This month Lahti got big things happening, namely the launch of Project Sakura!

Wondering, “What’s Project Sakura?” It’s an initiative by Lahties, Lahti’s very own entrepreneurship society, dedicated to building a thriving startup culture in the region.

Through Sakura, they’re supporting aspiring game developers in Lahti by organizing workshops, community events, game jams, and eventually establishing a Lahti Game Hub.

Their mission?
To create a dynamic and inspiring space for everyone passionate about game development! Join their first event on November 22nd at the LUT Lahti Campus (Mukkulankatu 19) from 15:00 to 19:00!

Whether you’re an industry veteran interested in joining a Q&A session, a developer excited to showcase your game to students and guests, or simply curious to check it all out—sign up through the attached form!
https://forms.gle/F8LcDyytoN3d4D8N9

If you're interested in the project, check our our social media here: https://linktr.ee/ProjectSakuraLahties

The event is done in collaboration with IGDA Lahti and is following game industry’s zero-tolerance policy on harassment in any and all of its forms - please read our Code of Conduct.

Hey all!!

Join us for an extra fun IGDA Kymenlaakso Xmas Party! 

This year, the Xmas Party will also be the afterparty for Xamk Game Track and the Finnish Game Jam Awards. To attend, you need to get a free Xamk Game Track ticket!

Link to the tickets: https://www.xamk.fi/en/event/xamk-game-track/ 

The Party will be held on November 21st starting at 17:00. The location is Satama Areena, Kotka (Tornatorintie 102), next to the new Xamk Kotka campus. The train stop is a 5 min walk away form the locale. There's going to be a free bus ride to the event from Helsinki via Porvoo thanks to our sponsor, Game Makers of Finland. Link to the bus ride: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Kotka_Event_Bus_transportation_3226 

There will be free food for all participants! and the afterafterparty will be held by our friends at Kuura starts at 21:00! 

Thanks again to all our sponsors: Xamk Game Studios, Game Makers of Finland, Nitro Games and Finnish Game Jam!

Lots of jolly fun times to be had so don't miss out! We hope to see you there! ☃️❄️

What: IGDA Kymenlaakso Xmas Party

Where: Satama Areena, Kotka

When: November 21st, 17:00

#XmasJKL – The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar 2024 (Fri 15.11.2024)

#XmasJKL – The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar 2024 (Fri 15.11.2024)

#XmasJKL is the most relaxed business seminar in the finnish game industry. The seminar is held on, Ilokivi, Jyväskylä, Finland.

#XmasJKL is also a networking event where you can listen and learn from the best in the business and meet the great game industry people.

Put your Christmas hat on and join us!

Discount code:
IGDA LOVE #XmasJKL CODE and get -15% off USE CODE: XMASLOVESIGDA

Check the Event and Tickets details!

Read more: https://www.xmasjkl.com/

The language of the event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

“Day Zero“at Digi & Game Center 14th of Nov 2024!

“Day Zero“at Digi & Game Center 14th of Nov 2024!

“Day Zero“at Digi & Game Center!

We shall have a day before the main event a “Day Zero” networking event at multiple times awarded Coworking space and Ecosystem Digi Game Center (DGC). Digi & Game Center is also the place where IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetups happens now days.  The Premises are just 15 min from Matkakeskus by walking or about 5 min walk from Jyväskylä city center .

Get to know the premises and network: 12.00-16.00 (12-4pm)

VIP Dinner for VIP ticker holders

Read more about: Digi & Game Center

This is day event is open for all, but we would like to know how many is visiting so please do sign via Eventbrite too: Day Zero 2024 ticket

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

FORTHEM Startup Day on Game Technologies on 24.10. 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EET at the Digi & Game Center

FORTHEM Startup Day on Game Technologies on 24.10. 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EET at the Digi & Game Center

Interested in Unreal Engine?

Then join us at the FORTHEM Startup Day on Game Technologies on 24.10. 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EET at the Digi & Game Center (Matarankatu 2, 40100 Jyväskylä) or via Zoom.Keynote speakers:

• Ari Arnbjörnsson, Senior Software Engineer, Developer Relations, Epic Games: "Epic Games and Unreal Engine"

• Daniel Imbert, Developer and Board Member, Expa Game Business Co-operative: "Building Finland's first Unreal Engine training center in Jyväskylä"

Hosted by: Wanda O Rly

Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, simply curious about the startup community in Finland or already have your own idea to pitch, this event is for you! Join the event and

• explore the world of startups

• gain valuable insights from industry experts

• present your own ground-breaking ideas.

