GDC 2024 After Party Meetup with HashiCorp, Sentry, Unity, Discord & More

Welcome back to SF Game Development's third annual GDC 2024 After Party Meetup at DNA Lounge on Tuesday, March 19th from 7:00pm-12:00am. This is the largest after hours party and DJ stage production of the entire week, and you won’t want to miss it. Best of all, it’s completely FREE, all you have to do is RSVP on Meetup or Eventbrite. If possible, please leave your backpacks at home. Between both event-channels, we already have 2,000+ RSVPs so make sure to lock in your spot today!

We've split the event into three separate rooms focused around: music, tech talks and video game demos. We are also excited to announce that the main room will feature a special 32 Watt laser show by Vorperian Cyberarts along with custom video game themed projection mapped visuals. This is a professional networking event for game developers, artists, students, indies, or really anyone interested in game development. You do NOT need a GDC pass to attend, this is an event open to the public, must be 18+ to enter, so please RSVP, attend and show your support. This unofficial GDC party hosted by SF Game Development is one you won’t want to miss this year. If you want to watch a video of last years event click here. Are you having trouble registering on Meetup, register here on Eventbrite instead.

👾 What to Expect:
Main Room: Live Music and Lasers
DJ The Barbary Ghost will be spinning a unique video game themed set for our GDC 2024 After Party. Joshua (AKA The Barbary Ghost) was on the QA team for titles such as Sonic Adventure 2, Psychonauts, and Skylanders. they have also produced original music inspired by video game soundtracks with their project's "Vernian Process" and "Profondo Delle Tenebre".

DJ any% and DJ Path 2 are both local SF Bay Area DJs who will spin a mix of chiptune and liquid drum and bass, taking inspiration from the Forza Horizon Soundtrack and other old school chiptune genres. Kaytree is a San Francisco based DJ and corporate strategist at Electronic Arts. She will spin a nostalgic set inspired by video game soundtracks from the 90s and early 2000s

Vorperian Cyberarts will be taking over the lasers, and will be operating 4 laser projectors, totaling 32 Watts of power! Additionally they will be setting up a custom projection mapped stage with custom visuals, all video game themed, VJ'd by the team. Your mind will be blown by this main stage setup, it will be one of a kind!

Top Room: Technical Workshop Room
Hear from speakers from HashiCorp, Unity, Sentry, Discord, PubNub, MotionMix, Azarus, GRID and more. You’ll have a chance to attend these live sessions to learn more about APIs and technical game development concepts. At the end of each session there will be a Q/A where you will get to ask your development questions to the speakers.

• 7:30pm - Sentry - Dogfooding Metrics: How it helped us find balance
• 8:00pm - HashiCorp - Building Scalable Multiplayer Infrastructure From Scratch
• 8:30pm - Unity - Unity Muse: Accelerating in-editor prototyping with AI
• 9:00pm - GRID - How to unlock the potential of in-game data for competitive titles with GRID Game Data API
• 9:30pm - PubNub - Turn Game Metrics into Real-time Actions
• 10:00pm - Discord - Building Games on Discord
• 10:30pm - MotionMix - Measure Player Behavior In Game
• 11:00pm - Azuarus, Inc - Streams are not TV: Games for 4B Viewers

Back Room: Game Demo Stations
The back room will feature our sponsors where you’ll get to visit their booths and learn more about their product offerings. Additionally there will be a few indies showing off their latest titles dropping at GDC 2024.

🎉 About SF Game Development: SF Game Development is the largest Meetup group in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing game developers together for over six years. As a highlight of GDC 2024, we're hosting two of the biggest parties during GDC week!

📧 Contact for Sponsorship: For sponsorship inquiries reach out to Jordan at jordan.schuetz@gmail.com.

See you all there!
You do not need a GDC pass to attend, this is an event open to the public, so please RSVP, attend and show your support. Get ready to network, and celebrate the vibrant world of game development at our epic after party! By registering, personal data may be shared with third parties. See you there! 🚀