Videogames Glasgow

Monthly meetup for game developers, streamers, journalists, marketeers, and anyone else interested in or working in the games industry.

Come along if you want to talk videogames and game development, if you need to test out a game you're working on or want to give and receive advice on all things related to the making and appreciation of videogames. This is a friendly and inclusive space with the aim of creating a productive community of videogame people in Glasgow.

An evening of talks about games and game development.

We will have a small selection of speakers from in and out of the games industry sharing their wisdom. Expect talks to be around 30 minutes long. Our speakers for this soapbox are:

Stephen Gilmurphy - Forgetful Games

Stephen, aka thecatemites, is a game designer with a long history of experimental games including IGF winner Anthology of the Killer and the acclaimed 10 Beautiful Postcards.

In this talk he will discuss how videogames can feel so strange in memory and so impoverished in the moment. Since so much game design is about improving the immediate experience of playing a game, what happens if we take the opposite approach and try making games around the expectation of being forgotten?

Simon Meek - Thoughts on a New Creative Ecosystem

BAFTA winner and notorious game designer Simon Meek is founder of Glasgow studio Stacking Chairs. In this talk he will scratch his head and set out a new case for the creative potential of games, putting technology to one side and asking: where could we go from here?

Has a passion for experimentation has been crushed under the weight of commercial imperatives? Simon will lay out the case for a new creative ecosystem; one bold enough to foster the next generation of radical ideas for a world bogged down by reboots, reruns, and regurgitation.

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Monthly meetup for game developers, streamers, journalists, marketeers, and anyone else interested in or working in the games industry.

Come along if you want to talk videogames and game development, if you need to test out a game you're working on or want to give and receive advice on all things related to the making and appreciation of videogames. This is a friendly and inclusive space with the aim of creating a productive community of videogame people in Glasgow.

Monthly meetup for game developers, streamers, journalists, marketeers, and anyone else interested in or working in the games industry.

Come along if you want to talk videogames and game development, if you need to test out a game you're working on or want to give and receive advice on all things related to the making and appreciation of videogames. This is a friendly and inclusive space with the aim of creating a productive community of videogame people in Glasgow.