This group is a place where board (and card!) game designers can come together, try out designs, and meet with like minded fellows. We can meet to talk design, play games, and share the craft. The most important tool a game designer can have (beside his/her imagination) is play-testers. This group is open to game designers as well as non-game designers who are willing to play new games and give honest feedback. Any member can schedule a Meet-Up for any game related event... One of the most di …

Vancouver is home to many game developers and publishers, large and small.   We have acclaimed game design schools and play host to GDC Canada.  In other words, Vancouver is a bustling hive of game-related activity. It only natural that Vancouver is home to several independent game developers as well.  Whether you're a small studio or a bedroom coder, you have a unique view of the industry.  The purpose of this meetup is to get to know your fellow Vancouver indies and to share experience and kno …

LevelUp - IGDA Victoria is a group designed to keep the local Game Design community in touch with each other, share resources, and learn from each other's experience & knowledge. Programmer? Artist? Writer? Sound Technician? Experienced? New? Work alone? As part of a team? It doesn't matter - we are all equals here. Come on down and make some new friends! While we do focus on Video Game Design, we recognize that all games - physical, sports, card, board, etc. - all have valuable and intriguing a …

This is the Seattle-wide discussion forum for technology (esp. IT, web, mobile, game, cloud, social, telecom ...). The forum is a platform for professionals to collaborate, share ideas, foster creative brainstorming. It is also a platform for companies to increase their branding and network. You could also join discussion and get event update at our Email group: http://groups.google.com/group/seattle-tech-forum

The Vancouver Social and Mobile Gaming industry is exploding and this is a MeetUp for people working in the industry. Working to bring you great speakers and events every month!

This group is designed to let folks in the area know when our events are happening, give a place for groups to gather and build a great gaming community.

http://transmediavancouver.com As part of the international community of transmedia meetups, Transmedia Vancouver is dedicated to growing and nurturing the community of transmedia developers in Vancouver. Through guest speakers, classes, and networking events, we want to bring together people from across the map of content creation—filmmakers, digital producers, game developers, writers, marketers, documentarians, and more. Content and storytelling is a converging field, and we want to help crea …

In five words or less: Nerdy Artists Hangout & Draw Comics! (does an ampersand count as a word? is "hangout" one word or two?) Our goal is to bring together people who want to make comics or video games to hang out over drinks and snacks, show off our latest works, share ideas and (of course) draw comics. Our attendees are comprised mostly of comic illustrators, with the occasional writer and game developer. We have had a few seasoned professionals at our table, but the vast majority of us do th …

Unity 3D is a great game engine for creating 2D and 3D video games and interactive digital content on PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and consoles. This group is created to connect Unity engine users, exchange ideas, discover best practices and new tools/plugins, and help each other grow and learn more about Unity.

Habit Design (TM) is a national cooperative for sharing best practices in developing sustainable daily habits via Behavior-Change Psychology, Captology (Persuasive Technology), Game Mechanics & Techniques, Behavioral Economics, Social Psychology, etc. Our goal is to spawn local "habit labs" across the country with a focus on "what really works in habit mastery beyond 100 days". See links below to join one of our chapters or check out some of our past talks. Similar to Quantified Self, we discuss …

This group is for connecting those in the Fraser Valley who simply love making games. Come to share experiences and show what you're working on!

A Place for Geeks to meet! Are you interested in meeting up with some fellow Men and Women that are active geeks and play all sorts of games?  Do you have some hobbies that some of your friends or coworkers might think are a bit off the wall  or nerd like?  Do you like to put together robots or computers? Or only go hiking or camping if you bring along your gadgets, trinkets & solar powered toys? Do you love Sci-fi/Fantasy literature? Are you a comic book person, manga readers or anime watcher? …

gsummitX - Gamification in Seattle is a meetup for anyone involved in and/or interested in the topic of gamification, engagement and/or loyalty. A few times each year, we'll ask the community to come together to hear a speaker from the gamification space, 1-2 demos from companies using gamification in their business model, and our unique workshop-like game called "Play for a Cause." We'll have some grub and beverages for everyone as well. This meetup is run by the Team at Gamification.co and the …

This is a group for the indie developers/designers who cater to non-casual gaming tastes and audiences. While there is a lot happening on the casual/social/mobile side of indie gaming in Vancouver, Hardcore Indie is for discussing games and projects that aim for more involved gaming experiences: grand strategy, emergent narratives, open world games, procedurally generated worlds, genre-defying designs, non-linear adventures, exploration of tough subject matters... any and all games that are mean …

I'd like to invite other fellow Blender Heads who are interested in using Blender to develop game content.

