About us
Boston Game Dev convenes many of the game-creator meetups in the greater Boston area, Our goal is to create a unified source of meetup information for the game-making community in eastern MA.
If you make (or want to make) games, come hang out!
Our meetups include:
- Boston Indies
- Boston Post Mortem (Boston IGDA Chapter)
- Women in Games
- Game Audio Boston
- MassDiGI
- Queer Game Dev Boston
- Boston Godot
- (Other groups welcome to join, please reach out!)
Join the community Slack chat at:
http://slack.bostongamedev.com
Please consider supporting us by helping cover venue and infrastructure costs with a monthly donation:
https://secure.givelively.org/donate/boston-game-dev-inc/boston-game-dev
By attending BGD events you agree to adhere to our code of conduct:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eaPSefOp4rFtVl2Rhb0jcf20UFpqrJfZHWy6KfzBpVg/
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Our Communities
Boston Indies
Boston Indies is a community of independent game developers in Massachusetts supporting hobbyists, professionals, artists, academics, and anyone else interested in the craft of game creation.
Our goals are to:
• Foster a sense of community among Boston’s independent game creators.
• Encourage creating games independent of large budgets and major corporations.
• Serve as a brain trust among local independent developers and create a positive environment for learning and getting critical feedback
We are completely agnostic with respect to technology, development platform, game type, and scope of game development. As long as you show up with an open mind, helpful attitude, and you are committed to making your own games, on your own terms, you are welcome to join us.
Upcoming events
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Hello, World! BGDU Kickoff Meet and Greet
Cambridge Public Library - Central Square, 45 Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA, USWe are excited to announce the launch of the new Unreal User Group for the Boston Area! The Boston Game Dev - Unreal Group was formed under the Boston Game Dev nonprofit umbrella to be a meeting and discussion hub for Unreal Engine users based in the Boston / Massachusetts / New England area. This will be a space where we can share ideas, tools, projects, challenges, and accomplishments using Unreal Engine.
For this, our inaugural meeting, we are inviting anyone willing to come up and give a short lightning talk on your experiences with Unreal, what parts of the engine interest you, and what you would like to get from the group. We will have a projector set up if you would like to present a few slides to go with your self-introduction, but a presentation is not required to come up and introduce yourself to the group. We are looking forward to meeting you all, and the beginning of many more meetings and discussions to come!
10 attendees![[BPM] The GDC 26 Post-Mortem: Festival Of Panel-ing](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/8/7/b/highres_534678555.jpeg)
[BPM] The GDC 26 Post-Mortem: Festival Of Panel-ing
Microsoft NERD, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, USPossibly the most unique GDC in recent years, GDC 2026: Festival Of Gaming aimed to reflect changing times within the industry and tried to reinvent itself as a result. Did this succeed? Five panelists discuss their experiences, from the networking experience to running the first Boston Game Dev booth to thoughts/advice for next year, there is a lot of interesting insight to listen in to!
Our Moderator:
Chad Stewart - Skymap GamesOur Panelists:
Ichiro Lambe - Totally Human Media
Gillian Smith - WPI
Connor Wall - Boston Game Dev
Alex Engel - Layer
Greg Kinneman - DemiurgeThe Evening Itinerary
- 6:00pm to 7:00pm - Pre-panel mingle and hang out
- 7:00-8:30pm - Announcements, Panel
- 8:30-9:00pm - The presentation ends. Attendees may join us for an additional evening hang out at Flat Top Johnnys
35 attendees
Past events
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