Game Industry

The Tech Valley Game Space (TVGS) had a monthly social/game night at the Center of Gravity. It's now a weekly virtual event. For the current schedule, see their main page at https://www.meetup.com/TechValleyGameSpace

AGDG is replacing our regular events with remote meetups on Discord. We'll be using Discord's voice channel and streaming features to host demos, socializing, and gaming. How to Join: Join the AGDG Discord https://discord.gg/mvXEyqK Find the category on the left column that says "📆 AGDG Meeting" Under that category, click the 🔊voice channel "📢︱meeting" Agenda: News and community updates Introductions Demos (up to 5 slots of 10 minutes each) Gaming or hangout time (*optional, after meeting) Accountability Team (*optional, after meeting) Demos are open to everyone! We'd love to see your projects, art, music, tutorials, presentations, or anything game dev related. There will also be group socializing and time to play games after the event. Our Accountability Team also meets after demos. They are a productivity group that sets personal goals and runs regular checks in on progress. Beginner's Guide to Discord https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045138571-Beginner-s-Guide-to-Discord How to demo on Discord - Go Live and Screen Share https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040816151-Go-Live-and-Screen-Share Our discord is also a great way to connect with the community outside of meetings. We have channels for all types of game development, skill sets, resources, and jobs. You're welcome to join our discord and chat even if you aren't attending the meetup.

Join us for some online gaming goodness. Please see our weekly online gaming message board thread details and game signups. We do voice chat in discord. https://discord.com/invite/EMSF8rR

This event is organized by TechSpeak. Our meetup group is collaborating by promoting this event. This event is FREE to attend! In order to attend, please register here: https://www.techspeakforentrepreneurs.com/outsource/?utm=ideatoipo (Registrants will receive login info right before the start of the event.) If you are a non-technical person with an idea for an app, you’re probably looking for a technical co-founder to help you build the app. However, you can launch a tech startup by outsourcing code! In the early days of your startup it can be challenging to attract a technical co-founder to build your app. But by knowing how to efficiently outsource the building of your MVP and gain some traction, you can de-risk the opportunity for the tech person and change the conversation from "I Need You" to "Here's an Opportunity". In this webinar, the speaker will discuss the best way to outsource the development of your app, including: 1) Why outsourcing may be the best way to find a technical co-founder 2) Outsourcing best practices 3) How not get ripped off in the process and more! About the Speaker Nelly Yusupova is a CTO, with over 18 years experience, leading companies to technical excellence. She is a startup tech advisor, outsourced CTO, and the creator of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs. Nelly is on a mission to help entrepreneurs minimize technology mistakes. Through her online master class TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, she provides the roadmap to successfully manage technology teams and projects. Just recently included in Fast Company’s, “League of Extraordinary Women”, Nelly has been at the forefront of the women’ s movement online since 1999 and is one of the Wall Street Journal’s “Women on the IT Fast Track”. Nelly is a speaker and presenter for many organizations and major industries events including: Women’s Enterprise Center, New York Entrepreneurs Business Network, Small Business Summit, BlogHer, Social Media Jungle, Mom 2.0, BlogWorld, and more. She has been featured in Inc. Magazine, NBC's Today Show, Fast Company, NewsDay.com, O’Reilly, Smart Money, Small Biz, TechRepublic, Women’s Radio and more. Nelly can be reached at: nelly@techspeak.co

This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss all things related to comic books, anime, and manga. Whether its Golden Age, Silver Age, Manga, or Anime, this group tackles the ins and outs of art, story, and the graphic media. Join our moderator, Haywood Clark, as he explores the comic book universe.

Attention Startups, Early-Stagers and Entrepreneurs of All Stages 1 Million Cups (http://www.1millioncups.com) (1MC) is a program run by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs in 150+ U.S. communities (as of January 2018) - based on the notion that entrepreneurs gather weekly to network and discover solutions over a million cups of coffee. 1 Million Cups - Irvine In June 2014, 1 Million Cups – Irvine (http://1millioncups.com/Irvine) ( #1MCIrvine ) became the 38th 1MC community and invites participation by entrepreneurs; startup, early stage or established, mentors, advisors, and business people alike from across Orange County to join these free hour long events. Each week on Wednesday morning, 1MC - Irvine offers one or two startups or early stage entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their business or concept to a diverse audience followed by 20 minutes of audience feedback, questions, suggestions and referrals. A Win-Win! Presenting entrepreneurs gain insight into possible ways they can improve their businesses, gather real-time feedback, connect with a community that truly cares about their progress, and walk away feeling like they have advanced their business. The audience also learns a great deal from the presentations. Whether this is through passively listening or deeply engaging with the entrepreneurs, there is much to learn every week from these dynamic and diverse communities. When: Wednesday, Weekly Time: 7:45 - 9:00 AM. Meetings start promptly at 8:00, end at 9:00. Open for networking after until 10AM. Please join us at our new meeting venue! Where: ONLINE! See below. Get Social With Us Hashtag Us: #1MCIrvine LinkedIn Group: 1 Million Cups - Irvine www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6713406 Facebook www.facebook.com/1mcirvine Twitter www.twitter.com/1MillionCupsIRV @1millioncupsirv (http://www.twitter.com/1MillionCupsIRV)

