Christchurch Game Developers

07/05/2025

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:

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

04/05/2025

Our next meetup is this Thursday at EPIC Innovation! ✨

Hamish Oliver will be giving his talk, 'Elegant Audio Easily', on the many accessible ways to create effective audio that supports gameplay, without being too complicated for developers to implement.

Afterwards will be our AGM! If you're yet to become a member, the signup form can be found here: https://forms.gle/q5PLyATGtqiG7fSr8

https://www.meetup.com/christchurchgamedevelopers/events/307541003/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link

Welcome to the May 2025 Christchurch Game Developers Meetup! **Location:** EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 **The meetup will also be streamed online

12/02/2025

TOMORROW night, our first meetup of 2025 will be at EPIC Innovation!

Érika Casab of CerebralFix will be presenting her talk, 'Killing Your Darlings', discussing ways ways to remain passionate for creating, even as your ideas are consumed, reworked, or sacrificed in the creative process. ✨

More info here:

Welcome to the first Christchurch Game Developers Meetup of 2025! **Location:** EPIC Innovation, 106 Manchester St, Christchurch 8011 **The meetup will also be streamed o

02/12/2024

This Thursday, we're hosting 3 speakers for our Game Dev Meetup!

Cleo Renshaw will provide insight into how games are purposefully designed to foster profound experiences in their players, Emma Procter will share how market research can be utilised to create captivating and commercially successful games, and Jonathan Shirley will discuss how playtesting can be used as a tool for team alignment! ✨

More info here:
https://www.meetup.com/christchurchgamedevelopers/events/304871106/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link

31/10/2024

Our November meetup is happening on *Nov 7th at 81c Lichfield St*!

Steven Linton from Fantail Games will be presenting his NZGDC talk, *Designing for Mixed Reality* - if you missed it in October, come along and hear why you should care about MR, what makes it compelling for players, and what unique challenges come from designing in this space!

More details here:
https://www.meetup.com/christchurchgamedevelopers/events/304264054/

27/09/2024

Our October meetup is on *this Thursday* at 81c Lichfield Street!

Ben Maher of CerebralFix will be presenting a preview of his NZGDC talk, "Balancing Business and Art"!

Come along to hear how transdiciplinary game dev skills can be!

Link with more info:
https://www.meetup.com/christchurchgamedevelopers/events/303656908/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link

31/08/2024

Our September meetup is happening *this Thursday* at University of Canterbury, John Britten 117!

Come along to hear Zoe Platt-Young and Kieron Wall from the Applied Immersive Gaming Initiative talk about designing games for learning, training, decision-making, and raising awareness.

Link with more info:
https://www.meetup.com/christchurchgamedevelopers/events/303148961

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29/07/2024

Our August meetup is happening next week! We've got a wonderful panel of speakers to share their experience with AGILE development practices, useful for anyone interested in project management and dev teams alike! Thank you to our speakers, Jaques Smit, Anton Rademan, and Brendan Marsh!

Link with more info:

Welcome to the August 2024 Christchurch Game Developers Meetup! Location: 231 High Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011 The meetup will also be streamed onl

10/07/2024

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and hearing from this awesome panel!

Welcome to the July 2024 Christchurch Game Developers Meetup! Location: John Britten Foyer - University of Canterbury Ilam Campus The meetup will also be streamed online:

08/07/2024

Sign up for Kiwijam! We'll be jamming at Yoobee College in Christchurch from 6pm Friday, July 19 to 6:30pm Sunday, July 21, and you should join us (and multiple other sites across Aotearoa New Zealand)! Newbies and the experienced, solo or teamed up, you're all welcome. Check out all of the details here: https://www.meetup.com/christchurchgamedevelopers/events/302012951/

Registration will be up soon!

**Register through the Kiwijam Website Here:** https://kiwijam.org/chch/ Kiwijam is Aotearoa’s own homegrown annual in-person game-jam. We invite newcomers and veteran gam

02/07/2024

For our upcoming July Meetup, we're hosting a panel of speakers from the 2024 International Simulation And Gaming Association conference! Nic Barker, Michael Fallik, and Richard Durham will be joining us to discuss impactful and transformative design in simulation and gaming!

This Meetup will be held Thursday 11 July, in-person and streamed live on YT!

Link with more details:

Welcome to the July 2024 Christchurch Game Developers Meetup! Location: John Britten Foyer - University of Canterbury Ilam Campus The meetup will also be streamed online:

16/06/2024

We've got a Playtest Event lined up for June 22nd! This is a great opportunity for Devs to showcase projects for testing & feedback - and for folks to come playtest, give input & learn about local games!

Submit projects for testing here (please submit within the next 2-3 days!!): https://forms.gle/t2Xb6Ffk4WzgZJ8QA

Playtest event is on Saturday, June 22nd, 2-4pm at Christchurch City Libraries Tūranga.

Click the image link below for details!
https://www.meetup.com/christchurchgamedevelopers/events/301634976/

Welcome to the June 2024 Game Playtest Event! Meetup Location: Auahatanga \| Creativity\, Level 4\, Tūranga \- Computer Labs 2 PM - Doors Open 4 PM - Event Ends \*\*\*