Game Dev Graz

Game Dev Meetup, November 2019
2019-11-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Golem Digital, Villefortgasse 11, Graz, 8010, Austria
More info here.

Game Dev Meetup, October 2019
2019-10-16 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich

Game Dev Meetup, September 2019
2019-09-11 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich

Game Dev Meetup, August 2019
2019-08-14 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich

Game Dev Meetup, June 2019
2019-06-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=782217997

Game Dev Meetup, Mai 2019
2019-05-15 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
Schedule:
– 20:00 Indie Half-Hour
– 20:30 Local News & Events
– 20:45 ‘Showcase of My Ludum Dare Game’ by Anton Klinger
– 21:00 ‘Fluid Simulation in Games for Fun and Profit’ by Lorenz Jäger
– 21:30 Game Development News
– Crunch at Epic and It’s Benefits
– Epic buys Psyonix
– Mental Costs of Developing Extremely Violent Games
– … (bring your own topics!)
– If there’s still time in the end we might check out some noteworthy games from the most recent Ludum Dare Jam!
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=1126822767

Game Dev Meetup, April 2019
2019-04-17 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=803831119

Game Dev Meetup, March 2019
2019-03-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=1035200844

Game Dev Meetup, February 2019
2019-02-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=519268798

Global Game Jam 2019
2019-01-25 - 2019-01-27 | TU Graz – FSI1, FSI2, Inffeldgasse 11, Graz, 8010, Österreich
Want to get together with a bunch of creative and talented people and create an awesome game?

Want to try out some new and whacky stuff and have a lot of fun?

Well then look no further! Come and join us at the annual global game jam hosted by Game Development Graz and Graz University of Technology.

Here you have one weekend to come up and realize an idea for a game! You can either try it by yourself or create/join a team to complement your skills and create your vision. What makes this game jam special is, that our location is but one of many locations across the entire globe and everybody is working on the same theme at the same time!

Game jams are a wonderful place to learn how to create games from scratch. You are invited to create games together from people from all different disciplines (programming, art, audio, management, testing…) and with various backgrounds and levels of expertise (industry experts, students, newbies). Have you never developed a game before? Don’t worry! This is the perfect place for you to dive into your first game dev experience!

Register for free here: https://globalgamejam.org/2019/jam-sites/global-game-jam-graz-0
The number of participants will be limited to 40 jammers!

The detailed schedule – preliminary!!!:

Day 1 – Arrival

15:30 Doors Open
17.00-17.30: Game Jam Announcements & GGJ Keynote + Topic
17.30-18.00: Group Forming & Pitches
18.00-23.59: Work on projects

Day 2 – Work

09.00-24.00: Work on projects
11:00 Deadline to create user profile and game page
18:00-19:00: Playtesting each other’s games

Day 3 – Work

09.00-15.00: Work on projects
15.00: Upload games by 15.00
15.30-18.00: Presentations + Play – Each team has 10 minutes to do a short presentation

Some Q/A from http://globalgamejam.org/faq

WHAT IS A GAME JAM?
“Jam” is a reference to musician jam sessions, not traffic or spreadable fruit.
The goal is to come together and make a video game, or non-digital game like a board game or card game. Participants rapidly prototype game designs and hopefully inject new ideas to help grow the game industry. We share a common theme and constraints. We ask participants to create a game from beginning to end in a prescribed time (maximum of 48 hours). The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking to result in small but innovative and experimental games.
DO I NEED TO COME TO GGJ WITH A TEAM ALREADY FORMED?
Do not come to the Jam with a team. Ideally, everyone forms teams on Friday, and get the chance to work with a new collaborator or few! You will have some time to think and pitch an idea. Make new friends or jam with peers you admire.
DO I NEED SPECIAL SKILLS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GGJ?
Although having computer skills is helpful, the experience is not necessary. Designers, developers, artists and anyone is welcome to try their hand at making a game during the GGJ. Even if you have no experience at all, you can still participate by contributing ideas, playtest, and give moral support to your team. You could work on a non-digital game, and then there’s no need for code!
Global Game Jam® encourages innovation, experimentation, and collaboration and encourages both digital and non-digital forms of game making. Global Game Jam® supports safe space events and likes to encourage everyone to make games!
IS THE GGJ ONLY FOR PROFESSIONALS?
No. Everyone is welcome. Check with your local site for any age restrictions.

