Lithuanian Game Developers Association

#gamesindustry #gameon #Lithuania We'd like to invite everyone to GameOn, which is returning to Vilnius, Lithuania on October 18-20! GameOn is a video game culture convention, designed to celebrate video games and all the alternate realities and friendly movements. Created by a bunch of video game fans, GameOn was meant to become an island in an otherwise underserved region, where fans of the medium could celebrate their passion, play, learn, compete, make friends and most importantly - discover new passions and hobbies. Now we hope to see you this year! Activities for your consideration Business/development: • Send a speaker to one of our conferences. GameOn hosts a gamedev conference dedicated to game developers and students, next to a WeAllPlay conference focused on geekery, life stories, meeting celebrities and upcoming game previews. • Send a spokesperson/ambassador or influencer to promote your title or portfolio from our main stage (expected online viewership: ~ 50K people visitors at the event itself). • Attend our networking sessions, organised in partnership with MeetToMatch we seek to unlock the Baltics to the world. You'll be surprised by how much we have achieved here. Play and meet the players (we expect 30K visitors this year) • Show off your game in our Gameverse - an area dedicated to play. • Join other indies in Indie Town. • Organize behind-closed-doors screenings of your games. This can be done for content creators and media, as well as for regular visitors. • Have a competitive game? Let's do an amateur tournament. • Use our main stage to promote upcoming titles. Have your idea of participation? Questions? Let's talk! Please, check out our website to get some of the vibe: https://www.gameon.lt/go/

#gamesindustry #Lithuania #BBQ Let's start the clock for our annual summer gathering – GameDev BBQ! We'll meet in one month, August 8th, at the same spot as last year – Art Factory LOFTAS outside area in Vilnius. The plan is to enjoy lots of food (meat & vegan options), drinks, music by Nordcurrent DJ's team, and, most importantly, each other's company with both old and new friends from gamedev community! Thank you to Nordcurrent and the Lithuanian Council for Culture for support, and see you soon! Please register your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/dmsJsYZ3

Great to see all the creative and cultural industries growing and represented at Global Lithuanian Leaders event! Thanks to the organisers and NKIKIA for the invitation.

#gamesindustry #meetup #Klaipėda GameDev Meetups tour is returning to Klaipėda, and we invite you to join and meet games and VR creators right after Midsummer's Day, on June 25! The event will take place at Culture Factory (also known as KUFA), Bangų st. 5A, from 18:00. On this occasion, we'll meet three creators from Klaipėda: 18:30 Marius Narbutaitis, game developer at Matima Studio: "Tempo Punk is a Game of All Time" 19:00 Simonas Budginas, 3D generalist at muonā studio: "Under the Hood – 3D Generalist Profession" 19:30 Ernestas Norvaišas, solo developer: "Building a Game from Home – Your Questions Answered" Also, we'll have some time for short intros, so if you'd like to say a few words about yourself and what you are working with, don't hesitate to contact the organizers at the location before the event! Special thanks to Culture Factory for helping with this meetup, and our long-term supporters, the Lithuanian Council for Culture! The event is free to attend, please register your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/g9TExkbY

This summer we are continuing the games creation camp for kids, and this year we are partnering with the initiative iLapė, which organizes games creation activities throughout the year and will form several camp groups during the summer. The daily camp is called From Gamer to Creator, it is designed for 11-15 year old teenagers interested in games or their development. The first camp will take place from July 1 to July 5 at Vilniaus Žemynos progimnazija. During this camp, participants will: * Get acquainted with the game development industry and its professional opportunities. * Try their hand at coding, music editing, 3D modelling, and design. * Engage in game-based learning to increase their involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes. * Participate in sessions combining theory and practice to develop logical thinking, creativity, critical thinking, and computer literacy, including coding skills. * Enjoy their summer with friends, interact with interesting industry guests, and have the opportunity to create their own game within a week. Other camp groups are planned for July 22-26 and August 19-23. Find out more and register at https://ilape.lt/#stovykla

#gamesindustry #Lithuania #meetup A couple more days and some free tickets are left for our summer edition of GameDev CG Meetup! It will take place on June 13 evening at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius.   Our program will include talks from three guests:   Kęstutis Rinkevičius has been working with 3D art for almost 18 years, including such renowned series as Total War and Fable. He will talk about the specifics of creating 3D characters for games.   Indre Selenyte is a co-founder, creative director, and character artist at Pepi Play. She is also a lecturer and founder of the Digital Game Development program at Vilnius Academy of Arts. Indre will share how game artists can benefit from formal education and possibly become better at what they do.    Motiejus Viltrakis is a senior graphics QA and technical artist from Unity. He will give a short intro for several features such as Path Tracing, Adaptive Light Probes, Clouds and Water systems. And will talk a bit about graphics from QA's perspective.   After the talks, we'll celebrate 11 years of the Lithuanian Game Developers Association!   The event is organized with the support of Unity and the Lithuanian Council for Culture.   The event is free to attend, please register your ticket as the space is limited: https://lu.ma/udkm0l4g

The National Association of Creative and Cultural Industries (NKIKIA), which LGDA is part of, is coming back with its annual event of the year – the National Culture Forum 2024. The theme of this year’s event is “Cultural Entrepreneurship”. For the ninth time, the Forum will take place on June 6 at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. This year it will bring together two seemingly hard-to-connect areas: culture and entrepreneurship. The Culture Forum will focus on cultural entrepreneurship and culture in the regions, which are of great importance and relevance for the Lithuanian cultural and creative field. Together with cultural and creative sessions, there will be a showcase of different creative industries. We'll be part of it and have a booth with several games. Come say hi if you'll visit the event! https://lnkd.in/gZskmpnH

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#gamesindustry #Lithuania #DigitalDragons Cheers from very sunny Krakow and Digital Dragons! If you're at the event, come visit Lithuanian booth at National Showcase zone. Big thanks to all our participants!

#gamesindustry #Lithuania #DigitalDragons We are joining Digital Dragons again this year with the Lithuanian games showcase! Find our booth, play the games and meet developers: CHARK Studio - Exer Gale FLUXO GAMES - Book Smugglers Jollybits Games - Ready, Steady, Ship! Matima Studio - Tempo Punk SneakyBox - Baltic Folk See you on May 19-21 in Krakow!