Upcoming Events

  • Creative Connect 4

    ⏰ April 9th, 6:00pm-11:00pm
    📍 3 Brasseurs St-Paul
    🏭 Creative Connect

    Join us for an evening to meet, exchange, and connect with creatives and professionals from: VFX, animation, video games, film, advertising, and creative tech.

  • GAMERella Mentorship Arcade

    ⏰ April 14th, 6:00pm-10:00pm
    📍 District 3 Concordia
    🏭 GAMERella

    The arcade will feature game demos, progress showcase, and lo-fi networking activities, with works shown by the participants of the GAMERella Mentorship Initiative.

  • Level Up Your French!

    ⏰ April 15th, 12:00pm-1:00pm
    📍 Online
    🏭 La Guilde

    La Guilde du jeu vidéo du Québec and Prolang invite you to an interactive webinar for video game industry professionals who are learning French (beginner to intermediate level).

  • Dev Team Drink April

    ⏰ April 16th, 6:30pm
    📍 Le Trèfle Verdun
    🏭 DevTeamDrink

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

  • Cowork & Chill

    ⏰ April 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.

  • Boardgames! (Playtest)

    ⏰ April 26nd, 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!

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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!

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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