SPONSORS:

Organizers:

Game Dev Meetup, January 2019
2019-01-16 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=1087882974

2. Open Game Jam
2018-12-14 12:00 - 2018-12-15 20:00 (Europe/Vienna) | TU Graz – FSI1, FSI2, Inffeldgasse 11, Graz, 8010, Österreich
2. Open Game Jam

registration

December 14th – 15th, 2018 – Free admission

Want to get together with a bunch of creative and talented people and create an awesome game? Want to try out some new and whacky stuff and have a lot of fun? Well then look no further!
Come and join us at the second Interdisciplinary Game Jam organized by TU Graz in co-operation with Game Development Graz.

Here you have one weekend to come up and realize an idea for a game! You can either try it by yourself or work in a team to complement your skills and create your vision.
What makes this game jam special is the focus on interdisciplinary work – people from all fields of studies (TU, KFU, FH etc) are welcome to join and encouraged to work together!
Game jams are a wonderful place to learn how to create games from scratch. You are invited to create games together from people from all different disciplines (programming, art, audio, management, testing…) and with various backgrounds and levels of expertise (industry experts, students, newbies). Have you never developed a game before? Don’t worry! This is the perfect place for you to dive into your first game dev experience!
A special workshop on Game Development with Unity will be offered as preparation at noon on December 14, 2018.

Workshop, Friday 12:00 – 14:00
Inffeldgasse 11, Ground Floor, HS FSI 2 (FSEG070)

Jam, Friday 15:00 – Saturday 22:00
Inffeldgasse 11, Ground Floor, HS FSI 1 (FSEG054)

Schedule:
Day 1 (Friday) – Arrival
12:00-14:00: Pre-event Workshop Game Development Process with Unity (Optional)
From 15:00: Registration + Check in
15:30-15:45: Welcome & The Open Game Jam Intro
15:45-16:30: Keynotes, Game Jam Announcements + Topic
16:30-17:00: Group Forming & Pitches
17:00-22:00: Work on projects

Day 2 (Saturday) – Work
09:00-14:00: Work on projects
14:00-15:00: Playtesting each other’s games
15:00-18:00: Work on projects, Upload games by 15:00
18:00-19:00: Presentations – Each team has 10 minutes to do a short presentation
19:00-20:00: Playtesting final games

Game Dev Meetup, December 2018
2018-12-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich

All Analog Game Jam #4
2018-12-01 10:00 - 2018-12-02 23:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Ludovico, Karmeliterplatz 2 , Graz, 8010, Österreich
So, you like playing board and card games? Have you ever wondered how to actually make one of these? Well, then look no further! Ludovico in cooperation with GameDevGraz are happy to announce the fourth annual Analog Game Jam. We will provide you with all the materials and you just have to show up with great ideas. You don’t need to know how to program, you don’t need to know how to make art, heck you don’t even really need to know how to make games.You can create a game either by yourself or in teams. In the evening all the games will be presented and of course played as well.
This year the Jam takes place on two days. This is because we want to motivate you to develop accessible games that can be played by blind people as well. For this purpose, the production of 3D tokens and cards with braille, etc. which we can carry out in cooperation with the FabLab Graz is suitable. You are also welcome to find creative solutions to adapt existing games for blind people.
For the 3D printing data and modeling, our ingenious magician Matthias Rauch is available for assistance.
The Jam is open to all people who want to develop games. All our rooms are accessible.
Schedule
Saturday 01.12.2018
Place: LudovicoGraz
Welcome: 10:00
Game Concepts: 10:30 – 20:00
Sunday 02.12.2018
Place: FabLab Graz, later LudovicoGraz
Making Games: 10:00 – 16:00
Playtesting with friends & family: 16:00 – 23:00

Jason Roberts at TU Graz
2018-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/Vienna) | TU Graz, i7, Inffeldgasse 25/D, HS i7, Graz, 8010, Austria
Jason Roberts, independent game developer at Buried Signal, is visiting the TU Graz to give a talk!
He is best known for his award winning puzzle game ‘Gorogoa’, which is available for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, Android and iOS.

