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Game Arts International Network @gameartsnetwork

GAIN is a new community resource focused on interconnecting existing game arts organizations and nurturing new structures.

Joined September 2017
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Our comic and white paper on alternative modes of videogame production is launching in Montreal a week today! Discuss co-ops, unions and nab a free comic in person, or watch on livestream: gameartsinternational.networ… @Seemo @KOOPMode @jekagames @soft_chaos @GWU_Montreal
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THAT'S MY JAM is a new GAIN project that studies the importance of jams -- we're looking to interview game jammers who've turned their jam project into a commercial game or are a developer who uses game jams at their studio. Honorarium for those selected: gameartsinternational.networ…
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Job Posting, Closes Oct 5: UCLA Department of Design Media Arts: Open-Rank Professor of Games (Tenure-Track/Tenured) recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF0966…
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Two days left to submit games and pitches for talks to @fantasticarcade at the Museum of Human Achievement in Austin TX: moha.wiki/Fantastic_Arcade_O…
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GAIN's executive director Jim Munroe is interviewed about tonight's game curation for @agotoronto readfoyer.com/article/video-…

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Toronto artist Jim Munroe on bringing indie video games back to the AGO

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Hand Eye Society@HandEyeSociety
3 Jun 2024
Halfway of our goal! 🥹 We are so appreciative of the community that has come together to help. Please support how you can (RTs and likes appreciated!): paypal.com/donate?campaign_i…
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Toronto Games Week@torontogameswk
10 Apr 2024
Are you coming to Toronto Games Week? torontogamesweek.com/schedul… Poster by Nicholas Di Genova @gameartsnetwork @omarieclaire @nomediakings
A poster for Toronto Games Week, June 13-19, 2024: a celebration of playful arts and culture. The poster is a light cream colour with a stylized logo. There are many characters and objects illustrated on the page connected with thin lines, like an arcade cabinet with arms and legs, a sad monster mushroom, a plant, eyeglasses, a cat, and a game wizard.

ALT A poster for Toronto Games Week, June 13-19, 2024: a celebration of playful arts and culture. The poster is a light cream colour with a stylized logo. There are many characters and objects illustrated on the page connected with thin lines, like an arcade cabinet with arms and legs, a sad monster mushroom, a plant, eyeglasses, a cat, and a game wizard.

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Jon-Paul Dyson@jpdysonplay
6 Feb 2024
Attention game preservation folks! @museumofplay will be hosting the Save the Games Symposium August 21-22, 2024 and the call for presentations is now live: museumofplay.org/save-the-ga… Due date for abstract submissions is March 1st, so spread the word!

Save the Games: A Digital Preservation Symposium - The Strong National Museum of Play

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Interesting to see this showcase going the non-profit route.
Day of the Devs@dayofthedevs
29 Jan 2024
Donate $100 or more and get a HUGE bundle of Steam codes featuring stellar alumni from past Day of the Devs including: ☀️@SabotageQc's Sea of Stars 🪲 @YoungHorses' Bugsnax 📻 @nightschoolers's Oxenfree II... ...And more! Donate: dayofthedevs.com
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For the first time since 2019, we're bringing back our "Videogame Arts Around the World" annual roundup courtesy of @LuOulton ! Cool event photo inspiration coming at you from Netherlands, Ethiopia, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and more! gameartsinternational.networ…

Videogame Arts Around the World in 2023

From special guest editor, María Luján Oulton... We are bringing back to life GAIN's annual roundup newsletter, an inspirational collection of game arts related photos from events around the globe....

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Toronto Games Week@torontogameswk
11 Jan 2024
Have you always wanted to create an event for the Toronto games community? Apply to our New Event Organizer program! NEOs get a $1000 honorarium, advice, and signal boosting for the event as an official part of June's Toronto Games Week! Jan 31 deadline: docs.google.com/forms/d/1AbT…

Become a Games Event Organizer!

Have you always wanted to create an event for the Toronto games community? Maybe it's something you've always wanted to go to, or know lots of people who would love a certain type of event. Now's...

