The Seattle Indies Blog

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West Side Social – Steam Dev Days Edition

I hope you all had a great holiday break and were able to take some time off of your various projects to enjoy the company of family and friends. As is typical when it comes to these sorts of events, we’re looong overdue for a community meetup! This month’s extravaganza is a little spontaneous, for which I apologize, but we have a unique opportunity to connect with some other out-of-town indie developers who are going to be in Seattle for Steam Dev Days next week. I’ve invited a whole bunch of them...

By Matthew Burns

UNITY – Seattle Unity User Group

Seattle boasts a giant unity developer community.  Recently, Unity opened an office in Bellevue to support developers, and they often demo new technology to the Seattle Unity User Group.  Find out more at their meetup site! http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Unity3D/

By Matthew Burns

Don’t forget tonight’s meetup @ Reactor! A post-kickstarter best practices panel!

Come join us at Reactor - click for address and details!   **Edit: Video of this event can be found here.

By Matthew Burns

Funded and Delivered: Best practices after Kickstarter

Seattle Indies and WIN Reactor present a Post-Kickstarter Panel of Indies! 12/17/2013 6:30 to 9 p.m. Where:  2820 Elliott Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 Cost:  Free **Edit: Video of this event can be found here. Join us for discussions exploring the potential pitfalls Indies face after Kickstarter success. The evening will cover the final push to product completion, fulfillment, surprises and liabilities. The panel includes Jordan Weisman, Jamie Fristrom, Alex Hogan and Jason B...

By Matthew Burns

Seattle Indies and 17-BIT present an Evening of Indie Demos

October 30th, 7PM at 17-BIT!  MAP Bring out your latest and greatest products to demo to the community and enjoy food and refreshments courtesy of Nintendo.  Works-in-progress, recently finished, game jam, or some amazing new game you just found and want the world to know about?  Bring it all! Contact Zach Aikman to reserve a slot on the big screen, bring those tablets and handhelds and hang out with the community! Join the event here on Facebook

By Matthew Burns

IGDA Seattle and Amazon.com Present: Industry Pioneer Al Lowe’s Leisure Time!

    Join Al Lowe this Wednesday for a lighthearted evening with a long view of our industry and where it’s been, crowdfunding, and the joys of being paid to do what you’d do for free. (But don’t tell anybody!)   Al Lowe Al Lowe entered the video game industry over three decades ago, working for Sierra Online during its glory years of the 80s and 90s. He served in many facets of game creation but is best known for creating Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist, Torin&rsquo...

By Matthew Burns