Video Games Ambassadors

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

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

🎉 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

Would you like to share your knowledge and experience to help foster talent in the UK Games industry? Then check out these amazing opportunities to volunteer! 🔗 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 🔗 🖊️ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Into Games is looking for a concept artist or someone who can join in to speak about different stages of the game art pipeline, from concept art to final assets. 📆 Wednesday, August 7th, at 1:00 P.M. BST 📍 Remote 🍀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Hub 175 is looking for a studio founder to deliver a masterclass on the concept stage of pre-production and planning how to prototype. 📆 Monday, August 16th, 📍 Remote 📝 𝗤𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Into Games is looking for a QA professional to discuss best practices in game QA. 📆 28th August, 1:00 PM BST, 📍 Remote ➰ 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Into Games is looking for an Animator to discuss common tools and how to master them. 📆 4th September, 1:00 PM BST, 📍 Remote 👩💻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Into Games is looking for a Programmer to discuss computer science principles and how they tie into game development for their 'Discipline Deep Dive' series. 📆 11th September, 1:00 PM BST, 📍 Remote 🏷️ 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Into Games is looking for a Marketer to discuss basic marketing concepts and how to use them to market your game effectively for their 'Discipline Deep Dive' series. 📆 18th September, 1:00 PM BST, 📍 Remote 🎲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Into Games is looking for a Game Designer to discuss Game Theory and using it's principles to create engaging and balanced gameplay for their 'Discipline Deep Dive' series. 📆 25th September, 1:00 PM BST, 📍 Remote  🏫 𝗜𝗡-𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 🏫 🕹️ 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 Heriot-Watt University invites you to play games made by students and local developers at the MDes Graduation Showcase 2024. 📆 Thursday, August 8th, 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. BST 📍 CodeBase Edinburgh 💹 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 Staffordshire University London is looking for an Indie Studio Founder to deliver a workshop about the challenges and steps of starting an Indie Studio. 📆 Sept 23rd - Sept 25th, any one day 📍 Staffordshire University London To sign up for these opportunities and more, go to https://lnkd.in/gSnNKMuz

We're thrilled to share a new set of opportunities to volunteer and impact the UK games industry. 🔗 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 🔗 📜 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Into Games is looking for Narrative Designers to join this opportunity and provide feedback to students in the 'Advanced Storytelling with Kim MacAskill' sprint course. 📆 Anytime, July 25th to August 16th 📍 Remote 🖥️ 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Into Games is looking for Technical Designers to provide feedback to students from the 'Becoming a Technical Designer with Yasmin Curren' sprint course. 📆 Anytime, July 19th to July 30th 📍 Remote 🎙️ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 Into Games is looking for a concept artist or someone who can join in to speak about different stages of the game art pipeline, from concept art to final assets. 📆 Wednesday, August 7th, at 1:00 P.M. BST 📍 Remote 🍀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 The Hub 175 is looking for a Producer to deliver a masterclass on production best practices for developers as part of their Springboard Program. 📆 Wednesday, August 14th, 📍 Remote 🍀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 / 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Hub 175 is looking for a studio founder or producer to deliver a masterclass on the concept stage of pre-production and planning how to prototype. 📆 Monday, August 19th, 📍 Remote 👩🎤 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Hub 175 is looking for a Lead Designer to deliver a masterclass for developers on their Springboard Program. The session would cover creating asset breakdowns and how to prepare for the production phase of development. 📆 Monday, August 26th, 📍 Remote 🍀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬" The Hub 175 is looking for a Producer to deliver a masterclass for developers on their Springboard Program. The session would cover how to define the "Alpha" stage and plan the scope. 📆 Monday, September 9th, 📍 Remote 🏫 𝗜𝗡-𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 🏫 💹 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 Staffordshire University London is looking for an Indie Studio Founder to deliver a workshop about the challenges and steps when starting out as an indie. 📆 Sept 23rd - Sept 25th, any one day 📍 Staffordshire University London To sign up for these opportunities and more, go to https://lnkd.in/gSnNKMuz

