Tomorrow kicks off our first event of 2026 It's an OGDA Level Up Session RSVP and let us know you are coming! www.eventbrite.com/e/leveling-u... #kelowna #okanagan #gamedev

Update, we won't be doing any more events again until January 8th. Happy holidays!

This Week's Events OGDA Level Up Session Thursday December 11th at 6:30pm - 8:30pm www.eventbrite.com/e/leveling-u... We will not be doing a social event on the 25th and there isn't likely to be a playtest event on the 1st of January but we wish you a happy holidays!

This Week's Events OGDA Game Dev Social on Thursday www.eventbrite.com/e/game-devel... Connect with OGDA on our social channels and join the conversation! LinkTree linktr.ee/OkanaganGDA #Kelowna #Gamedev

Some new details about the Ideation workshop. It is moving to be hosted online and Registration deadline is Dec 14th for the next session. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #okanagan

OGDA Weekly Code Challenge: The Player Greeter The Prompt: Your challenge is to write a script or blueprint that makes a simple 3D Cube (or 2D Sprite) "react" to the player character. The goal is to make a simple, inanimate object feel "alive" or aware.

This Week's Events OGDA Bi-weekly Playtest www.eventbrite.com/e/ogda-bi-we... Game of the Month is..... Dinocop! Wednesday December 3rd at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th...

Think & Learn Thursday! So Steam is getting new hardware! store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware More opportunities on the platform as well as interesting ways to develop with the new SteamOS. No longer do you need a linux build for the steam deck.

OGDA Weekly Design Challenge: The Unexpected Door The Prompt: Your challenge is to design a unique locked door and its key. The "key" should not be a literal key. It must be an action, an item, or an event. #okanagan #kelowna #gamedev

This Week's Events OGDA Level Up Session This sessions topic: Talk about rapid prototyping. www.eventbrite.com/e/leveling-u... Next Game of the Month is..... Dinocop! www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... #okanagan #kelowna

Steam #AnimalFest is on! Quail Crossing is included with a discount! Get it now and play in traffic! 🪿🐤🐤🐤🚗 store.steampowered.com/app/3398430/... #indiegames #steamsale #games #arcade #retro

Tech Tip Tuesday! Ever want to just pick a screengrab and then mark it up, highlight or point to specific things you are trying to explain? Lightshot is a great tool for that. It's been a great tool for visual aids in technical documentation.

So we talked about it at the last Casual Social, but here is the announcement that our first workshop is ready for applicants! Introducing the Ideation Workshop! For a rundown on the workshop you can read our news blast covering the workshop here: www.ogda.ca/announcing-t...

Summer Gam Jam was fun and it is great to see all the new people finding and sharing our little pocket of development here in the Okanagan. It's exciting to see the collaborative spirit, retention of skilled professions, and the new teams and studios forming here.

October marked a full year of Game of the Month at the Okanagan Game Developers Association. We have put together a news post on our website, including links to everything played this past year. Read more over at www.ogda.ca/celebrating-... #gamedev

Feature Friday....on a Monday! Due to Halloween shenanigans we are a couple days behind. Last week we had our OGDA Weekly Code Challenge: Perishable Inventory

OGDA Weekly Art & Animation Challenge: One Hour Prop The Prompt: Your challenge is to create a game ready prop. This could be anything: a treasure chest, a sci-fi crate, a potion bottle, furniture.

This Week's Events OGDA Bi-weekly Playtest Thursday November 6th at 6:30 pm www.eventbrite.com/e/ogda-bi-we... Game of the Month Wednesday November 5th at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th...

Tech Tip Tuesday! Unreal just released some new free learning content. You can check it out here: www.unrealengine.com/en-US/learni... Highlights are; Design a Puzzle Adventure A Tech Artist's Playbook for Chaos Performance Temporal Quality Guide A Simple Spline Animation Rig for Cinematics

OGDA Weekly Audio & Sound Challenge: Spontaneous Combustion The Prompt: Your challenge is to create a sound effect for an object which spontaneously combusts. The Constraint: The object is partially filled or submerged in water. Steam, boiling or a related effect needs to be present in the audio.

This Week's Events OGDA Game Dev Social www.eventbrite.com/e/game-devel... Game of the Month is..... The Hungry Fly! www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... --- Connect with OGDA on our social channels and join the conversation! LinkTree linktr.ee/OkanaganGDA

Feature Friday Big thank you and job well done to @vernerser for getting the venue and running the Drinks social last night! Next is the challenge submission last week from @darthpackman for the OGDA Weekly Design Challenge: Happy accidents: discord.com/channels/118...

Episode 29 [FULL INTERVIEW] How a Solo Dev Shipped His First Game in 12 Months (W/ KOLBY HEISS) Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/49dp... YouTube: youtu.be/O6h28AVjwIc #gamedev #indiedev

OGDA Weekly Code Challenge: Perishable Inventory The Prompt: Your challenge is to design a way for items held by a player to be perishable. The Constraint: Items can stack and need to retain their individual perishable timer, countdown, etc.... #gamedev #indiedev

This Week's Events OGDA's Quarterly Meetup is this Thursday the 23rd! (No playtest party this week!) Oct 23rd 6:30pm The Office Brewery Not restricted to game industry professionals. www.eventbrite.com/e/okanagan-g... #okanagan #britishcolumbia #gamedev

Think and Learn Thursday! Sharing an article from gamedeveloper.com featuring Emily Pitcher, developer of Lily's World XD, a psychological horror game. www.gamedeveloper.com/design/the-i... If you got a free moment today, check it out, it is a pretty short read, with links to a video as well.

