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[Guert]

Hey people!
The indie scene is full of nice events where people join and talk about their work and their indie lifestyle. All 'round the globe, these events are popping localy and promote local talent and games. So, if you'd like to participate in one of these events or would like to promote one, post it here and I'll add them to the list!

This thread is seperated in two section. The first one lists all the meetups and the second one links to write-ups of meetings.

Events

Cambridge, MA, USA: Boston Indies @ Asgard Pub, Central Squ.
Cambridge, England: Cambridge Friendship Club
Chicago: Indie City Games
Georgia: Georgia Game Developers Association
London, England: London indie Meetup
Montreal: Mount Royal Game Society
North-Carolina: Raleigh-Durham indie meet-up
Ottawa: Dirty Rectangles
San Francisco: San Francisco Postmortem
St-Louis, MO, USA: St-Louis Game Developers
Utah: Utah Indie Games
Vancouver: Vancouver Indie Game Developer

Articles

Boston Indies: BostInnovation Article
Indie City Meet-Up: First meeting
Montreal indies: First meeting, Second, Fourth
Utah Indie Games: Monkey-Time Blog, Rampant Games Blog

[Perrin]

Could you add in this link to Events?

Cambridge, England: Cambridge Friendship Club

Cheers.

[Vino]

Hey could you add the Ral-- oh. Word. Thanks.

[sugarbeard]

Also, there's Dirty Rectangles in Ottawa. We host weekly meetups and run game jams and events.
http://www.dirty-rectangles.com/

[Guert]

Cool Keep 'hem coming guys

[J.W. Hendricks]

I would be so honored if there was a gathering in St. Petersburg, Florida.

[Paint by Numbers]

I'm not asking for an event, but out of curiosity, is there anyone in the Grass Valley/Nevada City section of California (like, Nevada County)? I think I'm all alone.

I know this is a bad thread, but I didn't really want to start a thread of my own for a small question like this...

[Terrorbuns]

I'm not asking for an event, but out of curiosity, is there anyone in the Grass Valley/Nevada City section of California (like, Nevada County)? I think I'm all alone.

I know this is a bad thread, but I didn't really want to start a thread of my own for a small question like this...

I hear ya. I'm stuck in the North San Diego County (In California) and would be happy, nigh, even GLEEFUL if there was anything going on in my area/if there were any tig people here.

I don't have the means to support a gathering of SUPERAWESOMEINDIES in my area but I would go to one if someone could do so!

[dsilvers]

Boston Indies is held monthly at the Asgard Pub in Central Squ. Cambridge, MA. Check it out if you're in town.

[Greg Squire]

For indies in Utah, we have a group that gets together quarterly (in SLC or Orem).  Our next mtg is on the 29th of July at ITT-Tech.  http://www.utahindiegames.org

Write ups of past events can be found on my blog and also the Rampant Coyote's Blog
http://monkey-time.blogspot.com/
http://rampantgames.com/blog/?cat=25

[dsilvers]

Here's an article from BostInnovation.Com on the last Boston Indies meeting: http://bostinnovation.com/2010/07/20/boston-indies-provides-monday-night-action-for-the-boston-game-development-community/

[FranticPandaKev]

Need to get one of these goin in Northern Ireland

[squamulus]

St. Louis has an indie dev meet-up, happens every month. We've had two thus far and are running a game jam on Saturday. Here's the meet-up site: http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-Game-Developers/

[Tycho Brahe]

Any gatherings in London? Or is England covered by Cambridge alone?

[brog]

London: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=14630.0

[Guert]

Added the London link. Any other places to add?

[Rudolf Kremers]

London gathering is TOMORROW. Spooky timing! :-D

[Tycho Brahe]

Hey, also, it would be awesome if people could add meetups to the tigsource facebook group as well. I'd do it, but either I don't have the privileges, or I don't know how.

[Guert]

Good idea. Unfortunately, I don't know how either. I'll see what I can find out about this.

[HybridMind]

I've been organizing a weekly game dev co-work meetup in the Boston area about 6 weeks now. I wanted to announce that we've finally found a more permanent home in a really awesome community workspace called Sprout in Somerville, MA.

If you are in the Boston area and want to check it out drop me a message or email. Typically we've been meeting every Tuesday from around 10am to 6pm (give or take.)

So far it is only 1-3 game devs that have been coming but interest is slowly growing. I figure it will maybe hit 5 or 6 regulars eventually and the space we are in could comfortably support 8.  There is a small kitchenette, a refrigerator, great wifi bandwidth, power, tables, and chairs.  Tons of cool non-game creators are using the space as well.  There is an electronics, machine and woodworking shop, electronics testing gear, musical instruments, and great chances for connections outside the game development community.

The space is also free to use with donations being welcomed.  I'm glad we are finally moving out of the noisy cafes.