in 'Bringing Clarity To Your Audio Mix' @caiojacomini from thatgamecompany talks about using the audio mix to aid to player awareness within a games soundscape, and gives some helpful vocab for communicating about the topic!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqf6...
We also have Christian Gabbianelli with 'Visceral Combat Design for 3rd Person Melee Combat', with Christian talking about how he learned from other titles to iterate on combat in his game Crazy Arena Chaos christiangabbianelli.itch.io/crazy-arena-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxpI...
First up is @chrisdeleon.bsky.social with '15 Principles for Project-Based Game Development Learning', some strategies for helping folks learn by doing that Chris applies in the game dev club he runs at devpods.gg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8rE...
Talks from the Boston Gamedev Week Minicon are starting to go up on YouTube! Here's the playlist they'll all end up on:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Here's a fun Q&A I did with Boston Post Mortem a while back. Some interesting questions and a smart audience. I had a blast doing it!
And another Pandemonium Gems: Refaceted update. Mainly options and a bug fix this time. Have some ideas for a roadmap too. Let me know if it's interesting
freezebeam.itch.io/pandemonium-...
What better way to close out Airwiggles' incredible AirCon audio conference than by getting together with fellow audio enthusiasts! If you're in the Boston or New England area we'd be thrilled to see you on May 24th, 5-8 PM at Flat Top Johnny's in Cambridge, MA!
www.airwiggles.com/c/worldwide-...
This is v3 of the old What's on Steam. Give it a go!
Okay let's get the date right this time I will be chatting with the amazing @car0mur.bsky.social on Wednesday at 7PM on Discord!
Do you have a game release to post-mortem, a cool technique, or an interesting development anecdote to share?
We finally have a form for folks interested in speaking at BGD events!
Fill this guy out and we'll try to find an appropriate venue for you: forms.gle/6hrc4L85ckyD...
Six panelists stand in front of the poster for "We Have Gamedev at Home".
Five panelists in a selfie in front of a crowd. There's a monitor that says "Lightning Talks".
Two of our local panels organized in partnership with PAX. On the left is "We Have Gamedev at Home", a collaboration between BGD, Gumbo, Seattle Indies and Shattered Journal. On the right is "BGD Lightning Talks".
Game developers and community organizers standing by the BGD booth on the PAX floor.
A sign on a street that says "Boston Indies Demo Night 6-9PM" with an arrow pointing right.
A room in a brewery with rows of tables and chairs. Attendees are watching an interview up front.
Rows of tables and chairs with attendees watching a lecture. On the projector screen it says "BGW MiniCon!".
From left to right: our BGD booth on the PAX floor featuring local studios. A sign for our Indies Demo Night. Game Audio Boston's Hang, and our Mini Con.
Last week we wrapped up another incredible Boston Gamedev Week! This wouldn't have been possible without the tireless work of our wonderful organizers and YOU, all the people who came and brought the party! Vid from Make Games Make Friends, more highlights below 🧵
#gamedev #indiedev
We LOVE our first BGD fan art!! The characters from local studios carrying our BGD banner 🥲
Going to PAX East? Boston Game Dev is hosting FOUR events at the con!
Two panels!
east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
An exclusive roundtable with Yacht Club Games!
gamedev.boston/events/yacht...
And an after-hours networking event!
gamedev.boston/events/speed...
Iconic talk pairing at the Boston Gamedev Week mini-con today; hop on the train to Kendall, you can still make it over here!
gamedev.boston/events/minicon
That's right, BGD will be on the show floor at #PAXEast in booth 13085!
In addition to these glorious pins, you can also play these great locally made games:
Of the Devil @nthcircle.bsky.social
Never’s End @hypersect.com
Nocternum @normalhorsegames.bsky.social
Wilderbard @respite-dev.bsky.social
A few of many BGD Buttons
Look at all these exclusive @bostongamedev.bsky.social Pax East Buttons you can only claim at the Boston Game Dev Booth 👀♥️
Be sure to visit us! It's gonna be a wild weekend!!
Boston Gamedev Week is next week! Check out these cool happenings in Boston leading up to and including PAX East. I’ll be leading a BGW MiniCon roundtable, “XR in Transition,” on Tuesday. Hope to see you there! gamedev.boston
Boston! I'm giving a talk on Wednesday for the @bostongamedev.bsky.social mini con with Chris from @daylitebasement.bsky.social about the collaborative process for composing for a game. pls come by to be an audience plant for the q+a portion
boston-gamedev-con-pretalx.onrender.com/minicon-2026...
The pax east floor plan with the small indiepocalypse booth circled with an arrow and logo pointing to it.
If you're going to PAX East next week stop by the Indiepocalypse booth and check out a little slice of alternative games on the busy show floor!
We’ve got our own fancy little mini conference coming up!
Boston Gamedev Week's MiniCon will host talks + round tables in a neat little 2-day package
It kicks off Tues 3/24, full schedule and pay-what-you-want tickets here -> gamedev.boston/events/minicon
Thanks to our sponsor, @gamemaker.io!
I ran out of characters on this post but big up to our cool sponsors, without whom we could not afford to run any of this!!
Thank you for supporting the MA games scene!
GameMaker gamemaker.io/en
Skymap Games skymap.com
Devolver Digital www.devolverdigital.com
We’ll be one of the 3 games demoing at the Twitch party after PAX East next Saturday! See you there. 🪩
Kick off PAX with Boston Game Dev! Next wednesday come to demo night, then a party at Flat Top Johnnys! No sign-ups required, just bring your cool games out, then pop next door for pinball n' drinks!
6pm - ??
3/25
MIT ➡️ Flat Top Johnnys
gamedev.boston/events/demo-... + gamedev.boston/events/mgmf
Boston Indies Lighting Talks are coming to #PAXEast!
We’ve got 4 cool talks on a mix of game dev topics from some of our favorite local devs: @noabeazley.bsky.social, @ryanjuckett.com, Ziba Scott, and Rebekah Fenn!
3:30 pm THURSDAY 3/26 in the Bumblebee Theater!
east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
Did you know PAX East is NEXT WEEK?? We’ll be posting here every day about a different event we’re running next week.
We’ve got a ton of cool stuff coming up, and we’re super excited to see everyone in person!
gamedev.boston for a list, follow us here @bostongamedev.bsky.social for updates!
