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Why apply to the GDoCExpo Direct or Steam Sale?
- developer-first, mission-driven
- Steam frontpage visibility
- 1M showcase visitors annually
- tickets to GDoCExpo conference
- no submission/exhibition fees ever
- secret alumni network of indie studios
- no-strings dev grants (we've awarded $450K+)

the secret to game design is that as much as players may claim otherwise they all love choosing one out of three things

Baby Ghosts Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.

Applications are open now for our spring 2026 cohort of Cooperative Foundations! Comes with a $5k bursary.

And if you’re Ontario-based, we have $1,000 travel stipends available to join us in Toronto for in-person cohort events thanks to Ontario Creates. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...

Steam Next Fest Promo for Love in the Time of Spellphage. Shows the cover art and title with the text "Check out our game demo during Steam next Fest. Feb 23 - Mar 2".

Our first game, Love in the Time of Spellphage is in the current Steam Next Fest!

If you haven't checked out the demo yet, now would be a great time! store.steampowered.com/app/4222400/...

The Poly Fighter demo is live on Steam!! Please check it out if you like fighting games and/or roguelikes!

Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️

Still on the lookout here, by the way! If you previously worked somewhere with a group like this, that is also fine.

Overjoyed at all the applications we've had so far for this.

If you're thinking of applying, reminder that the deadline is February 28th

Tabletop Diversity Foundation iTDF

Applications are open for the IGDN 2026 Diversity Scholarship by the iTDF: itdf.games

We have 4 spots for marginalized and underrepresented designers to receive mentorship plus $1000 USD no-strings-attached scholarship!

Apply before March 17th, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Can you survive off 10k sales for a $15 game? | Grey Alien Games Get more from Grey Alien Games on Patreon

Can you survive off 10k sales for a $15 game?

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IVGD Indie Game Playtest - Global Game Jam 2026 edition Get tickets on Humanitix - IVGD Indie Game Playtest - Global Game Jam 2026 edition hosted by IVGD . Dawson College, 4001 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Westmount, QC H3Z 3G4, Canada. Thursday 26th Februa...

Our next IVGD Indie Game Playtest is coming up next week!

Join us for a night of games and chat with local developers, students and gamers alike.

We still have a few spots left if you would like to present your game. (Link in thread)

Get your free ticket now: events.humanitix.com/ivgd-indie-g...

Venba is 60% off on sale as part of Global Food Faire and is only 5$!!!

For the price of pre-pandemic latte, you can now get the BAFTA winning game about cooking lost recipes and restoring relationships!

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🚀 Managing Project in the Creative industry just dropped!
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It’s a fun, no‑nonsense dive into project management — solid theory, real studio stories, and plenty of “oh yeah, I’ve lived that” moments.
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"GenAI is for poor people and the arts are only for the rich."

Holy hell this is on point.

Today I stumbled upon Tomita's Clair de Lune, which reminded me of Daniel Olsen's Clair de Lune in Sayonara Wild Hearts, and I actually didn't realize they were Debussy's Clair de Lune,

anyway, music is endlessly fun

Fun news! We're looking for a narrative designer to join our team. Help us work on Star Wars Jedi! ✨ jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...

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We're Hiring! Join the NYU Game Center Faculty as an Associate Professor! - NYU | Game Center Description Associate or Full tenure professor position for the NYU Game Center New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Position Overview The NYU Game Center is seeking applicants to join its fa...

The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential!
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[BPM] AAA Q&A: Discussing Game Writing with Anna Megill, Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup The BPM crew sit down with Anna Megill, a multi-award winning AAA game writer, to discuss her career, writing for games, and working within the AAA space. We will also have

Know anyone interested in writing video games? I'm chatting about it next Thursday, 6PM at MIT, so plan ahead #writing #gamedev

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Help Support from the broader community matters. The closure of Ubisoft Halifax has prompted many people to ask how they can help and what actions are available. This page lists current ways to offer su…

Support the affected workers by joining a letter writing campaign to hold Ubisoft accountable! This effort is open to ALL regardless of your country of residence, and takes only a minute of your time.

ubisoftworkerscanada.com/help/

Are you making a story-focused indie game? 📖

Applications are open for the Story-Rich Showcase, our event that will run during the Summer Game Fest period and is built to champion narrative games that deserve the spotlight ❤️‍🔥

You can apply here 👇
📋 storyrich.games

'A chair left empty': that's mine! <3

We're opening up freelance opportunities at Rogue Help us and our readers find some hidden gems!

A month shy of our 6 month anniversary (!), we're opening up freelance at Rogue.

We're a small business, but we want to help build a place where new writers can flourish.

pitches@rogue.site

Instructions below!

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BRASS TAXES FREE KNOWLEDGE on TAX MANAGEMENT for FREELANCERS. Hosted by UVW-CWA. Open to all. Learn some tips and tricks to get ahead of the season. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11TH 10 AM Pacific/1pm Eastern. Hosted on Zoom.