Do you want to be a part of the next Rooster Teeth or Revision3 right here in Seattle? Well, so do we. Seattle does not yet have that online multimedia prescence, and instead of just focusing on Videogames, or tech, we want to encompass all the things we love. Comics, movies, anime, videogames, boardgames, books, etc. Co-founders R Jay & Nick are currently growing thier fan base and youtube channel but it's going slow and they need to kick it into high gear. If you are interested in videogames, …

Networking events for women who work in, are students of, or just plain interested in working in the game industry. We ask that if you are a guy and you would like to attend one of our networking events that you bring a woman with you. This helps us to keep the female numbers up at our events, which after all, is often a challenge in our industry.

We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local mobile games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers talk about what's cool in games. Please join our Meetup and pass the URL to other friends of yours in the local gaming space

Join a friendly group of creatives and independents who like to relax after work with a beer or two. Maybe you're a writer, designer or an entrepreneur. Perhaps you run a small business. If you want to share a post work drink with a few likeminded folks, this is for you. We usually meet on Thursdays, and rotate between Redmond, Kirkland and sometime Bellevue, as that's where most folks who have joined so far reside.

Formerly: The Seattle Flash and HTML 5 User Group This is a user group for people interested in Interactive Media using Adobe software and other necessary skills. This group will gather to learn about creating Interactive Documents, Games, Responsive Websites and porting things to Tablet, Phone and Computer devices. The Seattle Flash User Group has been going for many years and with this change, we will be expanding our focus to incorporate HTML 5, JavaScript and the direction of the web with ri …

If you find yourself growing a bit jaded by the totally whack money-centric direction in which the larger games industry is headed and would like to help steer things back towards a more socially responsible route, keep reading! This group is being set up to bring us like-minded individuals together, face-to-face, so that we can utilize our skills and abilities to ultimately develop a game. So, regardless of your skill level, if you've got knowledge of programming, asset development, writing, an …

There are some wonderful Board Game communities in the Greater Seattle area, but many gamers on the East side of the pond are left out of the festivities. By fostering a local gaming community we hope to change this. Our game lists will be diverse and we welcome members of all shapes and sizes. Together we can open up a world of fun for the Seattle of the Rising Sun. Group Image provided by Roxanne Cooke, www.roxannecooke.com

Good day to all who come to my first proposed www.meetup.com group. I am offering a series of 10 workshops on a full range of design and sewing in a creative location off Main Street at . Sewing machine maintenance, pattern drafting, clothing construction, tailoring or draping in a flexible format to accommodate all skill levels. F.U.S. For Unskilled Sewers. F.I.S. For intermediate Sewers. F.A.S. For Advance Sewers. The concept is to mimic the coffee shop card that gets punched when you take a w …

This is a group for game developers, designers, artists, sound designers, musicians, and all other related disciplines. This includes everyone from the professional AAA workers to the independents, hobbyists, and those with an interest. We will have informal meetings in the Seattle area where people can demo and share their work, spend time working on projects, and interact with others with similar interests.

Work and Learn together to create Strategy Games for Web, PC, MAC, Linux, Iphone, and Android. We will be using different languages, engines and frameworks. Python, C#, JS, HTML5, Flash, Unity3D, and many more. Brought to you by Ice Turtle Studios. www.iceturtlestudios.com

A group for Sound Designers to get together and nerd out on all things audio over beers (or waters & cokes, whatever your fancy). This isn't as much a networking group (though networking will be incidental) as much as it is a place to share knowledge an have a good time.

The South Sound Game Developers is for game creators or developers using game engine technology, to connect, network, share techniques, and advance their craft. We'll meet regularly to discuss topics related to game development, game engines, programming, 3D modeling, texturing, animation and sound. We invite you to join us; Designers, artists and programmers are all welcome. Gathering up the South Sound designers, developers, programmers, artists, etc. to collaborate, network, and share how to …

Greetings! If you're geeky and wish to support GeekGirlCon, this Meetup is for you! The group exists to highlight both GeekGirlCon and local businesses. We will feature fandom events, board game days, RPG demos, fiber arts gatherings, local festivals, and more. GeekGirlCon's mission statement: GeekGirlCon celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to science and technology; comics, arts, and literature; and game play and game design by connecting geeky women worldwide and creating co …