IGDA NC-Triangle Chapter

Here's the video from our XR event last month. Enjoy!

XR and Game Development Panel IGDA NC Triangle Chapter partnered with AWE Night NC Triangle Chapter and Duke University's School of Engineering to present a panel on XR game development. ...

Magic Soup Games CEO Jen Oneal shares her thoughts on making a permanent remote office successful for your team and business. Head to GDC Vault for the full video.

The countdown is on for USA on 9-10 October! Have you registered yet?

The two-day conference explores recent and future advancements in the game accessibility field. USA is committed to making games more accessible to gamers with disabilities, hosted by the IGDA's accessibility SIG.

The conference is hybrid, with a free-to-attend online event on Zoom and Discord and an in-person gathering in Redmond, Washington.

To learn more about the event and register, please visit: https://ow.ly/EigM50PTv21

Our next event is coming up! Join us for an Open Mic to share your experiences and hear other people share their experiences! More details at the Meetup Page.

Game Dev Open Mic Night, Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 6:00 PM | Meetup **IGDA NC-Triangle chapter is back for another event! Join us at our Open Mic Event as we laugh, cry, celebrate and commiserate.** **Have you finally shipped that game you

Not a bad look, if we do say so ourselves. Hope you're ready for GDC 2024.

Your interim board is hard at work behind the scenes setting up the infrastructure for this awesome chapter. We will be holding elections soon, for an official 'of the people' board. If you're interested in running for the board, or just plain helping out, let us know on this form.

IGDA NC-Triangle Chapter Board Interest Form An interim board is currently restarting the NC-Triangle chapter and we'd love your help! We plan on holding elections in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, we'd like to gauge community interest for board positions. To run for a seat on the board you must have an active IGDA membership. If being...

M+DEV invites all game creators to apply to their Games Showcase! For the cost of attending M+DEV, creators can show off their in-development or recently released game to get valuable feedback and hopefully find some future players. In addition, publishers will be attending and looking for their next game to publish. The deadline to apply has been extended to 15 October. The Games Showcase will first be open to M+DEV attendees and then the doors will be open to the public.

Apply here: https://ow.ly/aKxj50PKGO8

The 8th annual Game Devs of Color Expo is an online festival that amplifies the creative power held by people of color in games. Featuring conference talks & panels, dev interviews, virtual videochat networking, job board, grant awards, webgames, Steam Sale, and the GDoCExpo Direct.

Learn more and register here: https://ow.ly/tAI150PHNzJ

A big thank you to everyone who came out to the event tonight! We know your schedules are jam packed and we really appreciate you taking the time out of your week to meet with us. We couldn't have asked for a better re-start to in person meetings. And if you missed it, no worries! This is just the beginning.

Today’s the day of our meetup! Can’t wait to see you all there!

Hope your weekend is going well! Just putting some feelers out there: what would you like to see from the IGDA NC Triangle chapter? More events? Weekly discussions? Let us know in the comments!

Hello all! If you're interested in AR/VR/XR and how it can shape the future of health care check out this event happening in Durham! It's free to attend and happening this Wednesday at 6!

Enterprise + Health in XR with DHIT, Sponsored by Lenovo, Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 6:00 PM | Meetup The largest XR group in the Triangle returns for the first time since 2020 with an amazing lineup of speakers and demos! For this meeting, we are teaming up with [Digital

Just stopping by to let you know we also have a meetup page in case that is your preferred method of keeping up with the latest events and such!

IGDA NC Triangle | Meetup The NC-Triangle Chapter of the International Game Developers Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the interests of game developers within the areas of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.The IGDA’s goals are to connect members with their peers, to promote professional develop...

Hi friends! Just a reminder that we do have a discord!
https://discord.gg/DSRWAQbn

If this link expires, just message any of the page managers for an new link!

