Announcing Arcade Jam 2026! We will be taking slightly different format this time with full schedule details here: itch.io/jam/arcade-j... Early bird tickets end May 1st!: www.showpass.com/cgda-arcade-... CGDA+ members will receive a discount code via email

April Monthly Meetup! We encourage anyone in the community to bring out their projects, test, get feedback and show off their work! As always we will be at Civic Tavern April 16th (upstairs) from 6pm onwards. The event is free, casual and open to all. 🍻

Indie Game Bash returns in collaboration with Calgary Underground Film Festival April 25th! FOREHEADCHIP, an indie game from local dev David Kerr will be the game of the competition. A demo of FOREHEAD CHIP is available on Steam. Steam: shorturl.at/PH6Bu Tickets: www.indiegamebash.com

We are giving away 5 pairs of tickets to the advanced screening of Exit 8 courtesy of Elevation Pictures! The screening will occur on march 31st at the Globe Cinema Calgary. All you have to do is enter at the link below! Google Form Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Announcing our monthly meetup for March! As always we will be at Civic tavern March 19th (upstairs) from 6pm onwards. The event is free, casual and open to all. Come out and grab a drink with your local game developers! #gamedevelopment #yycevents #indiegamedevelopment

Announcing our monthly meetup for Feb! This month will be a general meetup but as always, we encourage anyone in the community to bring out their work and get feedback and show off their work! As always it will be held at Civic Tavern Feb 19th from 6pm onwards.

We are holding our holiday monthly next week with a few activities! 1. There will be an Ugly Xmas sweater competition with a small prize being awarded to the winner judged by the CGDA hosts., 2. White elephant gift exchange with a $20-25 limit for value for folks wanting to participate.

Our monthly meetup is confirmed for Nov 20th at Civic tavern from 6pm onwards! No speakers this month but we will likely introduce the newly voted in board of directors and our goals as the CGDA for the upcoming year. As always this event is free, casual and open to all 🍻

Announcing Gaming YYC: Local Developers and the Future of Video Games in Calgary on Industry and Investor Day! Hear from Tuncer Deniz, CEO of Shifty Eye Games, as he shares insights into the evolution of Calgary’s game development scene and what’s next for YYC Games🎮

Announcing our monthly meetup for Oct! This month will be our (not so) quarterly showcase! We encourage everyone to bring out their games or art to showcase! As always we will be at Civic tavern (upstairs) from 6pm onwards. The event is free, casual and open to all.

August monthly announcement! Loïc Crémer (Level Designer at Shifty Eye Games) will be speaking on building games that are more modder friendly We are at CivicTavern (upstairs) from 6pm onwards and the presentation will begin around 7:15. The event is free and open to all.

Announcing Alberta Game Jam 2025! itch.io page and Calgary tickets below. CGDA members will also be receiving an email with a discount code Itch.io Page: lnkd.in/g_ajcPHR Calgary: lnkd.in/gZxz3pBc

CGDA 10th Anniversary Party! To celebrate 10 years of CGDA programming we are hosting this event and releasing a swag pack with a bunch of CGDA branded goodies! These swag packs will only be available for pre-order until Aug 15th! Tickets: lnkd.in/guMCwU_B

July Monthly Meetup! Tatiana Funk & Jeroen Van Workhoven will have a short presentation on level design and some of the struggles and realities when digging into the field! As always we will be at Civic tavern (upstairs) from 6pm onwards The event is free, and open to all.

We were excited to see Derek Duong worked on the VR story driven on rails shooter titled "The Phoenix Gene". Lead by a team of veterans who have worked on various titles such as Star Fox Adventures, Banjo Kazooie and Megaman. Link: shorturl.at/MMo8T #indiedev

Our June Monthly is coming and will feature a talk on games media following the wild success of @shadeprotocolgame.bsky.social It will show both the developers side (Illia & Dillan) and the side of experts in games media (Chris and Steven). The event is free and open to all! 🍻 #indiedev #gamedev

@llegendarygames.bsky.social got a reveal at OTK Games Expo and an @ign.com feature with their upcoming title @shadeprotocolgame.bsky.social! A majority of the core team members are Calgarian so we're looking forward to the full release! #indiedev Trailer Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Av...

Incredibly excited to say we will be partnered with and showcasing at the largest gaming expo in Canada, Game Con Canada from June 13th-15th Anyone in the CGDA membership tier is welcome to showcase at our booth so reach out if interested!

