Excited to be running our first official GodotCon as SceneTree. Come to GodotCon Boston 2026 July 21 - 22 at the Microsoft NERD Center. conference.godotengine.org Early bird tickets are on sale until June 5th. Accepting speakers, workshops, and Godot project showcases until June 15th.

Join us for the annual Boston Game Dev Summer BBQ on Sunday June 21st, 11am-3pm! Enjoy some vibes with the local community of fellow game devs! Thanks to @devolverdigital.com for sponsoring the event! Food catered by Blue Ribbon BBQ. Shout out to Jennifer Kindl for the visuals!! #gamedev #boston

Some folks from the community are restarting the Unity user group!! Very exciting, a ton of folks in town are still using the engine and this has been missing for a while now. If you use Unity go check out their first event next month, and follow their Meetup page -> www.meetup.com/unity-user-b...

Does your Steam Wishlist bill beat the $19,000 record?!? Find out with How Expensive Is Your Steam Wishlist? -> weloveit.io/how-expe... #steam #gamediscovery #wishlist

The Game Workers Conference starts today; we're not running this but there's a watch party in Cambridge. Lots of interesting looking talks about building a more sustainable & equitable game industry! Watch party info: actionnetwork.org/events/bosto... Agenda: gameworkersconference.org/2026-program

GodotCon Boston, July 20-22!

It's IMGD Presentation Day! We have a full-day student conference of creative and technical research. Graduate students present in the morning, undergraduates in the afternoon. If you're interested you can tune online, and I'll be sharing project work here too. echo360.org/section/b7d6...

Talks from the Boston Gamedev Week Minicon are starting to go up on YouTube! Here's the playlist they'll all end up on: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Here's a fun Q&A I did with Boston Post Mortem a while back. Some interesting questions and a smart audience. I had a blast doing it!

And another Pandemonium Gems: Refaceted update. Mainly options and a bug fix this time. Have some ideas for a roadmap too. Let me know if it's interesting freezebeam.itch.io/pandemonium-...

What better way to close out Airwiggles' incredible AirCon audio conference than by getting together with fellow audio enthusiasts! If you're in the Boston or New England area we'd be thrilled to see you on May 24th, 5-8 PM at Flat Top Johnny's in Cambridge, MA! www.airwiggles.com/c/worldwide-...

This is v3 of the old What's on Steam. Give it a go!

Okay let's get the date right this time I will be chatting with the amazing @car0mur.bsky.social on Wednesday at 7PM on Discord!

Do you have a game release to post-mortem, a cool technique, or an interesting development anecdote to share? We finally have a form for folks interested in speaking at BGD events! Fill this guy out and we'll try to find an appropriate venue for you: forms.gle/6hrc4L85ckyD...

Last week we wrapped up another incredible Boston Gamedev Week! This wouldn't have been possible without the tireless work of our wonderful organizers and YOU, all the people who came and brought the party! Vid from Make Games Make Friends, more highlights below 🧵 #gamedev #indiedev

We LOVE our first BGD fan art!! The characters from local studios carrying our BGD banner 🥲

Going to PAX East? Boston Game Dev is hosting FOUR events at the con! Two panels! east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu... east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu... An exclusive roundtable with Yacht Club Games! gamedev.boston/events/yacht... And an after-hours networking event! gamedev.boston/events/speed...

Iconic talk pairing at the Boston Gamedev Week mini-con today; hop on the train to Kendall, you can still make it over here! gamedev.boston/events/minicon

That's right, BGD will be on the show floor at #PAXEast in booth 13085! In addition to these glorious pins, you can also play these great locally made games: Of the Devil @nthcircle.bsky.social Never’s End @hypersect.com Nocternum @normalhorsegames.bsky.social Wilderbard @respite-dev.bsky.social

Look at all these exclusive @bostongamedev.bsky.social Pax East Buttons you can only claim at the Boston Game Dev Booth 👀♥️ Be sure to visit us! It's gonna be a wild weekend!!

Boston Gamedev Week is next week! Check out these cool happenings in Boston leading up to and including PAX East. I’ll be leading a BGW MiniCon roundtable, “XR in Transition,” on Tuesday. Hope to see you there! gamedev.boston

Boston! I'm giving a talk on Wednesday for the @bostongamedev.bsky.social mini con with Chris from @daylitebasement.bsky.social about the collaborative process for composing for a game. pls come by to be an audience plant for the q+a portion boston-gamedev-con-pretalx.onrender.com/minicon-2026...

If you're going to PAX East next week stop by the Indiepocalypse booth and check out a little slice of alternative games on the busy show floor!

We’ve got our own fancy little mini conference coming up! Boston Gamedev Week's MiniCon will host talks + round tables in a neat little 2-day package It kicks off Tues 3/24, full schedule and pay-what-you-want tickets here -> gamedev.boston/events/minicon Thanks to our sponsor, @gamemaker.io!

