GAMERella

How do you create a small game? In this @GAMERellaJam workshop, facilitated by Squinky, learn how to use Bitsy to make a game that explores worlds, dialogue, and item collection! Find out how to get involved here: concordia.ca/cuevents/offic…

How do you make pixel art? In this @GAMERellaJam workshop, facilitated by @hazelthexton, learn fundamental pixel art techniques and basic animation to create your own characters and environments! Participation details here: concordia.ca/cuevents/offic…

GAMERella 2024 coming in November!!! ARE YOU AS EXCITED AS US? Can't wait to make new friends and new games together 🎮💖 Signup coming soon! #gamejam #indiedev #gamedev #lgbt #bipoc #neurodivergent #friendly #fun #videogames

I'll be co-organizing Toronto Games Week again this year, join us?!

Do you work in film, TV, streaming, or games? Contribute to groundbreaking research on 2SLGBTQIA+ representation in Canada w/ @ptp_media, @CMF_FMC, & @Telefilm_Canada. Shape a more inclusive industry, by sharing your perspective in our survey: eds.ca.matchbox.maruhub.com/survey/enter/s…

Want to help us grow our community of coop and worker-centric studios led by marginalized devs? We’re on the hunt for board members for our new nonprofit! Info👇🏻 babyghosts.fund/news/bod-recru…

In a recent workshop, Hazel Thexton points out how pixel art technique can spill over into other artistic mediums. Part of the @GAMERellaJam workshop series teaching foundational game creation skills! Watch the full workshop here: youtube.com/watch?v=7x1rDK…

Young Dutch indie developer @LenteGameDev dropped out of college twice before embarking on her debut game, Spilled!, last year as a solo developer. “Making an eco-conscious game just really made sense to me.” premortem.games/2023/11/27/sol… #solodev #indiedev #gamedev

🎮☀️1️⃣ Day 1 jam pictures!

Jammers are jamming, teams are teaming, games are.... well.... being made! You can play them all tomorrow night on our @itchio site: itch.io/jam/gamerella2… #GAMERella2023

@GAMERellaJam Day 1 hype! 🌸✨✨

Kicking off #GAMERella2023 with the keynote speech of the amazing @HopeErin ! 👾🌈👾 Watch live on our Instagram: instagram.com/gamerellajam

🌈Just a few hours to go till #GAMERella2023 begins!! 🌈 We would not be here without our sponsors, like Warner Bros. Games! @WBGamesMTL is a Montreal studio famous for creating epic Batman games like Gotham Nights and Arkham Origins. Thank you Warner Bros. Montreal! 👾👾👾👾

Only 🔥 2 🔥more days until #GAMERella2023 ⁠ Today's sponsor shout-out goes to Behaviour Interactive, Canada’s largest independent game developer and publisher. Most of us know them as the creators behind Dead by Daylight. ⁠ Thank you for supporting GAMERella, @Behaviour!⁠👾

👀 3 days to go 👀 till #GAMERella2023! We are really grateful to our sponsors that make our jam possible year after year. @ClevEndeavGames is an indie game dev studio from Montreal, and the creator of the infamous Ultimate Chicken Horse! 🐔🐴 Thank you for your support!⁠ 👾⁠

As we eagerly anticipate #GAMERella2023 (only 4 more days 😮), we want to give a special shout-out to this year's sponsors! 👾⁠ ⁠ Weird Ghosts is an impact fund for studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada. ⁠🎮 ⁠ Thank you @weird_ghosts 👻! 💖⁠

Goodbye Volcano High has won the Grand Jury Award at #IndieCade 2023 🌋 👋 Congratulations to @KOOPMode 🥳 ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Go… #IndieCade #GoodbyeVolcanoHigh #GrandJuryAward

Only ✨5✨more days until #GAMERella2023 🥳⁠ ⁠ Of course, this jam wouldn't be possible without our sponsors, including EA @MotiveStudio! EA Motive is a Montreal-based studio behind games such as Dead Space and Star Wars: Squadrons. ⁠ ⁠ Thank you for continued support!⁠ 👾⁠

🥰 We are so happy to announce this year's keynote speaker: HOPE ERIN PHILLIPS 🥰 Hope is a programmer, multimedia artist, and professional hobby collector. They work at @KOOPMode in Montreal, as lead programmer on the recently released Goodbye Volcano High. 🎉👏

Barely any spots left for this year's jam! 🌈🌈Don't miss out! 🌈🌈 gamerella2023.eventbrite.ca