Katlyn Sproule & Tatiana Funk will be hosting an event on Sunday morning, May 25th at @bowvalleycollege.bsky.social Free and open to all women and marginalized genders who are studying, working, or interested in any aspect of video game development. MeetUp Link: lnkd.in/gNvHjPiH

May Monthly social & Unreal meetups! Join us the 15th of May at Civic Tavern YYC for our monthly social and our monthly @unrealengine.bsky.social meetup on the 22nd at @bowvalleycollege.bsky.social, North Building, Room N231 for anyone looking to chat Unreal engine.🎮 #yycevents #gamedevelopers

Arcade Jam returns for its second year! Sponsored by @bowvalleycollege.bsky.social & Platform Calgary the jam is running May 23-25. CGDA members will received a discount code email for the event! Art by Viktoriia Kozlova Tickets link: www.showpass.com/arcade-jam-2...

Re-Announcing our April meetup! Due to a booking error we've been forced to reschedule to the 24th (4th Thursday) at Civic Tavern 6pm. We apologize to everyone for this late notice! Reminder that this month will be the (not so) quarterly showcase! #gamedev #indiedev

Jason Della Rocca and @nordicity.bsky.social , on behalf of @calgaryeconomic.bsky.social, are working on new funding and support structures for the Calgary video game ecosystem. Application Form: lnkd.in/gYGUcBSX Any questions, can be emailed to [email protected] for information.

Indie Game Bash is back, and this time, we're bringing the legendary GoldenEye 007 🔫 to the big screen for a tournament (with prizes) at Globe Cinema during Calgary Underground Film Festival! Full details: www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2025/indie-g... #yycevents

Announcing our monthly meetup! We have another speaker this month as Mônica Alves Maciel will be chatting about @gamesforlove.bsky.social and their organization. As always the event is free and open to all, Thursday March 20th from 6PM onwards at Civic Tavern! 🍻

Big day at Indie Friday, always excited to see so much of the community out! #gamedev #indiedev

Our monthly meetup is coming up next week! We will have the team from @iaalberta.bsky.social presenting GDXpedition! Guest speaker and developer of the game "Fallen" (Link: store.steampowered.com/app/2584590/...) @bottleofpennies.bsky.social will be joining to give insights. Link: lu.ma/4hm3z5pk

Little compilation of all our media coverage over the weekend! Love to see all this buzz around #gamedev and excited for the next #gamejam 🩷 Global News: search.app/dYJDmcCWLjhP... CTV News: www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide... CBC News Radio: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

That’s a wrap on #globalgamejam 2025! Thanks again to our sponsors Bow Valley College and Platform Calgary! We will see you all next year 🔥 #gamejam #yyc #gamedev

We had a short interview on our upcoming game jam with @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social 😀 There’s still time to pick up your ticket for the jam! Link ⬇️ Interview link: surl.li/bywntj GGJ Tickets link: surl.li/sbzxqe #gamedev #indiedev #gamejams

Little late on the announcement but our Monthly meetup is coming up (back to our usual day of the 3rd Thursday of every month) at Civic Tavern We will be introducing our 2025 board members and giving updates on our programming for the year! #gamedev #yycevents #indiegamedev

Global Game Jam 2025 YYC reminder! 3 days of making games, catered food and prizes for winners. CGDA members get ticket discounts Calgary Site tickets: www.showpass.com/global-game-... Edmonton Site tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-gam... Lethbridge Site (Free): globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...

Get to Work was featured on @pcgamer.com It's so incredible to see Calgary based companies getting this kind of recognition. We are looking forward to all the more good news Isto Inc. has coming 😀 Link: www.pcgamer.com/games/get-to...

Our X-mas monthly meetup is coming! Full details ⬇️ Do keep in mind this month it will be on Wed the 18th instead of our usual Thursday time! Gift limit for the white elephant exchange is $25🎄 #yycevents #gamedev #indiedev

Congratulations to Isto Inc. for their release of Get to Work! We are always so excited to see Calgary based studios making waves in the industry. Looking forward to see this title being streamed and all the rage it will bring 😆 store.steampowered.com/app/2706170/...

One of our local developers Thousand Hour Games had their game Everstorm featured on @gamerant.bsky.social Check out the article below showcasing the games unique take on the Extraction Shooter/MOBA hybrid! gamerant.com/everstorm-mo...

Hello Bluesky! We have joined this site so anyone here looking to connect with local Calgary game development can see what events we are hosting and when they are happening. Looking forward to connecting with more of our community here 😀 #gamedev #indiedev #yyc