Featuring a Post-Film Q&A moderated by Tim Kitzrow (the voice of NBA Jam and NFL Blitz) with Director Joshua Tsui, Eugene Jarvis, and George Petro

Eugene Jarvis, the creator of 80s classic video games such as Defender and Robotron, returns to the industry in the 90s. In the process, he assembles a team that pioneers the concept of bringing live action into video games, kickstarting a new era in the arcades.

The technology mushrooms into massive hits such as Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam and soon the team begins to conquer the world. What began as a small tight-knit group begins to deal with success and eventually the looming threat of consumer technology.

The end of summer is upon us and that means it's time for IGDA Chicago's annual picnic! This year, the picnic will be held outside (rain or shine) at Montrose Beach, off of N Simonds Dr, on Sept 12th from 12 - 3 PM CST.

Take a break from the screen, enjoy the late-summer weather, and most importantly, hang out with folks from your local game development community.

Food & Activities.

For safety, please bring your own brown bag lunch and drinks. Individual water bottles will be provided.

We'll be playing board games and enjoying outdoor activities together. If you have a tabletop or card game you'd like to bring, please do!

Please bring a lawn chair or picnic blanket if possible.

Location Info

Our group will be set up in the grass to the south of the stone bridge near N. Simonds Dr:

COVID-19 Info

As this event is outside, masks are encouraged but not required. Hand sanitizer will be available onsite. If you feel unwell or have been exposed to anyone with COVID-19 within 2 weeks of this event, please refrain from attending this event for the safety of other participants.

IGDA Chicago is dedicated to providing an inclusive, welcoming, and harassment-free
experience for everyone. Our Anti-Harassment policy can be found at:http://igdachicago.com/code-of-conduct/

I've missed you all so much.

Let's get together and do the thing. You know the drill.

Remedy has agreed to host us and I would love to get a better count of how many we'll have. If we are going to overwhelm their bar we might need to move locations, but I won't know until we get people signing up.

Remedy is at the Western Blue Line or Milwaukee and Western just south east a little on Milwaukee.

See you there!

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers (designers, programmers, artists, audio peeps, QA, producers, indie, professional, AAA, A, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. Don't be an asshole.

Tune in to IGDA Chicago’s Twitch Channel as we play Among Us in support of Extra Life!

Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised over $70 million USD for sick and injured kids.

All donations support our local Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

IGDA Chicago is dedicated to providing an inclusive, welcoming, and harassment-free
experience for everyone. Our Anti-Harassment policy can be found at:
http://igdachicago.com/code-of-conduct/

We're doing the thing again, but on this Thursday instead of Tuesday! Hope to see you there!

Game Dev Industry Night is an independently run social gathering/event for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering for game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Triple Indie, Triple Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Industry Night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked.

For new people:

Game Dev Industry Night is not for promoting yourself or anything. It is not a networking event, instead it is a social event. Please do not join us to promote things or try to get a job. We're all hanging out and chatting, not selling our brands to each other. Thank you!

Regularly scheduled information:

While parts of the u.s. pretend that the pandemic is over and everything is fine, we continue our online meeting in hopes of helping minimize the overwhelming effects of corona-virus. Thanks for understanding.

Discord link will be sent the day of the event for people who do not have it.

See you there!

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. Don't be an asshole.

For new people:

Game Dev Industry Night is not for promoting yourself or anything. It is not a networking event, instead it is a social event. Please do not join us to promote things or try to get a job. We're all hanging out and chatting, not selling our brands to each other. Thank you!

Regularly scheduled information:

Here we are, still in lock down, but things are looking up. It's getting warmer, the plants in my garden are growing, and hopefully the garden of your mind, at least, is also growing through this pandemic!

I hope everyone can come join us and do some vid/voice chat in discord. I'll post the link to the discord the day of the event.

See you there!

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. Don't be an asshole.

We're finally doing it! Online! In a voice/video chat room!

Here's the deal. We all want to drink and chat. I know I do. I love it! But online platforms for voice and video are kind of garbage.

For now, my plan is to do a discord server which I already have setup and ready to go. I will send the link for that here once it's time.

It's worth noting that I am trying to find ways to make the server controls easy to ban shitty people or mute loud mic people, etc, but I am not a discord server pro, so I'm still learning.

Also, I'm sure everyone is going to suggest a free for all vid chat style service like Zoom, or that I should use slack, but in my opinion, discord has the best set of features for our unique situation. Anyway, we can talk about it if you think you have better ideas. There are other options available.

Anyway. See you there!

DISCORD LINK

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. In short, don't be an asshole.

You're over halfway to the end of official winter and often times the end of February is very close to the real halfway of our cold season.

So get excited. It's time to turn the tide on cold weather!

