Press Kit — Seattle Indies

Description

Seattle Indies is non-profit organization dedicated to fostering a vibrant and inclusive community of game developers in the greater Puget Sound area. Our primary focus is on hosting events and activities that empower people to make games, share feedback, network, and showcase their projects. We strive to provide friendly spaces where developers can congregate for support, discussion, and news on game development, in addition to highlighting the works of our talented creators to the general public.

History

Seattle Indies was founded as a chat group in 2011 managed Matthew Burns and Daniel Cook. They were shortly joined by Samantha Kalman, John Krajewski, Thomas O’Connor, and 17-Bit developers, Paul Schreiber and Zach Aikman. These organizers helped kickstart and host local developer events for the Seattle area which are still around to this day.

In 2014, the group merged with Seattle Games Co-op, which allowed a new set of organizers to come on board, coordinate their efforts, and offer more than twice as many events. In a few short years, the group grew to over thousands of members. In November 2016, Seattle Indies officially registered as a 501(c)3 non-profit, with 5 founding board members, 7 recurring events, and 3000 Meetup and Facebook members.

As of Jan 2025 the group boasts over 6,000 members on Discord, 8,500 members on Meetup, 4,400 members on Facebook, and regularly hosts 15-20 events per month. Seattle Indies Expo, our biggest event of the year, is free and open to the public. In 2024 we exhibited 32 games from our local community and saw 4,000 people attend the event held annually on the Sunday of Labor Day/PAX West weekend at Hilton Motif Seattle. Games that got their start at SIX include Slay the Spire, The Bridge, Potions: A Curious Tale, Going Under, Tumblestone, Lifeless Moon, Sail Forth, and many more.