Enroll now for the 2025 Seattle Indies Mentorship program

Jan 13th, 2025 by Tim Cullings

Applications are open for the 2025 Seattle Indies Mentorship Program! Participation is free and open to all regardless of your skill level. We only require that you commit to at least one hour-long mentorship session per quarter, so if you have one hour to spare every three months then you are more than welcome to apply. We launched this program in 2022 and have made close to 150 matches with many of them leading to very successful results.

Mentees in the program have told us how they gained confidence and were inspired to pursue a formal education in game design, art, and coding or got the necessary information to launch their new studio or to finish a game they had been working on for years.

Mentors get to interact with the next generation of game developers in our community, impart their wisdom gained from their lives and careers in games, and get a strong sense of giving back to the community that gave them a lot on their career journeys.

People who want to be a mentor should fill out this form.

People looking for a mentor should fill out this form.

Seattle Indies has existed in one form or another since 2011 and we are fortunate to have members who have stayed active since the beginning. Many have gone on to successful careers and leadership roles in the industry and are generously offering their time to support young and beginning game developers as they start their journeys here with us.

If you previously signed up for the program we will look at and consider applications from 2024. If you signed up prior to 2024 or you don’t remember the last time you registered please sign up again so we can make sure to have your most recent information.

We typically get more applications from mentees than mentors by a factor of 3-5x so not everyone who applies this time will be matched up with a mentor but we will notify you when the next round of matchmaking is available.

Sign-ups are open from now until 11:59pm PT on Jan 31, 2025. Matches will be made and emails sent to connect people by the end of February 2025 at the latest.