Social gatherings, tech events, showcases and more in Canada.
The Game Discovery Exhibition (GDX) is the largest independent celebration of game dev and games culture in Canada; it showcases talent from Alberta and beyond.
#GDX2023 is coming July 19-23 to #YEG! Canada's largest celebration of #gamedev and games culture is back for more and bigger than ever before.
Now in its fourth year, the Canadian video game conference has levelled up with the addition of Canada’s largest Game Showcase and an Esports Business Lounge
The third edition of the Games from Quebec Steam Sale runs from February 2 to February 6, 2023.
DemoNights brings back one of the most renowned showcases in the Québec video game industry.
Super FESTival is an online celebration of the past decade of Hand Eye Society programming. Join us!
Back for its seventh year, Game Slice offers game industry professionals a space to gain valuable feedback from their industry peers in a collaborative and exciting environment.
Indie Cup is hosting a digital festival of indie games with developer awards and an online exhibition of upcoming indies from Canadian devs!
A Steam Sale of games developed in Ontario will be running for a week featuring 200 games from nearly 100 studios in Canada’s most populous province.
Welcome back to in person game jams with Town One, preparing you to game industry work with workshops, mentorship and mobile VR/AR support. Register here.
An afternoon of game demos, gamedev discussions and board games!
Join up and be part of our general meetings, ask the chapter executives questions, post some of your passion projects, and kick back with your industry peers.
Back for its sixth year, Game Slice offers game industry professionals a space to gain valuable feedback from their industry peers in a collaborative and exciting environment. Due to COVID-19, Game Slice will continue being fully online to allow game developers from far and wide to preview their unreleased games to an engaged and knowledgeable audience.
Game Slice 2021 will be using an interconnected environment of Discord services and Twitch Streaming to provide the best environment possible for exhibitors and attendees.
In addition to playtesting exhibits, Community Partners will be providing discussions and lectures for all attendees.
When we game industry professionals get together we always end up sharing the many highs and lows development process. Doing this during the development process provides valuable feedback from industry peers going through the same development challenges.
Game Slice provides a structured format to show your game behind closed doors and help shape the future of your game at any stage of development.
This is a private event for Corporate Game Studios, Professional Game Developers, or Indie Game Developers. If you’ve launched a game in the past you qualify to be on the quest list.
Additionally, exhibitors can choose to allow students to attend their booth.
Hand Eye Society is having their yearly Comics X Games online this year, and you can check out the full details of games here.
It’s back and bigger than ever! The Hand Eye Society has partnered once again with the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) and Canzine to announce the return of the Comics x Games festival! This year, due to COVID-19 Comics x Games will be making a return, but with a virtual twist! We can’t wait to be able to showcase the works of more local and international artists at this year’s festival! And without further ado, here are all the amazing games for this year’s festival.
Demo new indie games directly in your web browser without the need for downloads.
The XP Game Developer Summit will host a playable digital game showcase where attendees can play games for free in their browser thanks to the Trail platform starting April 8, 2021. The summit will also feature a broadcast series of talks and panels around topics impacting the gaming industry in 2021 on its Twitch channel.
"When events were forced to go digital last year, many game developers lost the ability to showcase their games. The aspect of walking into a show hall and picking up a controller to play new games was lost.” shared Jason Lepine, founder of the XP Game Developer Summit. “Thanks to our partnership with Trail, we can now work with developers to prepare demos that attendees can play from anywhere around the world right from their web browser. This helps recapture some of the magic lost from live events."
With Trail, we can now offer attendees the ability to play games in web browsers thanks to its ultra-accessible WebGL player. Developers participating in the XP Digital Game Showcase will have the chance to optimize their games for the Trail player, allowing attendees to play these games in their browser without any wait times or downloads. Starting April 8, 2021, viewers will be able to view and play these games for free at xpgamesummit.com.
The XP Game Developer Summit will also feature a free broadcast of specialized talks and panels focusing on key aspects of the game industry. The broadcast will be viewable on the XP Game Developer Summit Twitch channel live. Attendees will be able to ask questions and interact with the speakers in a live Q&A session at the end of each panel.
Game developers can now apply to have their games featured and playable in the digital game showcase powered by Trail on xpgamesummit.com. Applications are also open for industry speaking opportunities during the XP Game Developer Summit broadcast.
The 6th annual FIVARS - Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories - showcases an expertly curated selection of immersive experiences from around the world, featuring many North American and World premieres!
First of its kind in Nova Scotia, GameDev Atlantic is a game development conference designed to grow the industry in Atlantic Canada.