I ran out of characters on this post but big up to our cool sponsors, without whom we could not afford to run any of this!! Thank you for supporting the MA games scene! GameMaker gamemaker.io/en Skymap Games skymap.com Devolver Digital www.devolverdigital.com

We’ll be one of the 3 games demoing at the Twitch party after PAX East next Saturday! See you there. 🪩

Kick off PAX with Boston Game Dev! Next wednesday come to demo night, then a party at Flat Top Johnnys! No sign-ups required, just bring your cool games out, then pop next door for pinball n' drinks! 6pm - ?? 3/25 MIT ➡️ Flat Top Johnnys gamedev.boston/events/demo-... + gamedev.boston/events/mgmf

Boston Indies Lighting Talks are coming to #PAXEast! We’ve got 4 cool talks on a mix of game dev topics from some of our favorite local devs: @noabeazley.bsky.social, @ryanjuckett.com, Ziba Scott, and Rebekah Fenn! 3:30 pm THURSDAY 3/26 in the Bumblebee Theater! east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

Did you know PAX East is NEXT WEEK?? We’ll be posting here every day about a different event we’re running next week. We’ve got a ton of cool stuff coming up, and we’re super excited to see everyone in person! gamedev.boston for a list, follow us here @bostongamedev.bsky.social for updates!

Boston Gamedev Week is BACK March 23 - 29! If you're in town for PAX East, come hang out, meet some other devs, and maybe learn a lil something! The current schedule, with events both at PAX and outside the con, is posted on gamedev.boston

Going to GDC? Check out this picnic Missing that cozy crimson autumn foliage? Come hang out with organizers, developers, and artists from New England for some socializing and cozy picnic fun! Meet local devs showcasing games at GDC! #GDC #gamedev #gaming

Nocternum is coming to #PAXEast 2026! Huge thanks to @bostongamedev.bsky.social for sponsoring us at their booth. We'll be there all 4 days, showing off the game and hanging out with other local devs. Come see what we've been working on 🎮🌙

Last night was the BGD takeover of the @officialgdc.bsky.social Instagram!! Check out interviews with @normalhorsegames.bsky.social & @frogmageudon.bsky.social & @grooveboxgames.bsky.social here ➡️ www.instagram.com/official_gdc/ Props to @quantumconnor.bsky.social, who put this together! #gdc2026

Boston Game Dev is excited to be partnering with PAX East to bring some Massachusetts indie games to the PAX show floor!! We're looking for FOUR great teams to join us in our booth and represent the local scene; more info on the form below Apply here by midnight on 2/14 ➡️ forms.gle/qJNjrD1MKX3u...

A week late here but THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Global Game Jam site last-last week! We had a fun mix of pros, amateurs, and new folks, and ended up with a set of mostly-playable games, so that's a win in our book :) And another huge thank you to @unity.com for making it possible!!

Game Dev Stories is back next Wednesday, February 18th @ 7pm! @bryantfrancis.me is sitting down (remotely) with @mrt3d.bsky.social to talk about his career! www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

We're back on PAX East weekend with @audiokinetic.bsky.social at Harpoon Brewery! Come hang, catch some audio wisdom and enjoy free food. Tickets are limited and you can RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/game-audio... Please note you must be 21+ to attend! #gameaudio

BGD will be at #GDC2026, and we'll be joined by a bunch of speakers from the local games community! Here's a handy thread of the speakers from MA so you can be sure to go check out their talks 🧵 Also reminder to use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off a pass -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...

Hello everyone! We will be hosting Lightning Talks on January 26th, 2026 5:30 – 8:30pm at the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch! www.meetup.com/bostongamede... If you’re interested in giving a 5-10 minute talk on a topic related to #gamedev, fill out the form below! forms.gle/yDLctFXzGGua...

Next month, BPM will be hosting a discussion and Q&A with Anna Megill, a multi-award winning AAA game writer who has worked on games such as Fable and CONTROL, to discuss her career, writing for games, and working within the AAA space. #gamedev #writing www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

The Game Developers Conferencee is comin' up! Boston Game Dev will be there, hop on the Slack (slack.bostongamedev.org) and drop by the #gdc channel if you want some pals in SF! You can use coupon code BGD10 for 10% off your pass here! -> gdc.informafestivals.com/2026/registr...

Boston Game Dev will be hosting a Global Game Jam site again this year! We'll be at the Nonprofit Center downtown all weekend, 1/30 - 2/1. Come make a game with us! More info + registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-gam... Huge thank you to our sponsor @unity.com for making this possible!

Thank you to everyone who came to our holiday party last night and to our awesome sponsors and volunteers for making it happen! Wishing everyone a great holiday season and we'll see you in the new year with a full slate of new events! ❄️

Headed to @bostonfig.bsky.social today? Come say hi at our booth in the community area!

It's 36 degrees out and that's a good sign that ❄️Winter holidays❄️ are almost upon us! Come celebrate with us! There will be pizza, a cash bar, retro games, music and all around coziness. RSVP below. 🕛 7-11 PM 🗓️ December 19th 🌎 Davis Square, Somerville www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Join us for our 🍂Fall Social🍂, October 26! We'll be outside at Danehy Park in Cambridge enjoying some warm beverages and autumnal baked goods, peepin' leaves, and of course, chit chatting about makin' games. Come hang out! 🕛Noon 🗓️October 26 🌎Danehy Park, Cambridge www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

Today is the LAST DAY to submit a GDC talk! gdconf.com/call-for-sub...

Goooooood morning, Bluesky! CD PROJEKT RED is hiring two more writers for Cyberpunk 2. Come tell razor-sharp stories with my talented crew! #games #writing We need an Expert Writer jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED... And a Senior Writer jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

If ya like comin' out to Indies, consider donating to help us pay for venues and websites and paper plates and whatnot!

Our Meetup.com fee is due soon, so it's a good time to beg everyone to please donate to us! bostongamedev.org/donate If you like the events we run, please kick a couple bucks in; every little bit helps and goes toward supporting and growing the local game makin' community. 💖 Thank you! 💖