Our next Level Up for October is live! We're excited to host Tish Laubscher to speak on designing a game for prisons. See full details here: www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...

Oh yes it is!  The Games Made in NZ Steam Sale is back for another year 🥳  Featuring 100+ games made by developers all over Aotearoa! Come on in ...... https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames2025

This event is TOMORROW‼️ We've got lots of tips to share and are ready to answer any questions you've got regarding networking

How does a composer work with a game developer? What are the pitfalls and what methods can you use to get everyone on the same page? My talk at the #Wireframe2025 conference. Showing the draft / feedback cycle with the actual message history! #gameaudio #gamemusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XyJ...

I was really brave and smart and gave a small talk at wireframe a couple weeks ago and it’d bring me so much joy if you were to give it a small watch!

With #NZGDC around the corner we've put our heads together to compose a talk on networking/relationship building. From how to start building relationships to maintaining them long term, along with some do's and don'ts. We hope to see you there! Full details ➡️ www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...

ICYMI we found a way to record talks from Wireframe! Speaker slides & talks are linked on our website: www.wireframeconf.com/2025-schedule

new vlog: dinner and drinks with indie game devs in Auckland, New Zealand vt.tiktok.com/ZSS31CbXJ/

What a fun night! Thanks everyone for coming through ~

Reminder that our August Offline is this Wednesday! Come through for a casual hang with the local game dev community www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...

NEXT MONTH'S EVENT IS UP! See you at Offline ~ www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...

new vlog: a day in my life - going to an indie game dev conference in Aotearoa New Zealand vt.tiktok.com/ZSBcqkmRn/

Lock it in - the official date for The ANZ Indie Showcase is here 🦘 Developers: Applications are open until the end of July! Apply now: https://forms.gle/CyepbnwDyTNUGwXF7 Creators: Get in on the action here: https://forms.gle/TAJMgarrpQknLa7K8 #anzindieshowcase #indiegames #indiedev #anzcreators

Expo'd at Wireframe Auckland last weekend! 🎮🎮 In the spirit of the conference's name, we brought a greybox build to test on top of Denari's content so far! It featured deflectable walls of fire, friendly AI, a multi-fireball spell and more! 🔥 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

thank u @aucklandmakesgames.bsky.social for listening to me yap !! Such a good event for auckland game devs

Had a wonderful time at @aucklandmakesgames.bsky.social's Wireframe event today! Excellent talk curation and lots of chats with fine folks. 😌 Brain and cup both running overfloweth.

We’re showing Infernal Cleaner publicly for the first time today at the one and only @aucklandmakesgames.bsky.social Wireframe conference in Auckland. #gamedev

If you have lost something or found something, please let a staff member know! We've had some items turned in already.

Look at us we're so good and cute. Come say hi to us at Wireframe!!!!

MIC CHECK MIC CHECK 1 2 3 we're all set up and ready for tomorrow! See you there 😊 wireframeconf.com

That's a wrap on our schedule! We're so excited to see you at Wireframe in a few days. We'd like to take a moment to thank our sponsors @nzgda.bsky.social, @nz-code.nz, and MDS for supporting the local game dev scene, and enabling us to organize a FREE conference for our community ❤️ thank you!!

We are making ✨ PERSONALISED 📝 NIGHT PLANE ✈️ PASSPORT PHOTOS 📸🛂 this Saturday at Wireframe Conference! Come play the demo and get 🫵 YOUR 🫵 one-of-a-kind passenger card to take home. Get in early (there’s only so many we can make 😅) and stick around for great talks and cool games!

Auckland people - I'll be giving this talk THIS SATURDAY! Come along to play lots of cool games, hear lots of cool shit, and enjoy the yarns. Whole day of #indiegames #gamedev chats and general fun. It's at the Media Design School, from 9 - 5. My talk is at 11.30am. #gameaudio #gamemusic #indiegame

this is your reminder that I’m talking at wireframe in a weeks time! the entire conference is free to attend and is going to be an absolute joy, so you really have no excuse not to attend if you’re local to Tāmaki Makaurau 🌻✨

Your shift at the @spacerockgames.bsky.social HotDog Diner is about to start! Hurry down and serve saucy dogs to the patrons of the apocalypse while having shootouts with raiders. Sign up for the beta and updates on development here: cutt.ly/HotdogGameBe...