Startup Day by JYU StartupLab brings together entrepreneurs, future talents, researchers, and experts. This year, the event is going global with FORTHEM alliance, which means you're in for support on a grand scale! Let’s turn the “what ifs” into “what’s next”!

Register by 24 October to get either a link to Zoom or coffee on-site: https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/forthem-startup-day-game-technologies

Read more: https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/forthem-startup-day-game-technologies

Read more: https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/forthem-startup-day-game-technologies

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

ENTANGLE: Bridging Quantum and Classical Computing

Date: 13.09.2024

Place: Agora, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 3, 20500 Turku, Finland

In celebration of 10 years anniversary of Quantum Game Jam, we invite you to join us at one-day-conference ENTANGLE at University of Turku where we bring together the quantum and classical computing experts to share the latest news and practices!

REGISTER HERE

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 2024 (23.04.2024)

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup  04/2024 + PreBit JKL

It’s meetup time once again! This time, instead of having one speaker, we will have two of them! So brace yourselves as these two gentlemen will take us on a ride of “Junior employment in the Game industry”.

Please note, that the schedule for April’s meetup is a bit different than what it usually is. Before the meetup, the Bit1 – PreBit, will be held and the actual meetup starts right after that one at 19.00. The doors open already at 16.00, so welcome all!

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 4 / 2024

Guests: Dmytro Zhovtobryukh, CEO & Co-Founder at Snowhound Games & Klaus Kääriäinen, The Jester at Jestercraft
Topic: Junior employment in the Game industry
Time: 19:00
Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)
Date: Tue 23.04.2024

Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, Jyväskylä
– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://lnkd.in/dqPkebC

SCHEDULE for the evening
16:00 Doors open at DGC
16.30-16.40 Welcoming ceremony and judges’ introduction
16.40-17 Pitches
17.30-18 Judges game testing, free game testing for participants
18-18.30 Judges retreat to discuss, free game testing for participants
18.30-18.45 Judges announce winners, give the basics for the choices and photos
19.00 – IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Meetup speakers (Dmytro Zhovtobryukh & Klaus Kääriäinen)
20.00 – 20.15 Demo booth disassembling, Judges stay to discuss with participants proceeding to finals

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event. This time we have students from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences showcasing their games. Come and check them out!

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

RESONATE - Quantum Day 2024

12.04.2024 in Jyväskylä

World Quantum Day is a global celebration that takes place annually on the 14th of April, or on nearby days. Join us in Jyväskylä, the heart of Finland, for an exploration into the cutting-edge world of quantum information technologies, quantum games, and the latest news in quantum computing research! As part of the esteemed World Quantum Day 2024 program, the Faculty of Information Technology welcomes students, enthusiasts, scholars, and curious minds alike to immerse themselves in the wonders of quantum information technologies. We present:

• Interactive exhibits with hands-on demonstrations showcasing the latest achievements in the field of quantum computing

• Quantum games which use the quantum physics and challenges designed to intrigue and entertain

• Cutting-edge research presented by the leading experts as they delve into the forefront of quantum computing research

Whether you're a programmer, a tech enthusiast, or simply intrigued by the limitless possibilities of quantum information technology, welcome to Resonate - Quantum Day 2024 at University of Jyväskylä!

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 3/2024 Teemu Vilén, Makea Games

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 3/2024 Teemu Vilén, Makea Games

In the March meetup, we dive into the Eternal questions in Game development. Come to Digi & Game Center and hear what Teemu Vilén has to say about the subject.

Guest: Teemu Vilén, COO at Makea Games
Topic: Game development with those pesky humans
Time: 18:00
Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)

Date: Tuesday 26.03.2024
Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2
– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE
17:30 Doors open
18:00 Streaming starts, Teemu's presentation
18:30 Q&A with Teemu Vilén, COO at Makea Games
19:00 Free mingling on-site

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event. This time we have students from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences showcasing their games. Come and check them out!