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. In short, don't be an asshole.

Here it is, the beginning of 2020. Finally! Celebrate the new year with us by coming out and having a drink! Food nearby can be brought into the bar and they have a delivery service for Kumas.

See you there!

Ohh, also, this is the 9 year anniversary of Industry Night. Wow!

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. In short, don't be an asshole.

IGDA Chicago and Industry Night proudly present: Game Dev Holiday Mixer 2019! We’re hosting an exciting evening of fun for game developers of all disciplines at Emporium Arcade Bar, with delicious food from Kuma's Corner! Best of all, we’ll be fundraising for The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital!

Drink+Token Packs

Each Drink+Token Pack is good for one well or PBR drink and 20 game tokens. Besides being a great deal, all proceeds will be donated to the Children's Hospital!

Showcase of Games

Over the course of the night, a showcase of games curated by Kyle Bailey of Industry Night will be shared on the big screen with special appearances by developers on stage!

• Animal Well by Billy Basso

• Creature Keeper by John Pantaleon

• More TBD!

Charity Raffle

Buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of our fabulous prizes, including games and swag from our amazing sponsors!

• 8:30pm - First Drawing

• 9:35pm - Second Drawing

• 10:30pm - Grand Prize Drawing!

Winners must be present to claim prizes.

Donate to the Cause

Join our donation drive for Comer Children's Hospital by donating funds online via Eventbrite or in-person during the event!

We hope to see you there!

IGDA Chicago is dedicated to providing an inclusive, welcoming, and harassment-free
experience for everyone. Our Anti-Harassment policy can be found at:
http://igdachicago.com/code-of-conduct/

Become a networking GURU at this highly informational professional meetup for game developers interested in networking.

Before you come, make sure you're an expert in everything linked to, from, and ancillarilly to this page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acknowledgement_(data_networks)

SEE YOU THERE - BRING YOUR BEST ASCII

But for real we're doing this a week early because the Chicago Game Developer Industry is going to be out of town the next week.

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. In short, don't be an asshole.

Beta Party is celebrating its 2-year anniversary! Come check out an amazing after-work event that showcases the latest by Chicago's tech-creatives/entrepreneurs at Emporium Arcade Bar in Wicker Park!

Sponsored by Jack Daniels and Titos Vodka.

RSVP in advance for free entry // $5 after October 10th // $7 Day of

Stay tuned for more details!

You have a season and a few weeks until 2019 crashes into the ground on top of you and 2020 arises from the ashes.

Make it count!

See you there!

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. In short, don't be an asshole.

The end of summer is upon us and that means it's time for IGDA Chicago's annual picnic. This year, the picnic will be held at Montrose Beach, where we'll enjoy delicious burgers, mac and cheese, and potato salad from Kuma's Corner!

Take a break from the screen, enjoy the picnic spread, and most importantly, hang out with folks from your local game development community! We'll be playing board games in the shade and enjoying outdoor activities together. If you have any tabletop or card game you'd like to bring, please do!

Please let us know if you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions. We will have vegetarian and vegan options available.  

Location Info

Our group will be set up in the grass to the south of the stone bridge near N. Simonds Dr:

IGDA Chicago is dedicated to providing an inclusive, welcoming, and harassment-free
experience for everyone. Our Anti-Harassment policy can be found at:http://igdachicago.com/code-of-conduct/

Come for an hour or all day long to game, fundraise, and celebrate!

Join us for a unique Extra Life experience at Lurie Children’s to see and feel the impact of your fundraising dollars at work. Spend the day gaming, meeting patient families, and learning more about all the ways Extra Life makes the hospital such a special place.

Price of admission? Commit to a fundraising challenge for the day and ask your friends and family for donations to show their support while you game For The Kids, With The Kids! We challenge every gamer attending the Lurie Children’s Game Day to set a $100 game day fundraising goal.

Together, we can show the patients and families at Lurie Children’s that this is NOT game over.

Over here at Industry Night it's been a pretty good summer. If your summer wasn't good, maybe we can help make it better over a drink or two.

FYI: Crown is a 21+ bar.

We'll be hanging out in the front area of Crown Liquors. There are many food options nearby and you can bring it into the bar.

See you there!

Game Dev Industry Night is a social gathering for game developers. If you're a game developer and you're interested in a social gathering of game developers of all types (design, programming, art, audio, QA, production, indie, professional, AAA, A, Big Indie, Big Indie Ruining Indie, etc), please come out and hang with us!

Disclaimer:
Industry night is not for pitching your company, game, project, school, kickstarter, charity or otherwise promoting yourself. Please be respectful of other developers when you show up and keep it casual unless explicitly asked. In short, don't be an asshole.