WIP Wednesday! We want to see what our amazing community is building. Tag us or use #OGDA on socials to show off your latest project.

OGDA Weekly Design Challenge: Happy accidents The Prompt: Your challenge is to design a death system that can benefit the player. The Constraint (Optional but Recommended): Your player has limited lives and death must not be a requirement for progression.

#TechTipTuesday! Project management is your friend! Trello is a great stepping stone to building up a healthy habit of tracking what you are plan on doing, what is in progress and what is done.

Reminder our OGDA's Quarterly Meetup is on the 23rd For any of you in or wanting to connect with game development peers this is our casual adult meetup with beers. Oct 23rd 6:30pm The Office Brewery

This Week's Events OGDA Level Up Session This sessions topic: More depth, fewer systems. Date: Thursday October 16th at 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Accelerate Okanagan, 460 Doyle Avenue Kelowna, BC V1Y 2A2 RSVP and let us know you are coming! www.eventbrite.com/e/leveling-u...

It's #WIPWednesday! We want to see what our amazing community is building. Tag us or use #OGDA on socials to show off your latest work.

Tech & Tools Tuesday! If you aren't following the news site already, gamesindustry.biz is a decent spot to catch up on what is happening in the industry. Todays article that caught our eye was about Xsolla. They have released their 2025 mobile industry report. If you ....

This Week's Events OGDA Bi-weekly Playtest www.eventbrite.com/e/ogda-bi-we... Next Game of the Month is..... The Hungry Fly! store.steampowered.com/app/2107180/... www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... #gamedev #okanagan

Our next quarterly social is scheduled! Come hang out with other local developers for the evening! www.eventbrite.com/e/okanagan-g... #gamedev #okanagan #britishcolumbia

This Week's Events OGDA Game Dev Social Date: Thursday Oct 2nd at 6:30pm - 8:30pm www.eventbrite.com/e/game-devel... Game of the Month is..... Pony Island! Date: Wednesday Oct 1st at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... #gamedev #okanagan #kelowna #britishcolumbia

This Week's Events OGDA Level Up Session www.eventbrite.com/e/leveling-u... Next Game of the Month is..... Pony Island! www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... #gamedev #okanagan #britishcolumbia

The OGDA Summer Game Jam is completed and voting is complete! The winner is Surfbork! ajmt93.itch.io/surfbork We will be reaching out to you after the holiday. View the other entries at the game jam page itch.io/jam/okanagan... #gamejam #gamedev #indiedev

This Week's Events OGDA Game Dev Social www.eventbrite.com/e/game-devel... Game of the Month is this week! www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... #okanagan #kelowna #gamedev #BritishColumbia

The Full Indie Summit is returning for 2025!! 🎮🎉 Join us on Saturday, September 13 at the Vancouver Playhouse for a full day of game dev talks, local indie game demos, mingling, and more! Interested in becoming a speaker or sponsoring our event? Check out the links below! ⬇️

The OGDA Summer Game Jam is completed and voting is underway! This past weekend we had 8 teams come together and create 7 final submissions. This jam had the most playable games of any OGDA jam so far! Well done teams! Now it’s your turn, community! Play the games here: itch.io/jam/okanagan...

This Week's Events OGDA Bi-weekly Playtest www.eventbrite.com/e/ogda-bi-we... The next Game of the Month reminder Koboo: The Tree Spirit! www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... Board Game Bash! www.facebook.com/share/1DDfVS... #okanagan #gamedev #networking #boardgames

Finished the @okanagangda.bsky.social Summer Game Jam this weekend. It was an absolute blast! We made a Tamagotchi inspired creature collector called "Gotchie Doggie" for the theme of "Dog days of Summer" Special thanks to @ogopogoid.bsky.social who did all the art for the game! 🍻 #gamedev #gamejam

Glad to have you!

This Week's Events OGDA Level Up Session We will be revisiting an old presentation talking about game pillars! Fitting for the day before the game jam. RSVP and let us know you are coming! www.eventbrite.com/e/leveling-u... Summer Game Jam !!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-gam... #okanagan

This Week's Events Bi-weekly Playtest RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/ogda-bi-we... The next Game of the Month is...... Koboo: The Tree Spirit! Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... The OGDA Summer Game Jam is only two weeks away! Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-gam... #gamedev

This Week's Events OGDA Game Dev Social www.eventbrite.com/e/game-devel... Game of the Month www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th... #gamedev #okanagan #networking

Reminder The next Game of the Month is...... Slay The Princess! Date: Wednesday August 6th at 6:30 pm Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/game-of-th...

This Week's Events OGDA Bi-weekly Playtest Hosted by Jonathan Thwaites RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/ogda-bi-we... #okanagan #boardgames #gamedesign

Reminder for OGDA Level Up Session (Game Jam Prep Session) Date: Thursday July 24th at 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Accelerate Okanagan, 460 Doyle Avenue Kelowna, BC V1Y 2A2 RSVP and let us know you are coming! www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-gam... #okanagan #gamejam