Name: APR Dunedin Game Dev Meetup - with special guest Joe Simmonds
Start: 2025-04-10T18:00:00+12:00
End: 2025-04-10T20:00:00+12:00
Location: The HUB at Otago Polytechnic

**APRIL Dunedin Game Dev Meetup - with special guest Joe Simmonds**

Join us for our APRIL Meetup where we'll be joined by special guest, Joe Simmonds, founder and developer at FourFox Interactive.

**Moving Forward Through Failure**

Indie game development is full of challenges, setbacks, and unexpected pivots. In this talk, Joe will share how embracing failure—whether through rejected pitches, design missteps, or tough industry feedback—helped shape [FourFox Interactive](https://www.fourfoxinteractive.com) and their game, Match & Mastery.

Learn how to turn failures into stepping stones and keep moving forward in the ever-changing world of game dev!

﻿Joe is a game developer based in Dunedin, New Zealand. With a background in audio production and teaching audio and art students at SIT, he transitioned into full-time game development, founding FourFox Interactive. FourFox Interactive is currently developing Match & Mastery, a turn-based tactics game with a match-3 twist, supported by funding from the New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence.

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**6:00pm** \- doors open
**6:05pm** \- welcome and intro
**6.10pm** \- Joe presents '*Moving Forward Through Failure*' followed by Q&A.
**7.30pm** \- eat\, drink\, mix and mingle\, play games\!
**8:30pm** \- close

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Come by for this special presentation, a catch up with other local developers and show off what you've been working on - we invite you to bring along your projects to share, and bring your friends too - can't wait to see you all there!

For catering purposes and venue capacity **[you must](https://events.humanitix.com/apr25-dunedin-game-dev-meetup)**[ ](https://events.humanitix.com/apr25-dunedin-game-dev-meetup)**[register for this event via Humanitix, here.](https://events.humanitix.com/apr25-dunedin-game-dev-meetup)**

Huge thanks to our sponsors [CODE NZ](https://www.codedunedin.nz/) and [Otago Polytechnic](https://www.op.ac.nz/study/game-design-and-development/).

Dunedin Game Dev Meetup is committed to maintaining the safety of our community. You must also make yourself familiar with our safe space policy, this can be found on our [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/gamedevdunedin). Dunedin Game Developers does not tolerate bullying or harassment of any kind.

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