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 27.2.2024

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 2/2024 Tarmo Jussila Zaibatsu Interactive

Guest: Tarmo Jussila, CTO at Zaibatsu Interactive

Topic: My Game Industry journey

Time: 18:00

Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)

Date: Tue 27.02.2024

Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, Jyväskylä

– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://lnkd.in/dqPkebC

SCHEDULE

17:30 Doors open

18:00 Streaming starts, Tarmo Jussila's presentation

18:30 Q&A

19:00 Free mingling on-site

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event. This time we have students from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences showcasing their games. Come and check them out!

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

Welcome to Over 7 Hills 2023

IT & Games Industries conference in Turku, Finland

Where and when?

FEBRUARY 7, 2024 at Turun Ammattikorkeakoulu / ICT-talo

(Joukahaisenkatu 3,  20520 Turku).

This year we aim to have full day program with the inspiring talks, workshops and mentoring sessions as well as networking opportunities with the IGDA Finland Turku Hub afterparty! The event is free to attend but registration is mandatory through this Eventbrite page.

​We welcome teams of all backgrounds and sizes to present their work at the Showroom as well as IGDA Finland Turku Hub afterparty where will be Demo Corner! Make sure to sign up for the free booth space at Showroom (first time first served, max 20 slots available).

Join us at the IGDA Kymenlaakso Xmas party 2023, a fun and exciting event for game devs!

Meet and connect with fellow developers, artists, and industry professionals. Enjoy an evening of laughter, joy, and camaraderie as we celebrate the year's achievements and look forward to next year!

Register to the event, save the date, and get ready for an unforgettable night of fun and celebration at the IGDA Kymenlaakso Xmas party 2023!

2nd of December at the House of Rock starting at 17:00 and continuing until 22:00 when official party ends!

Join the event using the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/igda-kymenlaakso-xmas-party-2023-tickets-745040535297

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup #8 / 2023 (28.11.2023) - TBA

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup #8 / 2023 (28.11.2023) - TBA

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Guest: TBA
Topic: TBA
Time: 18:00
Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)

Date: Tue 28.11.2023
Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2
– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE
17:30 Doors open
18:00 Streaming starts, interview with TBA
18:30 Q&A with TBA
19:00 Free mingling on-site

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

Facebook event link

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

The #XmasJKL - The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar, Jyväskylä, Finland, 10th of Nov 2023

Get 15% OFF! from #XmasJKL - The Industry Business Seminar, Fri 10th of Nov 2023

Join us for an exciting in-person event, #XmasJKL 2023 – The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar, on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM. This seminar will take place at Ilokivi, Keskussairaalantie 2, 40100 Jyväskylä, offering a fantastic opportunity to network and learn from industry experts.

Discover the latest trends and insights in the Finnish game industry, as well as valuable business strategies. Gain valuable knowledge from renowned speakers, engage in interactive discussions, and forge new connections with like-minded professionals.

Whether you’re a game developer, entrepreneur, investor, or simply interested in the gaming world, #XmasJKL 2023 is the place to be. Don’t miss out on this incredible event that promises to inspire, educate, and entertain.

Mark your calendar, and get ready to level up your game industry expertise at #XmasJKL 2023 – The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar!

Get -15% OFF - USE CODE: XMASLOVESIGDA

Get ticker https://www.xmasjkl.com

“Day Zero“at Digi & Game Center!

We shall have a day before the main event a “Day Zero” networking event at multiple times awarded Coworking space and Ecosystem Digi Game Center (DGC). Digi & Game Center is also the place where IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetups happens now days.  The Premises are just 15 min from Matkakeskus by walking or about 5 min walk from Jyväskylä city center .