Bento Blocks is a puzzle game that combines culinary creativity with brain-teasing challenges. Slice, arrange, and perfect your bento-making skills as you craft delicious lunch boxes at your own pace. Learn more: sometimes.ltd/bento/

Wanna be one of the first to play NIGHT PLANE?! We'll have a demo for you at Wireframe in Tāmaki/Auckland next Saturday! ✈️😱

doing a level design talk at this free game conference here in auckland, july 19 www.wireframeconf.com

After decades of designing levels, teaching level design, and writing 100,000+ words for The Level Design Book, artist, indie dev, recovering academic @radiatoryang.bsky.social isn't so sure what level design is anymore. Learn about level design, (not) architecture & why it's all so tricky to teach.

Look! It's me! In the videogame! (For some reason there's nothing funnier to me than putting yourself as a silly character in your own stories, and I'll probably keep doing it for as long as I think it's funny. (I will never stop thinking it's funny.))

i wasn't gonna do anymore talks for a while but this is different

Night Plane by @liquidstatic.bsky.social is a thrilling airborne hospitality simulator that costs way less than a plane ticket! Board passengers, assist with their struggles, and resolve emergencies. Also, please don't let the psychopomp fly the aircraft.

The aggressive Seattle based game studio @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social has done a lot to market their games and brand - but some of these ideas might be pushing it. @neosolarius.bsky.social, Head of Community, will go through her top 10 favorite posts that people thought were a "bit too much".

We've been cooking up something smaller at SRG. Who loves a good hotdog? #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev

Two of you do not belong. Neon Knives is an award-winning couch multiplayer game of stealth and deception. Blend into the crowd, hunt down your opponent, and take them out—all while being hunted yourself. Trust no one. Out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/...

Take control in this fast-paced, skill-driven hack and slash adventure steeped in rich Japanese mythology. Master a precision-based combat system where timing, mastery, and raw fury is your only salvation. Chain stylish combos to take down god-forged guardians, and challenge the heavens themselves.

Candle Boy is a charming, third-person, single-player adventure game about evading/defeating enemies and stealing treasures. It centers around an adventurer’s quest to steal a powerful enchanted ring, hidden away in a Giant’s castle. bugpopstudio.itch.io/the-adventur...

Scaling from the basics of using the Niagara system in Unreal Engine, tips for creating more dynamic VFX, and useful optimization tools, @pedroklein.bsky.social will give a welcoming introduction for developers new to using Niagara and provide deeper insights for those already familiar with it.

I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc. F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨ Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne More info below 👇

Adaptory by @stormcloak.games is a 2D base-building/simulation game where your crew of 4 have crash landed on a mysterious planetoid. Using the planet’s limited resources & your creativity, you must keep your team alive, build up a base, repair your ship & ultimately get home. adaptorygame.com

Thanks to AMG for hosting us. We hope everyone enjoyed Antony's presentation and it helped with your planning.

Thank you everyone for coming to our Level Up; You Have a Game Idea: Now What? with Antony Maday! Hope you learned something new tonight and got to connect with some new people. Our next event is a big one.. WIREFRAME! We hope to see you on 19 July ✨

We've got a Level Up today where Antony from @nz-code.nz will talk about next steps once you've got a game idea! See you tonight at AUT ✌🏻 www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...

@composertom.bsky.social will examine the sketching & feedback process of creating game music, using real world examples from Blackheart and The Ruins of Calaworm. You'll see communication between collaborators, how the sketching process unfolded, the issues and unexpected joys, & what was learned.

Mobile devices may not pack the same punch as high-end desktops, but that doesn’t mean your game has to suffer. Max will explore how to increase mobile GPU performance through Shader Optimization, Precomputed Visibility, HLODs, Instancing and more!

Fight for your love with 2-4 friends through local-splitscreen play by @kittywampusgames.bsky.social. Soar the skies on your broom, dash and smash your rivals, secure powerups, land devastating blows, and win the adoration of your crush! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3017130/...

We're doing a playtest for Dream Team Supreme, sign up to play the newest build and help us make it even better! (Note: Email confirmations may end up in your spam folder!)

It's all about UE5 survival techniques, staying alive and navigating the apocalypse of Non-manifold zombie polygons!! Join Matt for the night of the living dev to have a look at how environments were made for No More Room in Hell 2!

Rogue Drifter is a top-down rogue-lite drifting and auto-shooting game that sets the player in a large map where they drive around freely, killing hordes of shambling mutant enemies as they continuously encroach on the player.

PROJECT MIX by @plectrumxr.bsky.social is a VR anime narrative adventure with bartending mechanics and unique cultural aspects inspired by 90s anime and Hong Kong movies. Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2439770/...