Thursday, 4 September

Good Game Dev Club - London Meetup

By Good Game Dev Club

Work in the games industry? Or trying to break in? Come meet some good people, have some good drinks and play some games. Sound good?

Date and time

Location

Loading Bar

129 Stoke Newington High Street London N16 0PH United Kingdom

Good to know

Highlights

4 hours, 30 minutes
In person

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 1 day before event

About this event

Good Game Dev Club is a pay-if-you-want monthly games industry meetup which takes place at Loading Bar in Dalston, London. The event is aimed at anyone who works in the games industry, or is trying to break in. Its open to anyone to make friends and help the community to be a good place to exist in.

If you're developing a game and would like people to playtest, please feel free to bring along your laptop and you can setup in one of the booths. Each has a plug socket below the seat.

SPEAKER - Ed Sibley, Game Designer

London-based Creative Director, Game Designer, Narrative Designer and Writer
MA (Distinction) in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway
6+ years of experience in the industry
Major credits include Love Island The Game, Sunshine Days, miniLAW, Dead Man’s Fiesta
Award nominations including XYZZY for Best Story (Dead Man’s Fiesta, 2018) and Game Dev Heroes (Narrative Hero, 2019

He is a...

Game Designer - Experienced designer and collaborator, passionate about building virtual worlds that seem alive
Narrative Designer - Critically-acclaimed, commercially-proven designer with f2p and Indie credits
Director and Manager - 5+ years experience in leadership roles, growing creative teams, fostering inclusive cultures, developing hit products

TALK TOPIC - Practical narrative design (but for a not-necessarily-narrative-game audience)

Good Game Dev Club is organised by Harvey Hayman, with the permission and blessing of Loading Bar. The event is not affiliated with any organisations. Please join the Discord and let Harvey know if you have any questions.

Good Game Dev Club (normally) takes place on the first Thursday of every month.

Come talk game development, air your views about Unity licencing fees, discuss marketing strategy, celebrate the birth of a wave of new games journalism groups or discuss government games policy. It's all good.

Loading Bar has a load of games consoles setup with a monumental selection of board and video games, the perfect place to talk games.

Frequently asked questions

What is the accessibility of the venue?

Loading Bar has a disabled bathroom. The top bar is wheelchair friendly but the downstairs bar where the event takes place is not wheelchair accessible. Shoot me a message on the Discord if this is going to be a problem for you as I actively want to resolve this.

What happens at this event?

It's a meetup, there are no structured activities. You can chat, play games, have a drink and make some friends (or meet some old ones)

Who are you, why are you organising this?

I'm Harvey Hayman, a Game Designer and Developer who lives and works in London. I've ran the social events for a few organisations in the past and thought I'd have a go at setting up one for the games industry.

Why did you set up this event?

I thought it would be cool to have a game industry meet-up located in a video game bar!

Organised by

Good Game Dev Club

Good Game Dev Club is a free monthly games industry meetup which takes place at Loading Bar in Stoke Newington, London. The event is aimed at anyone who works in the games industry, or is trying to break in. Its open to anyone to make friends and help the community to be a good place to exist in.

Join our Discord community here: https://discord.com/invite/wqMzH6Tq

£0 – £10

Sep 4 · 19:00 GMT+1