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This group is for professional, amateur, and aspiring game developers. Ranging from students and hobbyists, to those already engrossed in the field. We welcome programmers, artists, audio engineers, biz types, and anyone else who wants to get involved with game development. Share your projects, prototypes, creations, and ideas. Looking for answers? Concerns on how to get started, where to turn, how to market, different business plans and models? Let Philadelphia Game Development be a resource for all of us.

Founded
February 5, 2003
Location
Philadelphia, PA 40.0-75.14 19101US
Meetups
41 so far
Rating
The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group 4.50 4.507
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  • Nov 23
    • George started a new discussion.
      The 2009 Philly Game Jam contest took place October 23-25. Teams of game designers were given 48 hours to design a working game prototype based on a theme. This year's theme was the following...
  • Nov 18
    • Ryan Morrison joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “Local designers and enthusiasts, why wouldn't I?”
  • Nov 13
    • Stephen joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “I'm a professional software engineer who dreams of making a video game”
  • Oct 29
    • Moses Johnson joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “I'm a mobile software engineer here in philly”
  • Oct 27
    • Ilyas joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “Get information on game development. Develop a game that we are planning on making. Network.”
  • Oct 26
    • lauren patrick joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “Interested in game development and live in Philly area”
  • Oct 17
    • John Marcovitz started a new discussion.
      I looked around for a book that discusses the version of Blender that I am using (2.48a) and came up with the for dummies book. Matching versions up with documentation is important because Blender's...
  • Oct 8
    • Morgan Smith joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “Interest in computer science”
  • Oct 4
    • Glenys joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “To network with other game designers and developers.”
  • Sep 23
    • Zanduar joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “I belong to the IGDA.”
  • Sep 16
    • Jason Carroll joined The Philadelphia Game Development Meetup Group
      “Game development has always been a personal curiosity of mine that I haven't quite been able to commit to (possibly because of the area...?)”

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