IGDA Melbourne

There are vibrant game development communities across Australia and New Zealand.

Here in follows a useful list of community groups who are engaged with IGDA / indie misson of community building, general love and support, discussions about life and all the other important aspects of living the game dev dream …

To find out what’s happening around and about on a government liaison/business level, get in touch with these fair folk:

National game dev NGOs:

GDAA – Game Developers’ Association of Australia: http://gdaa.com.au/ (http://gdaa NULL.com NULL.au/)

NZGDA -New Zealand Game Developers Association: http://www.nzgda.com/ (http://www NULL.nzgda NULL.com/)

IGDA and Indie Community groups: anzindies

And here’s where to find out about meet ups, events and who does what, where across Australia and the ditch:

Tsumea - a great round up is available at http://tsumea.com ( http://tsumea NULL.com)

Adelaide: ARGGGh

Web: http://argggh.gamepron.com/ (http://argggh NULL.gamepron NULL.com/)

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/181096188675782/ (https://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/events/181096188675782/)

Auckland: NZGDA / Auckland Game Dev Meetup

Web: http://www.meetup.com/playmaker/ (http://www NULL.meetup NULL.com/playmaker/)

Brisbane: Brisbane IGDA [brIGDA]

Web: http://igdabrisbane.org/ (http://igdabrisbane NULL.org/)

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/igdaBrisbane/ (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/groups/igdaBrisbane/)

twitter: http://twitter.com/igdaBrisbane (http://twitter NULL.com/igdaBrisbane)

Melbourne: Melbourne IGDA [IGDAM]

Web: http://igdamelbourne.org/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/igdam/ (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/groups/igdam/)

twitter: https://twitter.com/IGDAMelbourne (https://twitter NULL.com/IGDAMelbourne)

New Zealand: IGDANZ

FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/IGDA-New-Zealand/156586287728092 (https://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/IGDA-New-Zealand/156586287728092)

twitter: https://twitter.com/IGDA_NZ (https://twitter NULL.com/IGDA_NZ)

Sydney: Sydney IGDA

Web: http://www.igdasydney.com/ (http://www NULL.igdasydney NULL.com/)

FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/38132449086/ (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/groups/38132449086/)

Perth: Let’s Make Games

Web: http://letsmakegames.org/ (http://letsmakegames NULL.org/)

twitter: https://twitter.com/letsmakegames (https://twitter NULL.com/letsmakegames)

Email giselle@igdamelbourne.org if you have any other lovely communities to add to the list. We’ll work on a developer list soon too!

P.S. Where are you, Canberra?