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A MAZE.@AMazeFest
11 Jan 2024
Register now as member of the #AMazeAwards Selection Committee! Gain access to international #games #playfulmedia works, give feedback to us and the artists and help choosing the nominees between Jan 15 - Feb 25. (And get a 25% festival discount too!) 👉 2024.award.amaze-berlin.de/
JOIN THE A MAZE. SELECTION COMMITTEE

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While @omarieclaire is on tour doing events in Japan for our comic exploring alternative game production modes like co-ops and unions, we're posting little excerpts from the white paper that informed it: gameartsinternational.networ…

Union Myths vs Realities & Japan Visit

Unionisation efforts have made big headlines in the news lately, but how much do game developers really know about unions? This is one of many questions we asked for If You Don’t Like the Game,...

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Marie LeBlanc Flanagan@omarieclaire
2 Dec 2023
Come to my comic launch in Tokyo! We’ll make zines about games and work! @gameartsnetwork
GÆMZ meetup@gaemzmu
2 Dec 2023
📖 ✍️ 🎨 DECEMBER GÆMZ ALERT 🎨 ✍️ 📖 When: 11 December (Mon) 19:00- Where: @asobudev & Discord Special guest: @omarieclaire will host a little zine workshop! So come early if you can. RSVP: eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmz-meetu… Can’t wait to see you all!
Cover art by Nomi, Marie, and Pen

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Over the next few months we'll be posting little excerpts while @omarieclaire tours Change The Rules -- the first one debunks myths like "Decision-making is slow and co-operatives introduce new bureaucracy." See you soon, Vancouver and @DIGCommunity! gameartsinternational.networ…

Co-op Myths vs Realities & Vancouver Visit

What do game developers know about worker co-operatives and their possibility to reimagine how labour is structured? This is one of many questions we asked for If You Don’t Like the Game, Change the...

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Job announcement ⚡️ Tenure-track Assistant or Tenured Associate/Full Professor in Games, UCLA Department of Design Media Arts recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF0883… Open date: Oct 12, 2023 Next review date: Nov 11, 2023
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Mer Grazzini 🔜✈️🇬🇧 Develop:Brighton@MerGrazzini
20 Oct 2023
Just read through this and loved it. I think it portraits super well a lot of feelings of the work-life.
Game Arts International Network@gameartsnetwork
3 Oct 2022
Our new project IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE GAME, CHANGE THE RULES will explore game production alternatives like co-ops, unions and 4-day work weeks -- in comic book form by @omarieclaire! Have insights on or experience with these modes? Please reach out! gameartsinternational.networ…
a comic panel where two game creators in Montreal share their feelings.

ALT a comic panel where two game creators in Montreal share their feelings.
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Dirty Rectangles Toronto@Rectangles_TO
6 Oct 2023
Ch-ch-ch-check it out Wh-wh-wh-what's it all about. It's about the same thing as always GAME DEVELOPMENT IN TORONTO. (with that October 𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗) Bring some game A R T Try and be game S M A R T WEDNESDAY OCT 11 @ 8pm AT THE @See_Scape (Like and repost pls (ꈍᴗꈍ)♡)
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Hand Eye Society@HandEyeSociety
27 Sep 2023
🚨OPPORTUNITY🚨 Hand Eye Society is looking for a new Executive Director! We're lookin' for a particular someone who wants to make a difference and lead our non-profit to the future helping fund games for indie devs in Toronto! RTs appreciated 🥰 handeyesociety.com/were-hiri…

We’re Hiring!

Looking To Make an Impact in Game Arts? Hand Eye Society is a Toronto not-for-profit that showcases and nurtures videogames made primarily for creative expression. We run a variety of programming...

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Paolo Pedercini 🥶
@molleindustria
2 Oct 2023
"If You Don’t Like the Game, Change the Rules" is a new comic by @omarieclaire about labor issues in the game industry. It's informative and heartfelt. There is also a companion white paper drawn from interviews with game coops and unions. Free PDFs here gameartsinternational.networ…
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