Catch the GDWC Awards in Tallinn

The Game Development World Championship 2023 Winter Season has closed and the jury is deciding the winners across 18 categories. The winners will be announced on February 23rd, 2024 in an Awards Show in Tallinn, Estonia.

Join GDWC in celebrating the best indie games and the awesome developers behind the games! Event details and tickets here.

Categories and soon-to-be-announced Finalists can be found on the GDWC website.

The Awards Show will also be streamed in GDWC Youtube channel.

Catch the GDWC Award Show on Sept 21

The Game Development World Championship is closing the 2023 Summer Season with an Awards Stream on Thursday September 21st at 18:00 EEST / UTC+3.

Catch the show on the GDWC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thegdwc

The Summer Season, had only three and a half months of submission time and attracted over 1800 games submitted from 100+ countries. From this pool of games the jury has selected 58 nominees & finalists in 11 categories.

See all the Finalists on the GDWC website: https://thegdwc.com/#finalists

Get 15% off your ticket to DevGAMM Vilnius

DevGAMM returns to the Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius from June 20-21, 2023.

Game submissions are now open until May 25th, so if you’ve been working on something, this is your chance to show it to major studios, publishers, investors, and developers at one of the fastest-growing conferences in the region.

Activities include:
Exclusive Sessions
Roundtable Discussions
The Game Showcase
The Public Pitch
Yet Another Steam Event
The Career Wall
And The DevGAMM Awards

The deadline to submit your game is MAY 25, 23:59 GMT+3.

IGDA Finland members get 15% off Business and Standard tickets using promocode DG_IGDA_15

Head to Tallinn for the GDWC Awards Ceremony

And the winner is….

The finalists for the Game Development World Championships (GDWC) are set and the winners will be announced at the GDWC Awards Show taking place at Erinevate Tubade Klubi in Tallinn, Estonia on April 22nd from 18:00-22:00 EEST.

IGDA Finland members get 50% off the ticket price when using promocode: 50off
Tickets can be bought here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-game-development-world-championship-2022-tickets-566168875347

Show your support for the finalists and network at the event. For those you can’t attend, the event will be live streamed on GWDC’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thegdwc

For more information on the awards ceremony and the finalists check out: https://thegdwc.com/awards/

Address: Erinevate Tubade Klubi, Telliskivi 60-A1 10412, Tallinn, Estonia

Submit Your Game to DevGAMM Game Fest 2022

DevGAMM Game Fest 2022 will take place online on November 23-25 and will be fully dedicated to games and developers!

Developers can submit their games to the DevGAMM Awards, which will be the main part of the festival. Over 90+ stellar judges will thoroughly review all the games and there are $20,000 in prizes to be awarded. Submissions are open until October 20. 

DevGAMM Game Fest will also include a Streaming Showcase, where game bloggers playtest games and give their feedback and provide live interviews with game media chatting with developers and watching gameplay together.

The participation fee is $50. Teams from Ukraine are welcome to participate free of charge. Check out more details on the website.

Global Games Pitch for Mobile Games

The Global Games Pitch is one of the biggest online pitching events for game developers, publishers and investors from all around the globe. The next event is dedicated to mobile games and will be hosted on Nov 3-4, 2021 and will be 100% online.

It gathers around 200 developers from more than 50 countries that pitch their games to over 95 publishers and investors every year. In addition to the pitching sessions, event attendees get access to the knowledge base, mentoring, webinars and a matchmaking platform.

Basic passes are free, however IGDA Finland has a limited number of complimentary advanced passes available on a first come first serve basis. To get one please fill in the following application.

The deadline for submission is October 25th

Get 15% off DevGAMM Spring 2021

You missed the early bird date get your tickets to the DevGAMM Spring 2021 online conference, but we’ve got you covered. IGDA Finland members can use promo code DG&IGDA_Finland15 when registering for a 15% discount.

The conference will be held from May 12-14 on the PINE Tool platform.

The program includes professional speakers, reviews on game design, art, and marketing, as well as, round tables and workshops.

Developers can take part in the Public Pitch game pitching and present their projects to potential publishers. Participating in the Virtual Showcase, developers can present their games to the conference audience at their personal booths and can get greater coverage in the Streaming Showcase, where streamers will review and playtest the games.

Submit your game by April 15!

Developers will be able to compete for nominations at the DevGAMM Awards. The prize fund, sponsored by tinyBuild and Xsolla, is $20,000!

Job offers from the leading gaming companies will be available on the Career Wall. Everyone can also enjoy chatting with colleagues during Random Networking and an online party.

For more information visit the conference website.

DevGAMM Spring 2021 Online Conference

The DevGAMM Spring 2021 online conference will be held from May 12-14 on the PINE Tool platform.

The program includes professional speakers, reviews on game design, art, and marketing, as well as, round tables and workshops.

Developers can take part in the Public Pitch game pitching and present their projects to potential publishers. Participating in the Virtual Showcase, developers can present their games to the conference audience at their personal booths and can get greater coverage in the Streaming Showcase, where streamers will review and playtest the games.

Submit your game by April 15!

Developers will be able to compete for nominations at the DevGAMM Awards. The prize fund, sponsored by tinyBuild and Xsolla, is $20,000!

Job offers from the leading gaming companies will be available on the Career Wall. Everyone can also enjoy chatting with colleagues during Random Networking and an online party.

Registration is now open and free BASIC tickets are already available (for listeners only). PRO tickets are available for the early bird price of $69 until March 30! Register now!

For more information visit the conference website.

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!