This conference will feature speaking sessions on a variety of topics. GDA also offers the opportunity for networking, funding, and mentorship. Studios of all sizes, as well as keen students or individuals, are encouraged to attend.
In 2020 this event will take place virtually, presenting to a much wider audience but still keeping the focus on the Atlantic development scene.
Join us for Canada Games Online. The inaugural online event presented by the Canadian Interactive Alliance (CIAIC) is designed to help Canadian video game developers grow their businesses.
B2B Connect (September 17-18) is the next step in your business development journey. During this 48-hour online networking event, you can request meetings with compatible game publishers and investors from around the world. Participating companies include EA, Nintendo, Konami, NetEase, Square Enix and 505 Games.
There are limited places available, so sign up today!
***Publishers and investors are eligible for a free ticket. If you want to receive one, please send an email to canadagamesonline@kalikoprod.com with your first name, last name, company name and company website.***
Registration deadline: 23:59, September 16, 2020
Cancellations will only be accepted until 48 working hours before the activity. Participant substitutions are accepted until the activity is held. Please send your cancellation notice to canadagamesonline@kalikoprod.com.
Back for its fifth year, Game Slice offers game industry professionals a space to gain valuable feedback from their industry peers in a collaborative and exciting environment. Due to COVID-19, Game Slice is fully online to allow game developers from far and wide to preview their unreleased games to an engaged and knowledgeable audience.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are taking Game Slice online! Utilizing an online conferencing platform we intend to offer the same heart and soul that makes Game Slice a success.
Details can be found on the Game Slice website.
Event News & Update! Game Slice returns for its fifth year as an online event. Now on Wed. Sept. 16th from 5-6pm. Exhibitors looking to showcase their current games should register on our website. New to 2020 are presentations and a student showcase track. https://t.co/kMnelTf8lL
— Game Slice (@GameSliceEvent) August 27, 2020
An amazing opportunity for as many as 100 local designers, programmers and artists to come together and collaborate to build their very own video games from scratch!
Combining the best elements of tournament and convention experiences, the two-day event will feature a festival-like atmosphere. Guests can expect tournaments, free play, BYOC, live streaming events, panels, hackathons and more.
MEGA and MIGS are two events happening in Montréal from November 16 - 17 and November 18 - 19 respectively, with options to buy tickets for one or the other or both.
An indie game showcase presented by the Hand Eye Society in partnership with the Microsoft Store.
Unity Developer Day is part of a series of events put on by Unity. The Vancouver edition includes talks from Unity experts, demos of other Unity projects and a great chance to network.
The 8th annual Full Indie Summit is happening in Vancouver, BC at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Saturday September 28 from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM.
Game Slice, the yearly event for testing unreleased games is happening again in London in September.
The yearly Fan Expo will be held August 22nd to August 25th this year at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
A night for indie game devs in Vancouver to get together, network and show off their games.
VRTO IS CANADA’S PREMIERE IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES EVENT
A unique, international conference, exploring Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, programming, game developments, arts, culture and science through immersive technologies featuring in-depth training, structured networking and a world-class symposium on the evoloution on a new medium.
You can get tickets on the official Eventbrite right here.
A trailer for the 4th Annual VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo featuring a voice over by founder Keram Malicki-Sanchez and a look back at 3 years of amazing technology and the people who create and develop it. https://conference.virtualreality.to Twitter: https://twitter.com/vrtoronto Instagram https://instagram.com/vrtoronto
Do you have an interest in gaming? Join us for the triOS Gaming Arcade event!
View and play games being produced by triOS students and graduates. Chat with studio owners and instructors in the gaming industry. Learn how to break into the video game development and art industries.
Date: November 1, 2018
Time: 5:30pm
Location: triOS College Toronto Campus
Interested? When you attend this event, you'll also receive a $500 bursary toward the Video Game Design and Development or Video Game Design Technologies diploma program at triOS!
Register for your free tickets at Eventbrite.
On July 27-29 Red Bull along with Bell Canada will be presenting one of Canada’s largest game development hackathon at AdrenaLAN in Toronto. There will be thousands of dollars of prizes to be won for the best hacks in areas like mobile games and VR/AR, along with workshops to introduce attendees to the world of game development and design.
AdrenaLAN will also include an exclusive panel on the future of hackathons and will include directors from Canada’s leading hackathons as well as companies like Google and HackerNest. Hackathon details and more information will be released at: www.redbull.com/adrenalan
Application form link: bit.ly/2JuSvAA
Beginners and first time hackers are welcome too!
Final application deadline: July 4th at 11:59pm EST
Any questions can be emailed to contact@omcn.tech.
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