connects-digital-4-tickets-120442852815?discount=IGDAMentorsPGC20

If you already have a ticket make sure to sign up to IGDA Finland Mentor Cafe as a mentor or mentee!

Get 15% Off Your DevGAMM Tickets

DevGAMM 2020 conference will be held online on November 9-20. The first week will be devoted to game development and the second to networking and business.

The online part will consist of sessions and workshops, feedback sessions, round tables and showcases, a game contest, and more. Also, expect networking events that will be held offline in Moscow, Minsk, and Kyiv.

Game submissions are open! Show your project to a wide audience of the conference. Take part in the DevGAMM Awards and win cash prizes from sponsors. Submit your project for industry experts’ review on Game Design Review, Marketing Review, Art Review, and Audio Review.

If you want to practice your elevator pitch to publishers live, then Public Pitch 2.0 is exactly what you need. To top it off, draw even more attention to your game by participating at the Virtual Showcase and Streaming Showcase.

Submissions for Awards, Review series, and Public Pitch 2.0 are open until October 20, for Streaming and Virtual Showcases until November 3.

Tickets for DevGAMM 2020 are on sale now. IGDA members use promo code DG&IGDAFinland15 to get a 15% discount on your ticket during checkout.