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Memphis Game Developers

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Memphis, TN, US

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What we’re about

Hi there, and welcome to the Memphis Game Developers group! We are the official Unity Users group for Memphis and the greater Midsouth! We are an open group of developers and artists who share ideas and knowledge on game development as well as collaborate on projects and game jams! Our platform of choice has been Unity3D, as it has quickly become and held the status as the de facto platform for indie developers. Don't know anything about game development? That's fine, we can point you in the right direction, whether it be on the developer side or the artistic side! Would you like to give a talk or share your project? Let us know, as we'd love to have you speak! Below are just a few of the types of events we do
• **Workshops**: Everything from Intros to Unity, How-tos, to more advanced topics. •**Game Jams**: These are like hackathons for games! We regularly participate in Global Game Jam and Ludum Dare.
• **Hangouts**: Come chill with us as we try to dedicate a time every week to work on our games.
• **Show and Tell**: Show off your work and get feedback from other developers!
•**LAN Parties**: In conjunction with Midsouth Makers we host several LAN parties, including the famed Toys for Tots LAN party and Hacktoberfest.

Several studios have popped up out of our group! Yours could be next!
Iced Vision
Digital Precept
DynamiLux
Frozen Rat Studios

Hope to see you soon!

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Featured event

Fri, Jan 30, 2026 · 6:00 PM CST

Global Game Jam 2026

Fedex Institute of Technology, 356 Patterson St, Room 225, Memphis, TN, US

Innovation. Collaboration. Experimentation.
Get together and create games in one weekend in hundreds of locations worldwide!

The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in many ways using video games – it is universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration, or artistic expression. It is all condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people from all backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global game development and creativity spread.
The structure of a jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday late afternoon, watches a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and then a secret theme is announced. All sites worldwide are then challenged to make games based on that same theme, with games to be completed by Sunday afternoon.
The jam is known for helping foster new friendships, and increase confidence and opportunities within the community. The jam is always an intellectual challenge. People are invited to explore new technology tools, try on new roles in development and test their skills to do something that requires them to design, develop create, test and make a new game in the time span of 48 hours.

The GGJ stimulates collaboration and is not a competition.

Opening Ceremonies and team building will start Friday, January 30th. We'll spend the weekend jamming and the Presentations will be on Sunday Feb 1st.

Please see more info at https://globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/2026/ggj26-memphis-game-developers-university-memphis