Leadership Day: Call for Speakers

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Leadership Day by IGDA Finland explores how we build companies, teams and working cultures to make the best games. Offering often overlooked insights to game development, this event kicks of Finnish Games Week in Helsinki on September 30, 2024.

We invited you to share your expertise on leadership topics that define success in the industry. Whether it's building resilient companies, navigating team dynamics, embracing change, fostering accessibility, shaping corporate culture, guiding mentorship programs, managing stakeholders, optimizing remote work, nurturing communities, mediating conflicts, cultivating investor and publisher relations, strategizing outsourcing needs, championing corporate social responsibility, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, or any other leadership topic that you are passionate about, we welcome your contribution.

Submissions should be made using this form by June 7, 2024.

For more information visit: https://www.igda.fi/leadership-day

Free Virtual Tickets to the GameExpo Summit in Dubai

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Interested in learning more about the MENA game market but can’t go to Dubai GamoExpo Summit powered by Pocket Gamer Connects. No worries. IGDA Finland will send you there virtually. We have 20 free online tickets. The conference is taking place this week May 1-2, 2024

The first 20 members who sign up using promo code VIRTMEDIA24 using the registration link will get free virtual tickets.

IGDA Finland Grant Intro

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It has been a bit over a month since we announced the IGDA Finland Grant. Lots of questions have been asked and a lot of them have been answered, we have also clarified some things.

If you have been unsure if you are eligible for the grant, then have a second look at it or ask us directly.

Thank you to everyone who sent us questions, we want to make this something that can help you in the last steps before release.

Got interested? Click here to find out more!

Retro Game Jam 2024

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Retro Game Jam 2024
Dates: May 17-19th, 2024
Location: Espoo Game LAB (A Grid, Otakaari 5, Espoo, Finland)

Retro Game Jam is for everyone interested in developing new games for older hardware. No prior experience on retro development is required, but we encourage to do some research of the platform of your choice before the jam.

There will be a selection of retro consoles with development tools available and of course you are welcome to bring your own. Mentoring help for getting started is available.

The jam will have a theme revealed on the spot. You can come alone or as a team. There will be short brainstorming and team forming session at the beginning. Espoo Game Hub is open for jamming around the clock. You are welcome to sleep on premises, but note that there are no sofas or anything provided by the location.

Please tell us if you have any special needs regarding movability, allergies etc. Please do not hesitate to ask anything from us! Everyone has access to the following:

  • Working space (table, chair, internet etc.)

  • Selection of retro consoles & televisions

  • Workshop / introduction to development hardware

  • Mentoring help for getting started

Discord server: https://discord.gg/FEgkQUJ8kV

List of hardware available for jammers by organizers:

  • Nintendo Game Boy / Game Boy Color with SD card reader

  • Nintendo Entertainment System with Mapper30 flash cart (NesMaker)

  • Nintendo Famicom with SD card reader

  • Nintendo Super Famicom with SD card reader

  • Nintendo 64 with SD card reader

  • Sega Mega Drive / Master System with SD card reader

  • Sega Saturn with SD card reader

  • Sega Dreamcast with SSD

  • Sony Playstation 1 with SD card reader

  • Sony PocketStation

  • NEC PC-Engine with SD card reader

  • Neo Geo Pocket with SD card reader

  • WonderSwan with SD card reader

  • Vectrex with SD card reader

  • MSX with CF card reader

  • Oscilloscope with PC connectors

  • CRT televisions

    This is primarily on-site game jam.     You are welcome to jam via Discord too, but we do not stream opening ceremony or organize team building in Discord. Submissions are open for everyone in Itch.io page. Register to the jam below!

JOIN THE JAM

Leadership Day: Call for Speakers

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Save the date for Leadership Day by IGDA Finland: September 30, 2024! This international event explores the company structures, team dynamics, and working cultures that make the best games, offering insights to vital but often overlook aspects of game development.

The call for speakers is open. Share your expertise on leadership topics such as team building, change management, DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), accessibility, corporate culture, mentoring, CSR (corporate social responsibility), stakeholder management, remote team/company management, community management, conflict resolution, investor/publisher relations, outsourcing, or any leadership topic that you are passionate about. The deadline for applications is June 7, 2024.

Got an idea for a talk, a series of lightning talks, or a panel discussion that needs some fleshing out? Contact us at leadership (at) igda (dot) fi for support.

For more information visit: https://www.igda.fi/leadership-day