@gamerella.bsky.social
GAMERella is the world’s longest running annual game jam and workshop series focusing on supporting marginalized game creators and aspiring game makers.
Check it out for yourself here: artofnamelamed.itch.io/the-inverted... 🎮
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Avant de nous rejoindre, ils avaient notamment réalisé The Inverted Spire, un jeu de négociation dystopique au style photoréaliste de film noir. Situé dans un univers dark fantasy original, il s'inspire des œuvres de China Miéville et d'Ursula K. Le Guin.
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✨️Mentee Highlight - Nicholai Avigdor Melamed✨️
A multimedia writer-artist making comics, games, poetry and illustrations, Nicholai joined the GAMERella mentorship program with an art style and ambition to make games.
@artofnamelamed.bsky.social
The game was made with Tuana as the 3D generalist and environment artist, Kira Fountain (another mentee) as the programmer and technical artist and Sam Dalwood as the composer.
Check it out for yourself here: tuanabicakci.dev/lemon-game 🎮
L'un de ses projets les plus récents est Lemon Game, un jeu de simulation qui pose la question : « Quand la vie vous donne des citrons… que faites-vous ? »
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✨️Mentee Highlight - Tuana Bıçakcı✨️
Now a member of the GAMERella mentorship program, Tuana came to our program with quite a few games under her belt as a developer and artist, including narrative roleplay games like Sleepy Haven Hotel and adventure survival games like Academic Weapon.
Neechi Clan: a free-to-join online community that utilizes apps like Discord to bring together Indigenous gamers, streamers, and content creators.
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Two Falls: a game about and madenbybIndigenous peoples. Indigenous artists working directly on the project include the music composer (Eadsé), art director, writer, some actors and 3D artists (Awastoki). Play it on Steam, Epic Games, PlayStation and Xbox.
@twofalls.bsky.social
Achimostawinan Games: an Indigenous owned and operated video game company dedicated to developing Indigenous games for an Indigenous audience (and the world) while also helping Indigenous artists and communities develop interactive and digital content.
@achimogames.bsky.social
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we would like to highlight some Indigenous groups creating in the video game space to check out and support, including...
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If you are at @qgcon.bsky.social come to the arcade and suggest a theme for this year's GAMERella Game Jam!
If you sign up to our newsletter there, you can win a bundle of Canadian videogames!! ✨🤗
GAMERella Co-Director Gina Hara will be talking on the importance of queer-driven game research on Saturday with the amazing @alexcustodio.com
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#TBT à notre atelier syndical, présenté par @gwu-montreal.bsky.social !
Que sont les syndicats ? Pourquoi sont-ils importants ? À quoi cela ressemble-t-il en pratique ? Voici les questions auxquelles nos mentorés ont obtenu des réponses vendredi dernier.
Merci à tous d'être venus !
#TBT to our Unions Workshop presented by Game Workers Unite Montreal!
What are unions? Why do they matter? What does this look like in practice? These are the questions our mentees got answers to last Friday.
Shout out to our panelists @inspectorbeans.bsky.social and @vladadraws.bsky.social !
Un grand merci à Michael Iantorno, auparavant membre du personnel de l'équipe de Gamerella, qui a créé la ressource post-jam ultime : « What's Next Jammer ? ».
Gardez-le à portée de main après la Game Jam annuelle GAMERella cette année !
gameartsinternationalnet.itch.io/whats-next-j...
A special shout-out to a past GAMERella staff member, Michael Iantorno, who has created the ultimate post-jam resource, "What's Next Jammer?"
Keep it in your back pocket post the GAMERella annual Game Jam this year!
@michaeliantorno.com
✨️Faits saillants de la mentorée - Sarah Raine Wari✨️
Programmeuse et conceptrice de jeux vidéo, avec une collection de jeux déjà à son actif, elle s'intéresse à la création de jeux atmosphériques mettant en scène des récits centrés sur les femmes queer.
✨️Mentee Highlight - Sarah Raine Wari✨️
One of her prior projects was Daughters of Ruin, a sapphic tactical RPG where you lead a band of rebels and witches against the oppressive chains of a holy empire.
Check it out for yourself here: missmystie.itch.io/daughters-of... 🎮
@missmystie.bsky.social
🎮 À VOS AGENDAS 🎮
La prochaine Game Jam GAMERella aura lieu les 15 et 16 novembre 2025 !
Cette game jam inclusive, ouverte aux débutants et très accessible est faite pour vous ! Rejoignez-nous pour un week-end de créativité, de collaboration et de gourmandises.
✨️ Les inscriptions sont ouvertes ✨️
🎮 MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🎮
The next GAMERella Game Jam is happening November 15–16, 2025!
This inclusive, beginner-friendly, and super accessible game jam is made for you! Join us for a weekend of creativity, collaboration, and cookies.
✨️ Sign-up is now open ✨️
www.eventbrite.ca/e/gamerella-...
✨️Faits saillants du mentoré - Hitesh Kumar Sharma✨️
Il a créé Detective Dotson en tant que concepteur et programmeur. Le jeu invite les joueurs à explorer des marchés animés et des festivals colorés tout en résolvant des mystères complexes.
Découvrez-le ici : www.hiteshks.com/detectivedot... 🎮
✨️Mentee Highlight - Hitesh Kumar Sharma✨️
Hitesh is a game Designer and game programmer for Detective Dotson, which has players explore cozy alleys, bustling markets, and colourful festivals as they solve intricate mysteries.
Check it out for yourself here: www.hiteshks.com/detectivedot... 🎮
Nous tenions à remercier tout particulièrement notre principal commanditaire de GAMERella : le Fonds des médias du Canada !
Nous les remercions pour leur contribution à la création de cette opportunité pour les futurs créateurs de jeux vidéo !
We wanted to give a special shout-out to our main sponsor at GAMERella - the Canadian Media Fund!
We thank them for their help in creating this opportunity to aspiring game-makers, and we can't wait to see what we're able to do together in the gaming industry going forward.
and the exploration and stealth game Nila.
Check it out all of Laura's projects here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🎮
Live, Die, Reborn... which was developed as part of the 9th edition of the Intercollegiate video game creation conference in just 40 hours;
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Before joining the GAMERella internship, Laura worked on The Dome: Immersive 360° Experience as part of her internship at Digital Spring (Printemps numérique);
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✨️Mentee Highlight - @isabelaura.bsky.social✨️
Laura has teamed up with our mentor Nicolas Barrière-Kucharski to learn all things gaming from a Senior Game Designer at Behaviour Interactive.
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Play for Peace
Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle
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🚨 DÉCOUVREZ TOUT - Nos mentorés font l'actualité ! 🗞
Quatre membres de notre cohorte ont eu l'occasion de discuter de leurs expériences et de leur nouveau projet grâce au programme de mentorat GAMERella.
Nous sommes extrêmement fiers de nos talentueux mentorés !👏
@missmystie.bsky.social
