IGDA Helsinki Presents:
May Meetup
14.5.2024
Hope you are ready for the IGDA Helsinki May Meetup! We’ll be welcoming our summer break together with Metacore! The program includes a talk by Metacore's Tech Services Lead Tomi Niemenmaa. Tomi’s talk will be focusing on the experiences of developing a centralized backend. Milla Pennanen from Game Makers of Finland will also be presenting the results of their Salary Survey. For more info on the program and speakers, scroll further below. 👇
Come join us on Tuesday May 14th for one final Meetup before the summer! 🌞 Let’s make it a good one!
Wanna showcase your game at our Demo Corner? Sign up here. 🕹️
Chat Corner is available for everyone to join for however long of a duration! 💬
Note that the cloakroom has its space limitations, and might not accept bags after a certain threshold.
Tomi Niemenmaa, Tech Services Lead at Metacore
Tomi is a Tech Services Lead at Metacore. Currently leading the development of Metacore's in-house game backend and related live ops tooling. Tomi has worked over 11 years building different backend and frontend solutions for various different industries like finance, e-commerce and games.
Talk description: Developing centralized backend at Metacore - Sharing lessons learned. We have been building our in-house game backend at Metacore now for 3 years. Going over quickly the goals and design principles we set out when we started, where we are and lessons we have learned along the way.
Game Makers of Finland conducted a Salary Survey for the sixth time and Milla Pennanen will be presenting the results for us! In addition to salaries and pay equality in the industry, the survey also investigates issues related to internships, working hours and coping skills.
WHAT:
IGDA Helsinki May Meetup x Metacore
WHEN:
Tuesday 14.05.
Doors open at 17:00
Program starts at 18:15
Demo Corner and Chat Corner open at 17:00 (break during the program)
WHERE:
Maxine, Kamppi shopping center, 6th floor (Elevators can be found on the E-floor, between Jungle Juice Bar and Rax).
Maxine is wheelchair accessible! There's a few steps at the entrance, for that please ask security at the cloakroom for a ramp.
BUT I WANNA DEMO MY GAME:
If your game is awesome and you’d like to demo it, sign up here!
TL;DR:
- IGDA Helsinki May Meetup x Metacore
- Tuesday 14.05.
- Doors open at 17:00, program starts at 18:15
- Chat and Demo Corner are open!
Reminder that IGDA Meetups use the THE FINNISH GAME INDUSTRY Code of Conduct!
