Barely any spots left for this year's jam! 🌈🌈Don't miss out! 🌈🌈 gamerella2023.eventbrite.ca

🥰 We are so happy to announce this year's keynote speaker: HOPE ERIN PHILLIPS 🥰 Hope is a programmer, multimedia artist, and professional hobby collector. They work at KO_OP in Montreal, as lead programmer on the recently released Goodbye Volcano High. 🎉👏

Goodbye Volcano High has won the Grand Jury Award at #IndieCade 2023 🌋 👋 Congratulations to KO_OP 🥳 ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Go… #IndieCade #GoodbyeVolcanoHigh #GrandJuryAward

Only ✨5✨more days until #GAMERella2023 🥳⁠ ⁠ Of course, this jam wouldn't be possible without our sponsors, including EA Motive! EA Motive is a Montreal-based studio behind games such as Dead Space and Star Wars: Squadrons. ⁠ ⁠ Thank you for continued support!⁠ 👾⁠

As we eagerly anticipate #GAMERella2023 (only 4 more days 😮), we want to give a special shout-out to this year's sponsors! 👾⁠ ⁠ Weird Ghosts is an impact fund for studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada. ⁠🎮 ⁠ Thank you Weird Ghosts & Baby Ghosts 👻! 💖⁠

👀 3 days to go 👀 till #GAMERella2023! We are really grateful to our sponsors that make our jam possible year after year. Clever Endeavour Games is an indie game dev studio from Montreal, and the creator of the infamous Ultimate Chicken Horse! 🐔🐴 Thank you for your support!⁠ 👾⁠

Only 🔥 2 🔥more days until #GAMERella2023 ⁠ Today's sponsor shout-out goes to Behaviour Interactive, Canada’s largest independent game developer and publisher. Most of us know them as the creators behind Dead by Daylight. ⁠ Thank you for supporting GAMERella, Behaviour Interactive!⁠👾

🌈Just a few hours to go till #GAMERella2023 begins!! 🌈 We would not be here without our sponsors, like Warner Bros. Games! WB Games Montréal is a Montreal studio famous for creating epic Batman games like Gotham Nights and Arkham Origins. Thank you Warner Bros. Montreal! 👾👾👾👾

GAMERella Day 1 hype! 🌸✨✨

Kicking off #GAMERella2023 with the keynote speech of the amazing tiny guilty ant ! 👾🌈👾 Watch live on our Instagram: instagram.com/gamerellajam

Jammers are jamming, teams are teaming, games are.... well.... being made! You can play them all tomorrow night on our itch.io site: itch.io/jam/gamerella2… #GAMERella2023

🎮☀️1️⃣ Day 1 jam pictures!

In a recent workshop, Hazel Thexton points out how pixel art technique can spill over into other artistic mediums. Part of the GAMERella workshop series teaching foundational game creation skills! Watch the full workshop here: youtube.com/watch?v=7x1rDK…

Young Dutch indie developer Lente ⛵ dev on a boat dropped out of college twice before embarking on her debut game, Spilled!, last year as a solo developer. “Making an eco-conscious game just really made sense to me.” premortem.games/2023/11/27/sol… #solodev #indiedev #gamedev

Want to help us grow our community of coop and worker-centric studios led by marginalized devs? We’re on the hunt for board members for our new nonprofit! Info👇🏻 babyghosts.fund/news/bod-recru…

Do you work in film, TV, streaming, or games? Contribute to groundbreaking research on 2SLGBTQIA+ representation in Canada w/ Pink Triangle Press, Canada Media Fund, & Telefilm Canada. Shape a more inclusive industry, by sharing your perspective in our survey: eds.ca.matchbox.maruhub.com/survey/enter/s…

I'll be co-organizing Toronto Games Week again this year, join us?!

GAMERella 2024 coming in November!!! ARE YOU AS EXCITED AS US? Can't wait to make new friends and new games together 🎮💖 Signup coming soon! #gamejam #indiedev #gamedev #lgbt #bipoc #neurodivergent #friendly #fun #videogames

How do you make pixel art? In this GAMERella workshop, facilitated by @hazelthexton, learn fundamental pixel art techniques and basic animation to create your own characters and environments! Participation details here: concordia.ca/cuevents/offic…

How do you create a small game? In this GAMERella workshop, facilitated by Squinky, learn how to use Bitsy to make a game that explores worlds, dialogue, and item collection! Find out how to get involved here: concordia.ca/cuevents/offic…