August 2024 Update
Hello Indies!
Hope you’re enjoying the Seattle Summer, switching between hot and sunny and cold and cloudy hour to hour. Alas, let’s talk about games…
Upcoming Events
Seattle Indies Expo 2024: Mark your calendars! Our annual Expo is coming back on September 1st!!!
SIX 2024will once again be taking place at the Hilton Motif Hotel on Sunday September 1, 2024 from 12pm – 9pm where the top games from judging will be on display for the general public and games industry professionals who are in town for PAX West to check out and play. We might even have something new in the works for PAX West week, stay tuned to our social media channels and the Discord for all of the latest updates.
PAX West is coming up on Aug 30 – Sept 2, 2024, and the applications are open as well. PAX West is a celebration of gaming and gaming culture featuring thought-provoking panels, a massive expo hall filled with the best publishers and studios, new game demos, musical performances, tournaments, and a community experience unlike any other. Find out more here.
Note that PAX RIsing applications are now open, and will be open until midnight ET on Monday, June 10th.. The PAX Rising Showcase is an intensely curated collection of games selected by the PAX Team and highlighted on the show floor. Apply Here.
IndieCade Anywhere and Everywhere is IndieCade’s online festival for 2024 and will be held in the fall. This online event is built from the ground up specifically to highlight and feature games of all types, along with their creators, from around the world. Learn more about it here!
If you want to get a list of all upcoming game event shows and get ready early, The Indie House has published this fantastic list of upcoming festival that’s exactly that. Well worth a bookmark!
Monthly Events
Here’s our Meetup Page with all future upcoming events.
The Eastside Meet & Drink is happening at Pint & Pie Public House on August 6, at 6:30pm! Keep in mind it happens on the first Tuesday of every month. It’s time to get together and swap stories. Put down your keyboards and brave the outdoors. Let’s meet for a drink, a bite to eat, and some good conversation!
Northside Social is taking place August 8, 6pm at Watershed Pub & Kitchen on 10104 3rd Ave NE (note the new address!!) It’s time to get together and swap stories. Put down your keyboards and brave the outdoors. Let’s meet for a coffee/tea, a bite to eat, and some good conversation!
Feedback Circle is happening on August 14 at 7pm, right on our Discord. It’s time to stop coding, animating, making art or audio or adding that amazing new feature you thought of while you were falling asleep last night and come to Feedback Circle to get some real responses to what you have been working on from game creators in our community like yourself.
We’ll be having a Show and Tell on August 15 at 5:30pm at Niantic offices at One Bellevue Center – Chinook Room
411 108th Ave NE · Bellevue, WA. Bring your laptop and show off what you’re working on at the Seattle Indies Demo Night. Use this event to get feedback on your game and to network with other game devs. Pizza will be provided. Please bring everything you will need to demo and record feedback for your game.
Seattle Indies Board Game Meetup is happening on August 18, 3pm at at Phoenix Comics and Games. Come play board games with Indie Game Developers!
NEW Southside Social is taking place August 19, 5pm at Logan Brewing Company in Burien. It’s time to get together and swap stories. Put down your keyboards and brave the outdoors. Let’s meet for a coffee/tea, a bite to eat, and some good conversation!
Seattle Indies Social is happening on August 20 at 7pm at Stoup (formerly Optimism) in Capitol Hill. Join us for some well-deserved mingling, drinks, and socialization! Make some new friends, catch up with old ones, and find out what the community’s up to.
The Game Club is happening on August 21 at 7pm right on our Discord. What a book club is to a discussion of literature, this event is to a discussion of game design. Every month, we agree to play a game, then meet to discuss and analyze its design and presentation.
Indie Co-working Support Group in-person will take place every Saturday, from 1:00 PM to 6:30 PM PST, at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment. Seattle Center wifi will be available for use. Please bring everything you need to be productive. We will be meeting every Saturday of the month at AIE going forward. We have also added a Co-working voice channel in Discord for people to use any time they want a quiet space to work alongside their peers.
The Writer’s Room is taking OFF this month. Bring your scripts, flowcharts, character bibles or whatever you’re working on to share and get feedback on your storytelling.
Local Dev News
Nickolai Boulton shared a new Animated Trailer they worked on for Tales of Fablecraft, entering Early Access July 23rd! Watch it Here!
iJragon officially released a 2D/3D Hybrid Horror Puzzle game that may leave you feeling unsafe even behind your own screen! Play it Right Here!
Jakub K announced the release date for their next game “JUST CROW THINGS”🐦⬛ Check out the Tweet and info new trailer here.
Allie M released a small teaser of what they’re working on, watch it here.
Dan T published their game Cybertruck Simulator to Itch! Go give it a play if you can
Otto Germain published the Steam page for Puzzle Depot – wishlist right here!
enzi polished up a Game Boy Camera project and put it up on Steam for National Ice Cream Day! Check it out!
final (Sarah R.) shared that Grimshire, a cozy dark farmpg, is part of #PixElatedFestival’s Official Selection! Celebrate pixel-art games with us during the Steam festival starting July 29th! Read more here!
Corey Kemper was at Geekfest West with Seattle Indies – here is a behind the scenes video they put together, watch it now!
Paul K release a free demo for Grapplers: Relic Rivals if anyone wants to try it out! It’s an insanely chaotic PVP platformer with grappling hooks. Check it out!
Harassment Policy, AAPI, Black Lives Matter, and Resources
Seattle Indies stands with the AAPI community. We are here for our members who have been affected by the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes both locally and nationally. For further resources to educate yourself on the issue and how to take action, here is a useful link: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
Seattle Indies believes the stories of the victims of sexual harassment and assault in the games industry that have been shared. We strongly condemn the actions by people in power preying on the dreams of vulnerable people trying to make their way in the industry and strive to build an inclusive community that welcomes all minorities to provide a safe environment and a better vision for the game industry.
While our code of conduct states a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of any kind we are especially sensitive to the daily challenges faced by womxn due to the ingrained sexism that has existed in the structure of the games industry for far too long. We are actively working to build a better community of game developers and we all need to do better.
Additionally, Board Member August Belhumeur has offered to be a personal resource for anyone who needs help, someone to talk to or some guidance on next steps if you have experienced harassment in the industry either at our events or elsewhere. She can be reached at august@seattleindies.org.
Our friends at Take This Org have compiled valuable resources for anyone in immediate need of professional help for their situation.
Lastly, Seattle Indies and Diversity Collective+ support Black Lives Matter. Here are some resources compiled by Diversity Collective+ for how you can offer support, whether this is financial, contributing to petitions, preparing for protests, or getting informed. If you have additional resources, comment below and we will add them.
As always, keep an eye on our Discord for any last-minute news and discussion, and let us know about any projects you’re working on that you’d like shared on our Steam or Itch collections or tweeted about from @SeattleIndies!
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