Get to know the premises and network: 14.00-18.00 (2-6pm)

Sauna at the DGC 20:00-23.00

Read more about: Digi & Game Center

This is day event is open for all, but we would like to know how many is visiting so please do sign via Eventbrite too: Day Zero ticket

Need more details?
Please feel free to contact
Tuomas Roininen, tuomas.roininen (at) expa.fi

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 31.10.2023

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup #7 / 2023 (31.10.2023)

Topic: Fireside chat with One Trick Entertainment - How to start a game company with zero experience

Guests: Esko Maijala & Oskari Pelli

Company: One Trick Entertainment

Time: 18.00 (doors open at 17.30)

Date: Tue 31.10.2023

Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2

– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE

17:30 Doors open

18:00 Streaming starts, interview with Esko Maijala and Oskari Pelli

18:30 Q&A with Esko and Oskari

19:00 Free mingling on-site

One Trick Entertainment won the Rookie of the Year award by Finnish Game Awards 2022. On September 7th, they released their first game Lempo - a Finnish mythology themed horror exploration game available on Steam. On October 31st, they will join us at Digi & Game Center to discuss their entrepreneur journey and the production of Lempo

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

Facebook event link

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup #6 / 2023 (26.9.2023) - TBA

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup #6 / 2023 (26.9.2023) - TBA

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Guest: TBA
Topic: TBA
Time: 18:00
Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)

Date: Tue 26.9.2023
Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2
– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE
17:30 Doors open
18:00 Streaming starts, interview with TBA
18:30 Q&A with TBA
19:00 Free mingling on-site

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

Facebook event link

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

We invite you to join us on our fifth Leadership Day on the 11th of September at BioRex Helsinki!

Leadership Day by IGDA Finland is an international event about how we build companies, teams and working cultures to build better games. Games companies, their inner workings and cultures are some of the least documented aspects of game development. Yet we and our work are all defined by these choices every single day. Join us in learning and challenging the cutting edge of leadership in games from some of the brightest minds in the industry!

Speakers

Sponsors

For more info visit our event page

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup #5 / 2023 (29.8.2023) - Estève Pannetier, GreenElephant.org

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup #5 / 2023

Guest: Estève Pannetier, Co-Founder at GreenElephant.org

Topic: Take control of your flow while designing and releasing games!

Time: 18:00 (doors open 17.30)

Date: Tue 29.08.2023

Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, Jyväskylä, Finland

– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

Schedule:

17.30 Doors open
18.00 Start/intros

18.05 What is Flow?

18.10 Flow in Game Design Strategy

18.15 Collective Flow in Teamwork and Communication with your team

18.20 Myths about Flow (and what to do about them)

18.30 Q&A

Description:

As a game developer you’ve most likely reached flow while playing games yourself, but how to keep the flow while creating games yourself? Estève Pannetier is a seasoned team-leader and game strategist who has consulted and coached developers in Ubisoft, Supercell and a number of independent gaming companies to help teams tap into the collective intelligence of flow. In this session you’ll learn rules of thumb on how to understand, measure and communicate about flow, both in designing and releasing games. Bring your notepads and questions to get the most out of this session!

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

Facebook event link

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Special Meetup with Epic Games 04-07-2023

Guest: Ari Arnbjörnsson, Evangelist at Epic Games

Topic: Epic Games and Unreal Engine.

Time: 18:00 (doors open 17.30)

Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)

Date: Tue 04.07.2023

Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, Jyväskylä, Finland

– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE

17:30 Doors open

18:00 Streaming starts, interview with Ari Arnbjörnsson

18:30 Q&A with Ari Arnbjörnsson

19:00 Free mingling on-site

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the Meetup event is English! - Invite your friends.

The questions are welcome throughout the event.

Hope to see as many as can at the site Digi & Game Center to meet Ari in person!

Be there - Socialize - Get Expa!

Read more:

https://www.digigamecenter.org/esports-calendar/peliosuuskunta-expa-igda-finland-jyvaskyla-hub-special-meetup-epic-games/

Facebook event link https://fb.me/e/u9Sn4X0b

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

IGDA Finland will be celebrating its 20th birthday!

Save the date: May 27th!

IGDA has worked towards advancing the careers and enhancing the lives of game developers for the last 30 years globally and 20 years in Finland. We invite you all to celebrate this together, enjoy food, music and festive vibes!

This ticket will grant you, buy yours:

https://igda_finland_20.eventbrite.com

access to IGDA Finland Birthday Party, including music performances welcoming drink and delicious food! 

Dresscode is casual, but festive!

#igdafinland #igdafi20

Artists

Game Music Collective 🎻

GMC is established in 2017 - is a next generation symphonic orchestra, rock band and a music production company at the forefront of video game music!

In 2023 Game Music Collective released their debut album RESTART - Finnish Game Music Revised. The new album showcases the very best of Finnish video game music and features an epic collaboration of over 60 musicians!