Gorogoa Website: http://gorogoa.com
Jason Roberts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebuscube
Interview with Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/the-puzzle-of-a-lifetime-1821235999

Game Dev Meetup, November 2018
2018-11-14 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=1363890818

Josh Sawyer @ TU Graz
2018-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/Vienna) | TU Graz, Inffeldgasse 25d, Graz, 8010, Austria
Josh Sawyer, lead designer at Obsidian Entertainment, is visiting the TU Graz to give a talk! Throughout his career, he worked on famous RPG games like Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity I & II, Neverwinter Nights 2 and the Icewind Dale series.

Game Dev Meetup, October 2018
2018-10-17 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=177222375

Indie Game Meetup, September 2018
2018-09-12 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=1317279264

Game Dev Days 2018
2018-08-31 08:00 - 2018-09-02 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | TU Graz, Inffeldgasse 25d, Graz, 8010, Austria
Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
www.gamedevdays.com

Summer Jam 2018
2018-08-17 16:00 - 2018-08-19 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | TU Graz – HS FSI 1, HS i9, Infeldgasse 11, Graz, 8010, Austria
There’s this lingering wish in every creator to lock oneself into a room full of even more nice and passionate creators for an entire weekend while the sun is burning down onto the heads of the unworthy.
We are here to fulfill this wish.
The Summer Jam is an open event and will take place from August 17 to August 19 at the Graz University of Technology and you’re all invited to join us. You’ll have the entire weekend to come up with a game and work in a team of like-minded people from various disciplines (programming, art, audio, design, …) and levels of expertise on finishing it.
As an additional motivation every jammer is invited to exhibit his creation at this year’s Game Dev Days where he/she will receive feedback from experts of the games industry.
Attendance is free but we’d appreciate a heads up by registering for the event at Eventbrite.
Schedule

Friday 16:00 – 22:00 (Infeldgasse 11, HS FSI 1)
Saturday 09:00 – 22:00 (Infeldgasse 13, HS i9)
Sunday 09:00 – 20:00 (Infeldgasse 13, HS i9)

Sponsors

Indie Game Meetup, August 2018
2018-08-15 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
More info/schedule here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=1353675781

Last Minute Summer Jam 2018
2018-07-20 16:00 - 2018-08-18 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | TU Graz – HS i9, Inffeldgasse 13, Graz, 8010, Österreich
This year we decided for a different format for our summer game jam.
Instead of jamming for one stressful weekend we went for a jam that would give the participants one month to complete their projects with one kickoff weekend in the beginning and one finish weekend at the end. Weekly progress meetings are also planned but those may just be organized by the individual teams.
Schedule:

Kickoff Weekend: Friday 07/20, 16:00 – Saturday 07/21 20:00
Finish Weekend: Friday 08/17 – Sunday 08/20

Location: HS i9, Inffeldgasse 13, Erdgeschoß
There are no snacks or drinks at the locations so everybody is responsible for his own provisions.

Indie Game Meetup, July 2018
2018-07-11 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
Details: Google Sheet

Indie Game Meetup, June 2018
2018-06-13 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Rarebyte Office Graz, Wickenburggasse 32, Graz, Steiermark, 8010, Österreich

Indie Game Meetup, May 2018
2018-05-16 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Rarebyte Office Graz, Wickenburggasse 32, Graz, Steiermark, 8010, Österreich

Indie Game Meetup, April 2018
2018-04-11 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich

Indie Game Meetup, March 2018
2018-03-14 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Rarebyte Office Graz, Wickenburggasse 32, Graz, Steiermark, 8010, Österreich
Details: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5Rj5K99k5tvRQHcpyq5rwPakv1dPYDG_B9IJ5-LxZY/edit#gid=464719164

Global Game Jam 2018
2018-01-26 15:00 - 2018-01-28 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | TU Graz – FSI1, FSI2, Inffeldgasse 11, Graz, 8010, Österreich
Want to get together with a bunch of creative and talented people and create an awesome game?

