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We've smashed it - thanks to you, we raised £48,005 🥳🥂 This all goes towards funding our work making the games industry more accessible and helping aspiring game developers with their first career steps. Thank you everyone for your support with our Into Games Bundle 2, the speed at which it sold out is incredible!! A huge round of applause to those who helped make this happen - Fanatical 💛 The Yogscast (Games) 💛 Systemic Reaction 💛 META Publishing 💛 nDreams 💛 Auroch Digital Ltd 💛 Fireshine Games 💛 Spiral Circus 💛 KO_OP 💛 poncle 💛 PQube 💛 Landfall Games 💛 4J Studios Ltd 💛 Modern Wolf 💛 and of course our wonderful Head of Partnerships & Development Brandon Cole for your hard work in putting this together 👏 We hope you enjoy your new games, and can't wait for our next bundle 🎮

Welcome to our newest Ambassadors! Thank you for signing up to volunteer and help support growing talent in the UK Games industry! Connie Reid, Konglomerate Games Dee Kariyawasam, TT Games Ltd Jack Murrell, Sunderland College Mary Goodden Matt Dunlop, Space Ape Games The VGA network connects aspiring game developers with experienced industry professionals. Our ambassadors provide unique insights and invaluable learning experiences. Are you a games industry professional eager to share your expertise? Become a Video Games Ambassador today and help guide future game developers! Find out more about joining the VGA network here: https://lnkd.in/euMHBJBG

📣 Calling all video game course graduates! 📣 We've got a great opportunity for new Level Designers on the Forza team here at Playground Games! You'll be learning from some of the best in the industry in a friendly and social studio in Leamington Spa. Apply now and don't miss out!

Thank you to our wonderful VGA, Kevin Miles Junas, for supporting budding technical designers with your incredible feedback!

Introducing... Community Play With 😎 🎮 We'll be joined by Andreas Firnigl, the CEO and Creative Director of Nosebleed Interactive Ltd!! As one of the creators of Arcade Paradise, Andreas will play the game with us, talk us through his experience developing the game and answer questions throughout. You don't want to miss it 👏 📅 When? Thursday 1st August at 16:00 BST 📍 Where? https://lnkd.in/gN3F57Cn --- Last week in our Discord server, we started our Community Playlist sessions! Where we suggest a game for you all to try out, in this case it was Arcade Paradise - then we hang out in the server and livestream / play it together. Join our server to catch the next one 👉 intogames.org/discord

🎉 You're Invited to the Sprint Virtual Showcase! 🚀 We'd love to invite you to our Sprint Virtual Showcase, where we celebrate the incredible work of our talented participants! Whether you're a past or current participant, we invite you to share your projects with our supportive Into Games community and esteemed professional partners nationwide. 🌟 Featured Cohort: Our Advanced Storytelling Narrative Design Sprint Cohort, led by Kim MacAskill, has just completed their inspiring projects. Come check out their enhanced storytelling and narrative skills! 🔍 Who's Invited: Game professionals, friends of the network, and hiring managers. Your feedback and support mean the world to us and our participants. Let's come together to celebrate creativity, innovation, and the power of storytelling in gaming! Date: Anytime, 30th July - 5 August Location: Into Games Discord Server, Sprint-Showcase channel - https://lnkd.in/eRjQHYSj

Hello! Any London-based Publishers interested in coming to deliver a talk in-person in London on Friday 9th August on working with a publisher for the first time? 😊

I took a course through Into Games called "Setting Up An Indie Studio" that was led by Rami Ismail, and I cannot stress how incredible it was. Throughout the 3-week sprint, we learned what goes into leading a successful development team, how to market ourselves to publishers, and even had the opportunity to talk to some other professionals in the industry (George Willard and Rahul Gandhi) who gave us insight on publisher point-of-view and legal point-of-view respectively. This course has changed how I look at indie development, and you can bet that I'll be taking the lessons I learned with me for the rest of my career. A massive thank you to all of my classmates, the wonderful folks at Into Games who put this on, and of course the instructors who took the time to share their knowledge with us.

🎉 Let’s give a round of applause to the cohort of aspiring indie founders who have successfully completed the "Setting up an Indie Studio" Sprint course with Rami Ismail, co-founder of Vlambeer and indie dev extraordinaire! 🚀 Throughout this live online course, our cohort delved into the intricacies of studio setup, project management, budgeting, and much more, guided by Rami's expertise and passion for indie game development. 💼 With insights on testing ideas commercially and mastering the art of game pitching, attendees are better equipped to navigate the competitive world of indie game development with confidence. 🎮 A huge thank you also to Masterclass hosts who shared invaluable knowledge: 💚 George Willard, co-founder of Secret Sauce 💙 Rahul Gandhi, Associate at Sheridans We'd also like to thank our wonderful returning Sprint Coordinator Jenny Jardine 😎 Don't forget to check out our upcoming courses to further enhance your game development skills 👉 https://lnkd.in/e7ry5cpY