Come join us for a virtual social and Q&A meeting! There is no set topic and you can come and go as you want. You can also bring any questions or problems you have that you’ve been wrestling with.

Firstly we play all week and not only on Friday nights, so come and take a look and say hi in the Discord 😊 Random members of the group gather in discord and play games on Friday night! Depending on my schedule I may or may not be able to join! But many members are there so feel free to drop by and put something together! It says from 8-10pm but we often go on till 11 or 12. Most of the games are completely free and can be joined via browser or a link! Come and join, everyone is super friendly and willing to help newbies. We play all kinds of games such as Among us, Board games, Jackbox Party Pack, Codenames and lots more. We also play many PC games on steam in the discord during the week. Such as Rocket League, Valorant, Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, Fall Guys, Overcooked 2, Rainbow Six Siege etc.. We usually get between 10-20 people join directly via the Discord so don't worry if not many have joined from this page, many people always join on Friday night :) The event is completely free to join ;) See you there! Just come and say "hi" Aaron (or Taro in the discord)

The historic Boardgame And RPG Enthusiasts Group is organizing online boardgames each wednesday, at 8:30 pm - 11:30pm on their online discord. Join a welcoming community for folk near and far, young and old, of every shape, ability, and gender identity, as they enjoy digital boardgames and chatting in our discord voice channel to build a fun online community, centered around boardgames and roleplaying games. Chatting in the discord requires a microphone for your personal computer and a discord account. You can join our discord for free at the following web address. [https://discord.gg/nagJvNAmvs](https://discord.gg/nagJvNAmvs) There are many different methods we use to play board games online, but the most common is a free website, Boardgame Arena. It is accessible through an app or from most web browsers, and facilitates live games of over 480 of the most popular boardgames. It's easy to use! All you need is an email address and you can sign up for a free account here: [https://en.boardgamearena.com/account?page=newuser](https://en.boardgamearena.com/account?page=newuser) Some games often played by members on BGA include, but are not limited to; Innovation, Space Base, Railroad Ink, Race for the Galaxy, 7 Wonders, Welcome To, and many more. We also use the discord to coordinate future events, and with the recent access to widespread vaccination we are in the process of carefully opening up some live and in-person events. Come join us to be a part of the planning, or just for the most recent updates! This meeting will be a freeform gaming event. Freeform Gaming meetings are open gaming events where everyone is welcome (and encouraged!) to suggest any games they would like to play. If you suggest a game, please be prepared to teach it to others, or make it clear up front if it will be a learning game for everyone. Rules lawyers and game-crappers should feel free to stay home. To attend, all that we ask is that you review the Group Guidelines ([http://www.meetup.com/bn-bareg/messages/boards/thread/4892770](http://www.meetup.com/bn-bareg/messages/boards/thread/4892770)). While not required, RSVPing helps let us plan how to break up groups for games ahead of time. Knowing beforehand, if we have room for a 6 player game of Codenames, or if someone is wanting to play a 5 player game of Terraforming Mars, makes things a little easier to plan. We hope to see you there!

Friday's open meetup is the place for small talk, meeting new people and exchanging ideas. Join our discord server and chat in a relax and friendly setting. There is no formal structure for those meetings, and you're free to come up with whatever topic you want. Some examples: * You want to have someone to talk to while working out a concept * You need motivation to work on your project each week * You want to stream your development * You want to learn about the Luxembourgish game dev community * You have general questions about game development * You need technical help * You want to collaborate * You want to present a project * You want to talk about games * You have nothing better to do * Etc... Since it's a weekly event, we don't really expect people to rsvp (except if you need to see the server link). Just drop in whenever you like, use the text channel or go straight into voice chat. Everybody is welcome! Spoken/common language is usually English. Discord: *Please note that you will need a verified discord account in order to access the server, so it's better to handle that in advance.*

Bring what you have been working on and we can't wait to see you there! Check out our discord for up to date event info. You can also join via our discord channel (https://discord.gg/c9ZzUPRjc5) in the "Monthly Meetup" Voice Channel

We're hanging out with a Quaranstream! Our movies are TBD until about Tues/Wed prior. But regardless, we always have a movie playing on Thursday at 6pm! So come join us in the Discord and let's have fun! To properly join and view, make sure you make a stop at the carl-bot in the #rules channel and add a projector emoji to it. It'll assign you the Quaranstream role which will allow you to see and join the Quaranstream channel!