Want to try out some new and whacky stuff and have a lot of fun?

Well then look no further! Come and join us at the annual global game jam hosted by Game Development Graz and Graz University of Technology.

Here you have one weekend to come up and realize an idea for a game! You can either try it by yourself or create/join a team to complement your skills and create your vision. What makes this game jam special is, that our location is but one of many locations across the entire globe and everybody is working on the same theme at the same time!

Game jams are a wonderful place to learn how to create games from scratch. You are invited to create games together from people from all different disciplines (programming, art, audio, management, testing…) and with various backgrounds and levels of expertise (industry experts, students, newbies). Have you never developed a game before? Don’t worry! This is the perfect place for you to dive into your first game dev experience!

Register for free here: https://globalgamejam.org/2018/jam-sites/global-game-jam-graz
The number of participants will be limited to 40 jammers!

The detailed schedule – preliminary!!!:

Day 1 – Arrival

16:00-17:00: Ivan Buchta, Creative Director at Bohemia Interactive (HS i12, Inffeldgasse 16b) – open to public!
17.00-17.30: Game Jam Announcements & GGJ Keynote + Topic (HS i12, Inffeldgasse 16b)
17:30 –> move to FSI rooms
17.30-18.00: Group Forming & Pitches (FSI Seminar Room, Inffeldgasse 11)
18.00-23.59: Work on projects (FSI Seminar Room, Inffeldgasse 11)

Day 2 – Work

09.00-24.00: Work on projects
11:00 Deadline to create user profile and game page
18:00-19:00: Playtesting each other’s games

Day 3 – Work

09.00-15.00: Work on projects
15.00: Upload games by 15.00
15.30-18.00: Presentations + Play – Each team has 10 minutes to do a short presentation

Some Q/A from http://globalgamejam.org/faq

WHAT IS A GAME JAM?
“Jam” is a reference to musician jam sessions, not traffic or spreadable fruit.
The goal is to come together and make a video game, or non-digital game like a board game or card game. Participants rapidly prototype game designs and hopefully inject new ideas to help grow the game industry. We share a common theme and constraints. We ask participants to create a game from beginning to end in a prescribed time (maximum of 48 hours). The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking to result in small but innovative and experimental games.
DO I NEED TO COME TO GGJ WITH A TEAM ALREADY FORMED?
Do not come to the Jam with a team. Ideally, everyone forms teams on Friday, and get the chance to work with a new collaborator or few! You will have some time to think and pitch an idea. Make new friends or jam with peers you admire.
DO I NEED SPECIAL SKILLS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GGJ?
Although having computer skills is helpful, the experience is not necessary. Designers, developers, artists and anyone is welcome to try their hand at making a game during the GGJ. Even if you have no experience at all, you can still participate by contributing ideas, playtest, and give moral support to your team. You could work on a non-digital game, and then there’s no need for code!
Global Game Jam® encourages innovation, experimentation, and collaboration and encourages both digital and non-digital forms of game making. Global Game Jam® supports safe space events and likes to encourage everyone to make games!
IS THE GGJ ONLY FOR PROFESSIONALS?
No. Everyone is welcome. Check with your local site for any age restrictions.

PREVIOUS JAMS:

www.gamejam.at

Organizers:

Supporters:

Indie Game Meetup, January 2018
2018-01-17 20:00 - 22:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Spektral, Lendkai 45, Graz, 8020, Österreich
Details: https://pad.okfn.org/p/igcmg-jan2018
