What we’re about
Hello and welcome to IGDA DC! 👋😊
We’re the Washington, D.C. chapter of the International Game Developers Association! As you may have guessed, we’re based in the DC-metro region, but currently meeting exclusively online and excited to meet friends from anywhere or any part of the games industry! Whether you’re a dev, student, educator, critic, or just plain interested, join in our bi-monthly Discord meetings on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (at 6:30 PM EST!) for our Indie Game Night and Speaker Night! We can’t wait to play games together! 🎲🎮📱
If you have any other questions, please reach out to our board members (Ashley, Callen, Craig, Kyrstin, and Micha) and we would be happy to answer them! 🙋
📅 Stay Up-to-Date: 📅
https://4142298.xyz/IGDA-DC
🤝 Attend our Virtual Meetings: 🤝
https://discord.gg/upXHsdDuQg
💬 Follow Us on Social Media: 💬
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/igda.dc/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/igda_dc (@igda_dc)
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🏠 Visit Our Website: 🏠
http://www.igdadc.org/
📜 More Information: 📜
https://igda.org/chapters/us-washington-dc/
Upcoming events (2)
See all- District Arcade 2024Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library (Silver Spring Library), Silver Spring, MD
Note: Date was originally October 19th, but we had to postpone due to our venue cancelling our reservations.
District Arcade returns on November 17th 2024 1-5PM at the Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library in Downtown Silver Spring.
What is District Arcade, you ask? It’s a free celebration of games and game makers from the DC and DMV area. Play locally-crafted indie games and chat with the devs in this fun, family-friendly in person event. There will be 15-20 local developers showcasing games of different genres and levels of completion, ranging from prototypes to complete games.
If you are interested in game development come by and check out what local devs are up to.
Line Up
The following games will be shown at District Arcade 2024:
- Aurora Nova by Ex Astra Studios
- Hook Line and Sniper by ItellaItella
- Nekomancer of Nowhere by Standing Cat
- Epoch Warriors by FREAK FLAG GAMES
- Rebellion Stryker by Sinistral Arts
- Donut Fryer by Sheep and Tiger co
- Swayway by Swayday
- Penumbras by Far Owl Studios
- Fruit Punch by GMU GADIG
- Even Goblins Fall in Love by Skyboy Games
- Bake Until Done by Space Cadet Interactive
- Clean Corps by Alex James
- The Sand Knight by LAN Line Games
- Over Many Waters by MultiMediaVerse LLC
- Crab Crawl by Patient Rock LLC
- BLUMA by Potaco Games
- Sunset High by Turnip Games
- (Online) Speaker Night - Depth Branching - Skill based dialog choiceLink visible for attendees
Paul Shire from our group will be giving this talk. To see more of his work, check out his YouTube Channel! - https://youtube.com/@demondevdd
I've always loved story rich games, but mourned the lack of mechanical depth to dialog choices in having predetermined best/worst options, illusion of choice, randomness instead of objective systems and lack of feedback to players. I explain novel ways of conceptualizing the core problems in branching narratives and dialog choice mechanics and art content and some of my trial and error attempts at solving or optimizing solutions to them!
This talk will take place on the IGDA DC Discord: https://discord.com/invite/upXHsdDuQg