SDK study group. We play, watch lectures, and review games

Let's talk about technology and drink coffee! Until our location is open for visitors, we will run this via ZOOM. Please follow the link for the meeting to join!

FREE event [https://www.ccad.edu/chroma](https://www.ccad.edu/chroma) Friday, May 16, 3–7 p.m. CCAD campus, 60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH Join Columbus College of Art & Design for *2025* *Chroma: Best of CCAD*, our annual campuswide exhibition showcasing outstanding student work from across the college’s academic programs. This faculty-juried show features select work from CCAD students of all class years, and is a can’t-miss end-of-year campus celebration recognizing their tremendous achievements. It’ll be a night of fun and entertainment, with interactive games, animation and film screenings, art symposiums, poetry and prose readings, and more (along with some of the best local food trucks). *Chroma* is free and open to all. Many exhibitions including... **Game Art & Design:** **DSB, first floor, Welcome Center lobby and Room 115**

Join us for a night of board gaming with FANG (Fem All Night Gaming). **We are an all fem board game group** in Columbus, Ohio. No cis-men, please! We play modern hobby board games! If you're unsure what that is, we can teach you! We'll be meeting on the second floor of Giant Eagle in their cafe area. Giant Eagle has a lot of food and beverage options including their hot foods bars. You are also welcome to bring in any outside food.

Thanks for being a part of the CABS Meetup Group! We meet @ the COFFEE UNDERGROUND on Indianola Avenue. We play many different games @ CABS - bring your own or play one of the OVER 2000 in our library. What are your favorite games? What was the last game you played? Hope to see and game with you soon! Check us out on Facebook! Doors open early on Saturday Mornings at 10am and around 4pm on Fridays if you are interested in learning new / simpler games ... or new to the hobby or just want to check us out come in early just after noon and we will show you around before the crowd grows. Stay for a game or two, an hour or two or for the day! Your first visit is free and after that it's $5 a meeting or you can join for the year! It's Your Move

Pay attention! We’re delaying a week for those of you who may be on Spring break and/or celebrating the holiday. Ok, no pancakes, but waffles-a-plenty. Join the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast. Look for us upstairs!

This week is Twos-day on a Wednesday. Bring your favorite 2 player games and be ready to teach some and learn others. We'll bounce around and get to know new people and new games. Think speed dating but without the stress, romance or dating! And we don't judge, if you'd prefer to stick to bigger games by all means, go for it! The Forge does have a full bar and kitchen. There is no cover charge but they do request all attendees to purchase a minimum of ~$20 per person. Soft drink refills are $1 each. Please support our hosts so we can continue to provide great events for the group! The Forge has a large library of games available for us to enjoy. Hosts and regulars will also provide numerous popular games but please bring any games you would like to teach and/or play. Doors open at 6, and we expect gaming to be rolling by around 630. Please promptly end your games and clear out the space at 10pm when the bar closes. We encourage socializing but do not permit disruptive behavior of any kind. Thank you for your continued commitment to providing a fun and welcoming space to veteran, newbie, and rookie gamers in the Columbus area. Parking can be challenging. There is a parking lot behind the neighboring Mexican restaurant that is free and easy to walk from but it's a bit hidden.

CABS Saturday Meeting - come play some boardgames with us. Doors open at 10am and close around Midnight. We have 2000+ games onsite for playing !!! Your first visit is FREE!!! IT'S YOUR MOVE !!! JOIN US AT CABS!!!

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** GitHub Copilot is powerful, but what if you could scale from a solo AI assistant to an entire team of specialized agents working in parallel? This session introduces Squad: an open-source framework for multi-agent orchestration that lets you define teams of AI agents with specific roles, responsibilities, and expertise. We'll progress from Copilot basics to the Copilot CLI, explore how Agents add autonomy, and see how Instructions and Skills let you customize agent behavior. Then, the climax: a live demo where a Squad team of 3 agents (Lead, Developer, Tester) stands up and builds a working application in real-time, showcasing true multi-agent collaboration. Whether you're new to AI or exploring how to scale your use of Copilot, this session will show you what's possible when agents work as a team. **YouTube Link** TBD