What we’re about
Whether you're an experienced game developer or just interested in making games, Seattle Indies has a place for you. We feature regular meet-ups that enable people to make games, share feedback, network, and discuss the latest news in the industry. Join us and start the journey to making your next game!
Discord: https://discord.gg/join-seattle-indies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SeattleIndies
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SeattleIndies
www.seattleindies.org
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/seattleindies
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Seattle Indies strives to be an inclusive and welcoming community for everyone. By attending our events, you are agreeing to follow our code of conduct (https://www.seattleindies.org/code-of-conduct/).
Sponsors
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Hooded HorseHooded Horse is a Headline Sponsor of Seattle Indies Expo 2023
Perfect Day GamesPerfect Day Games is the Champion Sponsor of our 2023 Pride Event!
PlayEveryWarePlayEveryWare is a Champion Sponsor of SIX 2023
Mega CritMega Crit is a Champion Sponsor of SIX 2023
Academy of Interactive EntertainmentAIE is a generous host of our weekly Indie Support Group
Pacific Science CenterPacSci offers us space for game jams and our Show & Tell events
4CultureContinued support of SIX and our regular events
Premack Rogers P.C.Premack Rogers P.C. is the legal sponsor for Seattle Indies- Hooded HorseHooded Horse is a Headline Sponsor of Seattle Indies Expo 2023
- Perfect Day GamesPerfect Day Games is the Champion Sponsor of our 2023 Pride Event!
Join us on Sunday, August 3rd at Madrona Park for the annual Seattle Indies Summer Picnic! You're welcome to bring kids, family, friends, and pets along as well.
We're doing things a bit differently this year and having some food trucks available for you purchase food from along with providing some grilled food in the earlier part of the day. The event has become so popular that is getting harder for us to provide the quantity necessary and ensure food safety for everyone so we are supplementing with food trucks.
There will be lawn games like bocce, cornhole, badminton, and more. You can also bring your own games for friends to play! If the weather doesn't cooperate, we can hide in the shelter instead.
NOTE: Alcohol is not permitted at the park.
Schedule
Lunch: 1pm-3pm
Do I have to RSVP to attend?
Sign-ups are not required but help us estimate the number of attendees to determine how much food and drink to bring.
Directions to Event
If you are planning to attend, please read this to find the accurate location for the picnic!
Shelter 1 at Madrona Park
The picnic will be held at Shelter 1 in Madrona Park in Seattle, just east of the restroom.
Due to technical constraints, the location that Meetup presents is close, but quite not the exact location of the shelter.
Use the map below or plot your own directions on Google Maps using this link.
Parking
The nearest parking lot is available south of the picnic shelter with entrances along Lake Washington Blvd. If that happens to be full, you can try the one further down, next to the marina.
Transit
The #2 bus comes closest to the park and stops about a five minute walk away at the corner of Newport Way and Madrona Dr
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Seattle Indies strives to be an inclusive and welcoming community for everyone. By attending our events, you are agreeing to follow our code of conduct ( https://www.seattleindies.org/code-of-conduct/ ).
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Seattle Indies Founders Clubthinkspace Seattle, Seattle , WA
Join us during Seattle Tech Week for the next installment of the Seattle Indies Founders Club at ThinkSpace Seattle's beautiful location on Lake Union.
We will feature a panel of games industry founders focused on managing and reducing development costs with scrappy game development methodology and touching on fundraising in challenging times.
We will also be raffling off passes to SLICE and offering a discount on tickets for any who attend this event. This will be the final Founders Club meetup before SLICE so come prepared with your questions about how to maximize your experience at the conference.
Thanks to ThinkSpace Seattle for generously providing their event space to host this event.
Thanks to our sponsor Accelbyte.
Panelists:
Hosted by Jon Kimmich, Founder, Software Illuminati
Jun Lie, Founder, Accelbyte
Ty Taylor, Founder, Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Michael Agustin, CEO & Co-Founder, Curie
Pavan Katepalli, Founder & CEO, Yomi Games/Manami
Bilgem Cakir, Co-Founder/CTO/CFO, Clay Token GamesSeattle is the home to over 200 game studios, each with inspiring, insightful, and experienced founders excited to share their stories, wisdom, and knowledge gained from years of starting and running a successful business in the industry.
Whether you are an experienced founder with decades of experience, a new founder just getting started, or an aspiring founder looking for some insight and guidance on the process this event is for you!
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AccelByte is a game backend platform that supports cross-platform, storage, monetization, social, matchmaking, and more. We know there is no such thing as 'one size fits all' so our platform is extensible, customizable, and scalable. AccelByte has been battle-tested, with proven deployments of live titles that support millions of players, meaning you can focus on building your game with complete peace of mind. AccelByte’s talent has decades of experience building and shipping some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world. We are founded by industry veterans who have engineered online systems for some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world—including Fortnite, Epic Store, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and EA Origin.With AccelByte, studios can start testing the core game loop without having to invest in a large backend engineering team and can rapidly deploy without a LiveOps team.
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Seattle Indies strives to be an inclusive and welcoming community for everyone. By attending our events, you are agreeing to follow our code of conduct (https://www.seattleindies.org/code-of-conduct/). - Writer's RoomLink visible for attendees
Welcome all game writers, narrative designers, voice actors and more to the Seattle Indies Writer's Room! Bring your scripts, flowcharts, character bibles or whatever you're working on to share and get feedback on your storytelling.
Every month we get together to go over each others prototypes, visual novels, pitches, interactive fiction, or any writing content intended for games. Scripts will be read out loud and we will cover as much as folks have time for, so please be respectful of the other writers. Long form discussion and larger works should be discussed in the #narrative or #critique channels of the Seattle Indies Discord.
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Seattle Indies strives to be an inclusive and welcoming community for everyone. By attending our events, you are agreeing to follow our code of conduct (https://www.seattleindies.org/code-of-conduct))
