May Game Playtest Event, Sat, May 2, 2026, 2:00 PM | Meetup Welcome to the May 2026 Game Playtest Event! **Meetup Location:** Auahatanga \| Creativity\, Level 4\, Tūranga \- Computer Labs 2 PM - Doors Open 4 PM - Event Ends Have y

Hey everyone,

We're going to be hosting a game playtesting event on Saturday the 2nd of May.

This is a great opportunity to gain helpful feedback from a forgiving public audience. Hope to see you all there.

More information can be found on our meetup page: www.meetup.com/christchurch...

October - Game Playtest Event, Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 2:00 PM | Meetup Welcome to the October 2025 Game Playtest Event! **Meetup Location:** Auahatanga \| Creativity\, Level 4\, Tūranga \- Computer Labs 2 PM - Doors Open 4 PM - Event Ends Ha

Happy to announce we'll be hosting a playtesting event on the 9th of August.

This is a great opportunity to get some feedback on your projects from a friendly public audience.

More details on our meetup page: www.meetup.com/christchurch...

October CGDA Meetup - David Mason, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup Welcome to the October 2025 Christchurch Game Developers' Meetup! **Location:** EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 **The meetup will also be streamed o

This October 9th, we are back at it with our monthly meetup at Epic Innovation!

This month's guest speaker, David Mason, will present: The Collaboration between Devs and Audio Artists. From DREDGE to Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3!

More details below:

August - Game Playtest Event, Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 2:00 PM | Meetup Welcome to the August 2025 Game Playtest Event! **Meetup Location:** Auahatanga \| Creativity\, Level 4\, Tūranga \- Computer Labs 2 PM - Doors Open 4 PM - Event Ends Hav

Happy to announce we'll be hosting a playtesting event on the 9th of August.

This is a great opportunity to get some feedback on your projects from a friendly public audience.

You can submit your game here: forms.gle/4LH4n2kuBrtQ...

More details on our meetup page: www.meetup.com/christchurch...

August CGDA Meetup - Leigh Beattie, Thu, Aug 7, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup Welcome to the August 2025 Christchurch Game Developers' Meetup! **Location:** John Britten 102 Conference Foyer, University of Canterbury Ilam Campus **The meetup will a

Our next meetup will be on August 7th at John Britten 102 Conference Foyer, University of Canterbury!

Leigh Beattie will be giving a talk about his in-development project Surreal 98, and about how good development practices can help you stay on track and deliver on complex projects.

Details Below:

Kiwi Jam Christchurch 2025, Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup **Save the Date - Registration details to come!** https://kiwijam.org/chch/ Kiwijam is Aotearoa’s own homegrown annual in-person game-jam. We invite newcomers and veteran

KiwiJam is back for 2025!
We'll be hosting the Christchurch KiwiJam at the Yoobee Colombo Street Campus, from 6:00pm July 25nd, to 7:00pm July 27th!

Make sure to RSVP at our meetup page!
Registration opens soon, so keep an eye on the official KiwiJam site here: kiwijam.org/chch/

July CGDA Meetup - Julian Gosiengfiao, Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup Welcome to the July 2025 Christchurch Game Developers' Meetup! **Location:** EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 **The meetup will also be streamed onli

Next meetup will be on Thursday 3rd July at EPIC Innovation!

Our speaker, Julian Gosiengfiao, will be giving a preview/test-run of their talk for NZGDC 2025: Preserving Judgement & Collaboration in Gamedev - Daily Operational Tools for Creative Leaders.

Details below:

June CGDA Meetup - Hannah Mackintosh, Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup Welcome to the June 2025 Christchurch Game Developers' Meetup! **Location:** EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 **The meetup will also be streamed onli

Our next meetup will be on Thursday 5th June at EPIC Innovation!

Hannah Mackintosh of Black Salt Games will be presenting her GDC talk, "Cosplay as a Game Artist", on how the practices of cosplay and character design can inform each other and lead to better designs

Details below:

[Bonus!] May CGDA Meetup - Chris Murphy, Wed, May 7, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup Welcome to the Bonus May 2025 Christchurch Game Developers Meetup! **Location:** EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 **Please note, we are not able to r

We have a very exciting bonus meetup *Tonight* at EPIC Innovation!

Chris Murphy from EPIC Games will be presenting "An Introduction to World Building with Procedural Content Generation" 💖

More details and RSVP here:
www.meetup.com/christchurch...