The industry layoffs have been incredibly upsetting. Outside of our usual free careers talks, events and wider programme work, we've been trying to find other ways to help. Thanks to our friends at ustwo games, we're now able to provide some free training spaces on our intensive, live short courses for those who have been made redundant in the last 12 months. Apply below for our Technical Art course, which is perfect for any junior with an art background. It starts in August and is fully live with the amazing John O'Really ((Vampire Survivors, Gorillaz, Marvel, Google, Unity). Links to the course and to apply are below 👇 👇 👇 👇

A huge welcome to the newest members of the Video Game Ambassadors (VGA) network! Andrew Dodds, Jagex, Alec Chalmers, Leeds Arts University, Alessandro Penno, Jagex, Charlotte Shirreff, Cloud Imperium Games, Donna Cunningham, Lucid Games Ltd, Francesca Falcini, Slug Disco Studios, Jamie Smith, People Can Fly Studio, Jonathon Johnson-Linyard, Rebellion, Joris Vallier, Behaviour Interactive, Kelly Griffin, Frontier Developments, Kevin Miles Junas, Wushu Studios, Natalie Wicks, Double Eleven, Rosemary Chalmers, Leeds Arts University, Russ Morris 🔜 Develop, Aardman 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

Hey Everyone! Check out these fantastic volunteering opportunities (and other really cool events!) 🚀 🔗 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 🔗 📜𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Into Games is looking for five awesome Narrative Designers (5!) to provide feedback to students in the 'Advanced Storytelling with Kim MacAskill' sprint course. This is a time-flexible opportunity, as students may spend an extra day or two to polish up their work at the end of the sprint to show off their best 📆Anytime, July 25th to August 16th 📍 Remote 🖥️𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Into Games is looking for three awesome Technical Designers (3!) to provide feedback to students of the 'Becoming a Technical Designer with Yasmin Curren' sprint course. This is a time-flexible opportunity, and students have already published their work in the discord 📆Anytime, July 2nd to July 30th 📍 Remote 🏫 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 🏫 📊 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 Staffordshire University London are looking for an Indie Studio Founder to deliver a workshop to students on the games course about some of the challenges and steps when starting out as an indie in the industry. Dates are partially flexible as this is part of a larger welcome week program for the new academic intake. 📆Monday, September 23rd - Wednesday, September 25th, any one day 📍 Staffordshire University London, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 🐞 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 Staffordshire University London are looking for a passionate QA Professional to deliver a workshop to students on the games course about QA fundamentals, tools, and processes. Dates are partially flexible as this is part of a larger welcome week program for the new academic intake. 📆 Monday, September 23rd - Wednesday, September 25th, any one day 📍 Staffordshire University London, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 🧁 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒 🍦 🧁𝐂𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 & 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐏𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 @ 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐗 mayamada is hosting a networking event as a part of the Do I Look Like a Gamer Campaign. The event is free to attend, and there are loads of games, from tabletop games to Mario Kart Deluxe, from Super Smash Bros to Just Dance 📆 Saturday, 6 Jul 2024 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM, 📍 Samsung KX, Coal Drops Yard, London 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/gvc4kKAa 🍦 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 Into Games is inviting you to a casual meet-up at Develop Brighton for Ice Cream by the Beach! Come say hello to the wonderful Into Games team 📆Wednesday, 10th July 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 📍 Ice Cafe, Brighton Beach 🎟️https://lnkd.in/gBuDEgPN To sign up for these opportunities and more, head over to: https://lnkd.in/gSnNKMuz

Thank you, Mark Fraser, for being such a wonderful member of our community and letting us share your story!

🎉 A huge thank you to the incredible ambassadors who volunteered their time to review portfolios and support career seekers at the recent Gamebridge event! Your dedication and expertise made a significant impact on everyone involved. Gene Rozenberg Alex Sadler Anouk Debruyne Andrew Dodds Gary Martin Douglas Fox Michal Janczewski Elena F. Nordmark Mo A. Russ Blackney Kelly Griffin Phil Foxton A special shoutout to the amazing team from Jagex where many of the ambassadors who supported the reviews were from 🙌 In these times of rapid change in the games industry, supporting each other is more important than ever. Your contributions help nurture the next generation of talent and foster a strong, collaborative community. 💪👏 #CommunitySupport #Gamebridge #UKGameIndustry #FutureTalent