Are you a freelancer hoping to level up your bookkeeping before tax season? UVW-CWA has joined forces with freelancer-specialist tax firm Brass Taxes for a webinar. Open to non-members!

February 11th, 10AM Pacific on Zoom

Art by Cleveland Mosher

Sign up: actionnetwork.org/events/brass...

a woman wearing a wig is singing holla ! Alt: a woman wearing a wig is singing holla !

Do I know any South Asian game writers/narrative designers looking for a full-time contract?

Text reads: KO_OP is Hiring! Our studio mascot, a dark blue genderless humanoid named ini, is at the bottom right corner, holding their face and smiling with hearts floating around their head.

Text reads: Responsibilities - Working closely with our QA lead, design, tech, and production to understand project goals and build test plans collaboratively. - Writing and iterating on test cases for a game actively in development, with a live player base. - Paired testing with other members of the QA department, with a focus on networked multiplayer testing. Requirements - Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English. - Applicants in Canada will be given priority, however applicants outside of Canada are welcome to submit their application should we be unable to fill the role locally. Preferred experience - Experience with JIRA, Slack, Notion and Unity. - Experience with network testing and working on Live Service titles. - Having worked on released titles for Steam and Xbox. - Experience with Xbox Cert for XBPC, Series XS and Xbox One.

Fonctions - Collaborer étroitement avec notre responsable de l’assurance qualité ainsi que l’équipe de conception, l’équipe technique et l’équipe de production pour comprendre les objectifs du projet et élaborer les plans de mise à l’essai. - Rédiger et exécuter des scénarios d’essai pour un jeu en cours de développement avec une base active de joueurs. - Réaliser des essais en collaboration avec d’autres membres du service de l’assurance qualité, notamment des essais de jeux multijoueurs en réseau. Exigences du poste - Connaissance de l’anglais (nous formons une petite équipe dont bon nombre des membres se trouvent à l’étranger). - Nous accorderons la priorité aux candidatures canadiennes. Cependant, les personnes qui résident ailleurs sont également invitées à soumettre la leur, au cas où nous n’arriverions pas à pourvoir le poste localement. Atouts - Connaissance de Jira, de Slack, de Notion et d’Unity. - Expérience avec les essais en réseau et le développement de jeux-services. - Expérience de travail sur des jeux publiés sur Steam et Xbox. - Obtention passée de la certification Xbox pour PC, Xbox Série X|S et Xbox One. Rémunération - 90 069 $ CA/année (1 732 $/semaine) - Télétravail uniquement (travail hybride ou au bureau à Montréal, si désiré) - Semaine de quatre jours et horaire flexible Il s'agit d'un poste contractuel de six mois. Lien dans la bio pour plus d'informations.

We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶

Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨

Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)

48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.

Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.

Sometimes I think it'd be a good idea for CEOs to be scored, Metacritic-style, based on how others evaluate how they run a company. I like to imagine it would encourage more restraint. Their incompetence does real damage. You shouldn't have to suffer executives just because you want to be a gamedev.

Ubisoft is no more, long live Ubisoft! On January 21, 2026, Yves Guillemot announced the end of remote work, closure of several studios, cancellation of projects, and a new 200€ million “cost-cutting” plan. We were informed of this at the same time as the press — as none of these changes had been discussed during the mandatory consultations with the works councils a few days earlier! On January 26, 2026, management announced the implementation of a voluntary departure plan that will affect 200 people at Ubisoft’s headquarters. We are promised autonomy for « Creative Houses », but what about autonomy for employees? We have been negotiating for over a year on remote work policy, sometimes under difficult conditions. An agreement has been in place since September in some studios. Trampled underfoot! We are told about responsibilities, but those who wield this word so easily do not take any responsibility for the consequences of their catastrophic management.

We are not fooled: rather than taking financial responsibility for layoffs, they prefer to push us out by making our working conditions unbearable. It’s outrageous. It is because we love Ubisoft that this situation revolts us. Ubisoft’s unions are calling for a massive international strike by all Ubisoft employees on the 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2026. NO to their anti-remote-work obsession to “cost-cutting” plans on employees’ backs to top-down decisions to coercive control on our working conditions YES to our leaders truly taking their responsibilities to management’s duty of sincerity in the face of its failings It is time for our management to understand that they cannot do whatever they want, whether with public money or the work of hundreds of people! Without us, Ubisoft would never have conquered and transformed video games as it has. WE ARE UBISOFT.

🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.

Steam Event: Fake OS Games / Interface Sims Please fill in you details to apply for our 7-day Steam event from April 27 to May 4, 2026. Signup Deadline: February 7th, Midnight UTC

Are you a dev making a "Fake OS", Interface based game a la Her Story, The Operator, Desktop Explorer... or Imprinted? : D
We are organizing a dedicated steam sale and would love to include your game as well!!

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