Join the IGDA NC-Triangle Chapter Discord Server! Check out the IGDA NC-Triangle Chapter community on Discord - hang out with 255 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Puny Human is hiring - they're looking for an Unreal Engine C++ Engineer, a Producer and an Operations Coordinator: https://punyhuman.com/positions/

Puny Human - Open Positions Work with us? We want to make cool stuff, and we need help from time to time. We’re a fun, self-motivated group, all over the world. Be smart about this, if you require babysitting or micro-management, we probably won’t work well with you. If you can’t stay on top of your work, or available to...

"House Bill 945, Esports Incentive Program, would offer a 25 percent refundable tax credit for video gaming event productions – both live and tape-delayed for broadcast – that cost at least $250,000 in qualifying expenses.

It would also give $5 million to North Carolina State University for the planning and construction of an Esports Training and Education Center and set aside another $2.5 million for a mobile training and educational unit that could travel around the state."

https://www.wral.com/esports-would-get-a-boost-in-nc-house-bill/19717942/

Esports would get a boost in NC House bill State House lawmakers are looking at tax incentives to bring e-sports tournaments to North Carolina and funding for more training centers at schools a

Anyone else participating in PitchYaGame? We're excited two local developers are participating - we'd love your help supporting 'em!

https://twitter.com/jitspoe/status/1399682386024095754

https://twitter.com/BraveSnowGame/status/1399726407220146177

jitspoe on Twitter “ is back! Fist of the Forgotten () is a fluid, momentum-focused with combat and special moves powered by a fist of forgotten origins. Move fast, face powerful bosses, and find the remnants of humanity. ℹ️ https://t.co/CNmwrM6l74 🔊 on! https://t.co/r20K...

Congrats to Raleigh-based Imangi Studios!

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/temple-run-tv-series-a-smith-co-1234981468/

‘Temple Run’ Competition Series in Development From ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Producers A. Smith & Co. The popular mobile game “Temple Run” could soon be coming to TV, with unscripted juggernaut A. Smith & Co. Productions teaming with video game company Imangi Studios to develop a co…

Funcom currently has 12 open positions in Raleigh, NC including roles in Production, Art, Design, Programming and more.

They're looking for people to help on their new DUNE Survival game and on Conan Exiles: https://jobs.funcom.com/jobs?location=Funcom+%28Raleigh%2C+NC%2C+USA%29

Jobs in Funcom (Raleigh, NC, USA) - Funcom Job openings in Durham at Funcom

We're so excited to share that Teravision Games is a recipient of the Epic Megagrant for Latam! Teravision Games is based in Bogotá, Colombia with offices in Canada, Spain, and here in the US - in Raleigh!

Their first self-published title Captain ToonHead vs The Punks from Outer Space is in VR and will be coming out this Summer on PSVR, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Oculus devices - including the Quest, which they just announced yesterday! Huge props for being on the front page of the Oculus blog 🙌

“The Carolina Gaming Arena is a place for students to come together and find each other within the gaming community here on campus,” says Lee Hyde, the director of UNC ResNET, which provides IT support for UNC-Chapel Hill’s residential communities and manages the new arena. “It’s also a place to celebrate all of the things that our students are doing in the area of gaming.”

Press start on the Carolina Gaming Arena | UNC-Chapel Hill The new Carolina Gaming Arena is providing casual and competitive gamers an outlet on campus.

We need YOU to fill out the Developer Satisfaction Survey! This study is about the composition and work experiences of people who work in the game industry because you do work or engage in study that is game-related.

https://tinyurl.com/DSS2021tt

IGDA 2021 Developer Satisfaction Survey Take the International Game Developers Association 2021 Developer Satisfaction Survey for members of the game development community

One of our awesome local developers, Jitspoe, made a candid video talking about his first indie game dev sales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9RmdMPQhZc

First Indie Game Paycheck Goop Loop: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1454550/Goop_Loop/Here I discuss the first payment I got from selling an indie game, what you can expect with a...

Today's the last day to vote for the 2021 IGDA Board of Directors!

IGDA Members - don't forget to cast your vote in the 2021 elections! For more details, visit: https://igda.org/elections/