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Upcoming Events

  • Workshop: Writing for Video Games

    ⏰ March 5th, 2026
    📍 Cinécité
    🏭 Creative Connect

    WHAT GAME DEVS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NARRATIVE—Or, why is your writer sobbing in the bathroom?

    Join a workshop given by acclaimed writer Alex Epstein about the keys to storytelling, centered on game narrative, player agency, story elements and more.

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  • Intro Class - Pixel Art for Games

    ⏰ March 18th, 6:00-9:00pm
    📍 ECTO Coworking
    🏭 ECTO Coworking

    Learn how to use Aseprite to make pixel art and how to integrate it into the Unity game engine. Once finished you will be comfortable with the artistic process and you will have all the tools to produce the necessary assets for a game!

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  • Dev Team Drink March

    ⏰ March 19th, 6:30pm
    📍 Le Trèfle Verdun
    🏭 DevTeamDrink

    Students, pros, let's share a drink, talk about gamedev and cry/laugh about our industry!

    Info & Signup

  • Cowork & Chill

    ⏰ March 21st, 1PM - 4PM
    📍 Esplanade Tranquille
    🏭 Montreal Game Dev Meetup (MGDM)

    Come get some work done on your project! You can ask questions if you are stuck or bring your partners along during this coworking session.

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  • Boardgames! (Playtest)

    ⏰ March 22nd, 5:15 PM – 8:30 PM
    📍 LE CENTRAL
    🏭 Montreal Game Dev Meetup (MGDM)

    Let's hang and play physical games.
    If you are make 'em, bring 'em for playtest, feedback, or simply for a fun time and good memories!

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  • Indie Cheers - Spring 2026 😎

    ⏰ March 25th, 5:30-8:00pm
    📍 La Cale
    🏭 GameDevMTL

    Indie Cheers is back! As always, join us for a casual hangout with other professionals in the game dev industry, and help us to keep this city the tightest-knit community of game-makers that there is.

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  • Le rendez-vous de l'accessibilité numérique en jeu vidéo

    ⏰ March 25th, 5:30-8:00pm
    📍 Beenox Montréal - 17e étage
    🏭 La Guilde
    🗣️ Français

    (Membres la Guilde seulement) Cette initiative s’adresse aux développeur.euse.s, concepteur.rice.s, producteur.rice.s et à toute personne souhaitant approfondir son expertise en accessibilité.

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  • Masterclass - Real-time Programming (FR)

    ⏰ April 27th, 6:00-8:00pm
    📍 La SAT
    🏭 SAT
    🗣️ Français

    Cette classe de maître s’adresse aux professionnel·le·s intéressé·e·s par le développement de systèmes temps réel et propose une exploration des méthodes et techniques de développement logiciel appliquées au multimédia, notamment pour les installations interactives, la création musicale et les jeux vidéo.

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  • Generative AI for Digital Arts: Model Training

    ⏰ May 14, 21, 28, 6:00-9:00pm
    📍 La SAT
    🏭 SAT
    🗣️ Français

    Cette formation s’adresse aux artistes et créateur·rice·s en arts numériques souhaitant approfondir leur maîtrise des outils d’IA générative. Elle vise à développer vos connaissances à travers la découverte d’outils de génération de contenus auto-hébergés et l’utilisation de logiciels libres étant des alternatives aux plateformes commerciales.

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  • Game Dev Drinks at Meltdown

    ⏰ Every Thursday, 6:00pm
    📍Meltdown Montreal
    🏭 Montréal Game Development Meetup Group

    Hang out with other game developers in the Greater Montreal Area, whether you're a veteran developer, indie dev, or only touched a game engine for the first time yesterday.

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  • Monthly Game Jam

    ⏰ Monthly
    📍 Online
    🏭 Montreal Game Development Meetup Group

    Each month will be a different game jam in which we'll meet on discord at the end of the month on a Friday, and the following Tuesday for our Meltdown events the teams will present their games to the group!

    Info & Signup

Game Dev MTL is a group of individuals working in the Montreal
games industry who have two missions:

  1. to offer a dedicated centralized place for finding all the local Montreal games industry events

  2. to create new and recurring events which bring the community together and encourage knowledge-sharing between all Montreal game developers

Past Events

We’ve featured tons of events on our website so far, too many to count! Here are some of the past organizers and the kinds of events they’ve run:

ADVUM — game jams
Autodesk — talks
Dawson College Independent Video Game Design Program — playtests
DevTeamDrink / DevTeamCoffee — social events
Écran Partagé — game presentations, social events
l’Extension Vidéoludique — talks, social events
Game Dev Drink Up MTL — social events
Game Dev MTL — talks, social events, roundtables
Gamerella — game jam, workshops
Indie Asylum — talks, social events
La Guilde — talks, workshops, DEI events, social events, dev support programs, marketing programs
Pixelles — workshops, social events
Montréal Game Development Meetup Group — social events, playtests
XP Gaming — conferences

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