DJ MegaTommi 🎧

MegaTommi is a DJ and a stage name of Tommi Salomaa – composer, performer, audio designer and game music enthusiast!

He performs video game music ranging from retro to modern, as well as music related to gaming and game culture. MegaTommi has played in many game industry events and parties, and has organized the very first live music performance ever in IGDA Finland gathering! For IGDA Birthday party he will present a special performance with many legendary tunes from Finnish games.

Our venue is the awesome Koskenranta at Helsinki! ☀️

You can hear Vantaankoski streams past and you can see part of most beautiful nature in Helsinki, Vanhankaupunginlahti.

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup 27.4.2023 - Special Meetup with Musa+ project

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Special Hybrid Meetup #4 / 2023

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Special Meetup - Crash event for companies in the music, event and gaming industries

The Musa+ – Tempo to profitability project

responds to the need to revive the music and event industries after the corona pandemic. In the project, Central Finnish companies in the music, event and game industries will be encountered, mapping work will be done on potential business models in the game industry and the current state of the music and event industries.

The purpose of the project is to increase the business and business development know-how of central Finnish music and event industry companies, and to bring them together with game industry professionals at the edge of new technologies

The project is funded from the REACT-EU budget as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date: Thursday 27.4.2023
Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2
– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE

17:00 Doors open
17:30 Welcome! Musa+ Tempo to Profitability project
17.40 Salla Hakkola (musician, composer)
18:05 Markus Pajakkala (musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist)
18:30 Break & free networking
18:45 Sami Toivanen (Discovery-tour producer)
19:10 Vesa Peltola (CEO, Noveltive Ltd.)
19:25 Free networking and demonstration of the virtual studio of Noveltive Ltd.
20.00 The event ends

Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)

Guests:
Salla Hakkola (MA, Sibelius Academy) is an internationally awarded harpist composer. She is best known for composing music for Angry Birds, Clash of Clans, and Merge Mansion. From 2011 to 2019, she worked at Rovio as a composer, producer, and music consultant, making music for games, animations, trailers, and in artist collaboration. Starting in 2019, she works through her own audio company, composing music, for example for Supercell and Metacore's Merge Mansion. She recently won two prices at the NYX Game Awards 2023: Grand Winner for Best Mobile Game Music for Merge Mansio Games, and Gold Winner for Best Game Music Sountrack for Friends & Dragons.

Markus Pajakkala has worked as a songwriter and producer of the Yousician application. He has been an active member in and behind bands such as Ellips, Von Hertzen Brothers, Waltteri Torikka, as well as his own band Utopianisti. He hosts monthly jam nights at the Tampere G Livelab Club. He graduated in 2013 in Music Technology at the Sibelius-Academy.

Sami Toivanen is one of the founders of Cityspotting. Founded in 2020, the gamified urban adventure solves the motivation problem of movement by offering inspiring perspectives and excursions from your own city.

Vesa Peltola (Ceo, Noveltive Ltd.) showcases Noveltive and demonstrates the company’s new virtual studio.

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

Facebook event link https://fb.me/e/4j74D6U9Y

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the online Meetup event is English!
🤝 - Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there - socialize - get Expa!

Please Join to the event via link sign in so we know how many is coming:

https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/5f89ac86-c34b-4864-9463-db0f45e072ac?displayId=Fin2786694

Wondering how to fund a game company? Get funded is here to help!

On February 9th, this event brings to the stage different funding opportunities, both public and private, and also stories from a couple of companies how their journey with finding funding has been.

The event takes place at Arcade5, Helsinki, and will be streamed. The event is organised by Neogames Finland and IGDA Finland.

More information and tickets on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/dBAMzJjF

Welcome one and all! It's time for our annual Xmas Party in Pori.

Casual networking with games industry folks and people interested in games is back on the menu! We will have digital games and board games for everyone to play together

There's a possibility to showcase your game demoes as well, so you are welcome to bring your project with you as usual!

And most importantly, we have pizza!

Meetup is held 9th December at Crazy Town Pori
Programme will start at 6PM
Pizza, snacks and beverages for all participants

Bring your holiday spirit and come spend a merry time with us on Friday 9th of December!