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A tous les game devs francophones de Suisse : Envoyez votre candidature pour la deuxième édition de la Game Créalab Francophone, une résidence de conception d'un projet de jeu vidéo qui aura lieu à Charleroi en Belgique du 10 au 23 octobre 2025.
La participation est gratuite!
La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est fixée au 6 juillet 2025!
gamecrealab.com/francophone-...
A tous les game devs francophones de Suisse : Envoyez votre candidature pour la deuxième édition de la Game Créalab Francophone, une résidence de conception d'un projet de jeu vidéo qui aura lieu à Charleroi en Belgique du 10 au 23 octobre 2025.
La participation est gratuite!
Castle Craft screenshot showing a battle for a castle.
Castle Craft screenshot showing a battle for a castle.
#SwissGames release alert!
🏰Castle Craft 🏰 released today!
Dive into an epic siege sandbox where you can build massive castles in a fully destructible voxel world. Castle Craft will be available on Steam, and when you are already there, leave a review 🫡
store.steampowered.com/app/2086680/...
Deadline extended! There are still some booth spaces available for Fantasy Basel, so sign up!
14.04.2025 10:23 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The event's program info.
🗓️ Upcoming Event 🗓️
The next Let's Talk About Games gathering in Rotkreuz will happen tomorrow. If you're up for a relaxed get-together and testing each other's prototypes, this is for you!
❓Where: Rotkreuz, FORUM (Building 1, ground floor)
❓When: April 15th, 6pm
Program of the Critical Thinking with Video Games event.
Program of the Critical Thinking with Video Games event
Program of the Critical Thinking with Video Games event
🗓️ Upcoming Event 🗓️
The Critical Thinking with Video Games event and workshop look at games in times of crises. All talks and workshops are free, so if you have some spare time, you should 100% stop by!
❓Where: Swiss Game Hub/UZH
❓When: April 14th and 15th, 2025
Would you like to showcase your game at Fantasy Basel?
The SGDA once again will have a booth at Fantasy Basel this year, promoting amazing games from Switzerland! SGDA members can still apply for one of the 10 booth spaces until April 13th, 2025.
❓Where: Lesesaal (P0), Zentralbibliothek Zürich
❓When: April 22nd, 2025, 18.00
❓More info: games-in-context.ch/event-wieso-...
Key visual for event, showing different people exploring a game environment.
🗓️ Upcoming Event 🗓️
Why do we even play video games? In the next Games in Context event, David Stark explains player motivations, why they can be different from person to person, and why this is relevant to game developers and everyone interested in psychology.
More info in first comment ⬇️
Feudums is a medieval online grand strategy & 4X
⚖️ no pay-to-win gimmicks,
♟️ no grind. Just strategy.
Monday's update to the community demo brought streamlined seasonal labour management & better commands UX.
🔗 s.team/a/473750
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegame #multiplayer #uiux #gaming
In Of Life and Land, your villagers not only have to work, but also look after their needs - water, food, sleep! 🛏️
06.04.2025 14:01 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A Grimoire Groves screenshot, showing plants getting fed by protagonist Primrose.
A Grimoire Groves screenshot, showing plants getting fed by protagonist Primrose.
A Grimoire Groves screenshot, showing plants getting fed by protagonist Primrose.
A Grimoire Groves screenshot, showing plants getting fed by protagonist Primrose.
It’s starting to feel like spring (the Grimoire Groves plants are feeling it too)! 🌱☀️
#screenshotsaturday
In Of Life and Land, animals are more than just residents. They affect the balance of nature. Every animal has its place in this living world. 🦊🐄🌿
03.04.2025 14:10 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0A little harmless misbehaving, as a treat
03.04.2025 17:55 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
An #interview with #Swiss #gamedeveloper @earlycoffee.games, currently working on #HermitAnUnderwaterTale (paywall, German read). #SwissGames #gamesCHweiz #indiegames #gamedev #gamedesign #games #Steam www.games.ch/swissgames/i... @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social @swissgamehub.bsky.social
28.03.2025 08:34 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
❓ Where: Fantasy Basel takes place from May 29th to 31st, 2025 in Basel
⬇️ REGISTER HERE ⬇️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Would you like to showcase your game at Fantasy Basel?
The SGDA once again will have a booth at Fantasy Basel this year, promoting amazing games from Switzerland! SGDA members can still apply for one of the 10 booth spaces until April 13th, 2025.
⬇️Alexandre's goals in the SGDA⬇️
Help fellow game developers work their magic in the best possible conditions so that we can all practice our craft safely and successfully.
📣 Introducing our new board members! 📣
At our general assembly last month, our members voted two new people into the SGDA board. Today we're introducing:
❗ Alexandre Serex❗
Alexandre is a software and DevOps engineer, tools programmer and teacher!
Strengthen professionalism in our industry, reduce administrative work and create legal certainty. There is a lot of experience in various teams that Marco would like to gather and make available to everyone and ensure that the available resources are used as effectively as possible!
20.03.2025 13:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣 Introducing our new board members! 📣
At our general assembly last month, our members voted two new people into the SGDA board. Today we're introducing:
❗ Marco Burri!❗
Marco is project lead, software engineer and game dev since 15 years!
⬇️ Marco's goals in the SGDA⬇️
As the survey is not conducted by us, I can't say if the results will be published, but we're very curious about the results as well!
20.03.2025 12:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
❓ Where: Fantasy Basel takes place from May 29th to 31st, 2025 in Basel
⬇️ REGISTER HERE ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
❗ Fantasy Basel registrations are open!❗
The SGDA once again will have a booth at Fantasy Basel this year, promoting amazing games from Switzerland! SGDA members can now apply for one of the 10 booth spaces until April 13th, 2025.
ad flyer for the podium: four portait shots of the participants, labelled Dr. med. Martin Meyer (Oberarzt, UPK Basel Abteilung Verhaltenssucht), Aline Morgenthaler (Schulleitung, Primarschule Rittergasse), Alice Ruppert (Vorstandsmitglied, Swiss Game Developers Association and Andi Schwab (Streamer, AndiGameTV) Bottom left: 20.02.2025, 19:00. ManaBar, Güterstrasse 99, 4053 Basel Bottom right: logos of Christoph Merian Stiftung and Verein für Aufkärung über Internet und Spielekultur
I'll be part of a podium discussion about "dangers and uses of gaming" at the Manabar in Basel this Thursday. I'm very curious about the other participants and the discussion and would love to see some familiar faces in the audience!
17.03.2025 08:54 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1You can participate here:
sosci.scicore.unibas.ch/UmfrageKultu...
To explore these questions, Migros Kulturprozent Sparx, in collaboration with the Cultural Management program at the University of Basel, is launching a study.
The SGDA urges all Swiss game developers to participate in this study to have our field represented!
In cultural funding, it is often assumed that artists and cultural practitioners must be professional in order to receive support. But what does professionalism really mean in this context, and what does the path to professionalization look like?
17.03.2025 12:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
An #interview with Seraina Rohrer (Head of Fachstelle Kultur Kanton #Zürich) about the new #funding for digital culture (paywall, German read). #games #Spieleförderung #Computerspiele #ZürcherFilmstiftung www.games.ch/schweiz/inte... @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social @swissgamehub.bsky.social
07.03.2025 07:56 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
