Gathering the smartest mobile game developers from the valley and San Francisco into one super-dense neutron sphere of awesome. Lets share ideas, tech, code, frameworks, marketing tips to make better mobile games.

Greetings web, social, console, mobile game and application developers, game designers and entrepreneurs. You will recognize the Silicon Valley, San Francisco, East Bay IGDA Chapters and other Bay Area Game and application developer group friends here. All are welcome. Join us to grow and present your games and apps and related tools and platforms. Find other game developers for your projects. Get or give advice on design, funding, art, technical architecture, careers for your game or applicatio …

This meetup is for iOS and Android game developers and designers to learn about way to better monetize their games. In this meetup we talk about the latest trends in monetization, we share experiences on what works and what doesn't and we hear directly from people in the trenches making money with their games.

Game developers today live in a challenging climate: gaming has never been a more crowded space than it is now. In this environment, how do you attract users, differentiate your game from competitors, and still make enough money to keep the lights on?   Existing methods of game monetization are starting to get stale.  Virtual goods have become a commodity, in-game advertising intrudes on the user experience, and level packs require continuous time investment to create new content. Game developer …

We welcome anyone interested in social gaming on mobile (Android & iOS). Whether you love to play the games or sit in your garage and write code to create these games, we'd love to have you join us! Majority of our events cater to developers and helping them socialize, monetize, and increase users for their games. Our topics will range from discussing gamification of games, current games and technology, and analyzing market trends. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting …

The focus of this meetup is on the growing field of HTML5 and javascript Game development. This is a place to learn or teach, to share tips on programming, game engines, sdks, tools for development on the web and cross platform solutions for HTML5 for iphone android ipad windows phone 7 palm. HTML5 or hybrid solutions, 2d or webgl are explored. Meetings will be held in both SF and Mountain View. Checkout our website at: http://gamesjs.com/ where you will find meetup recaps, further reading mater …

This is a group for anyone currently working or interested in Social Game Development and the inter-workings of virtual currency. There will be many topics relating to Facebook, MySpace and other social game development and monetization. We primarily discuss current games, market trends in virtual goods and issues facing the industry. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting tips. We'll have speakers and themes. This group is for people in social game development and for …

… We'll discuss all aspects of the evolving mobile landscape: x-platform mobile development frameworks, UI tools, JS libraries, HTML5 game development, Enterprise mobile app development, cloud services, etc Our primary objective is to educate the market on the availability of these tools and to help expand and inspire the developer base in creating mobile applications.

… We'll discuss all aspects of the evolving mobile landscape: x-platform mobile development frameworks, UI tools, JS libraries, HTML5 game development, Enterprise mobile app development, cloud services, etc Our primary objective is to educate the market on the availability of these tools and to help expand and inspire the developer base in creating mobile applications.

We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local mobile games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers talk about what's cool in mobilel games. We're especially interested in Casual Game Association Minna Mingles members who may have not gotten together in a long time. Hopefully we can be a resource. Please join our Meetup and pass the URL to other friends of yours in the local Mobile games space.

Glitch is a browser-based MMO created by Tiny Speck. Check it out at glitch.com. Our development community focuses on enriching the Glitch world and expanding it across multiple platforms. To promote the creation of new and exciting apps, Tiny Speck released a developer site, developer.glitch.com. There you will find Glitch APIs, iOS and Android SDKs, graphic packs, and developer tutorials. We are excited to see new apps and mobile games that utilize the Glitch API. Look here or on the developer …

… Developers on other platforms (Android, etc) who are interested in learning about iPhone development. Developers looking for specific help in adding functionality to their app. This meeting is NOT for: People interested in hiring a developer to work on their idea. Marketers wishing to sell a product / service to iPhone developers. The meeting format will be evolving and dynamic but as a starting point attendees should expect an opportunity to discuss: What he/she is working on Wh …

Group dedicated to helping small mobile game and app developers succeed. Each week we have a coding lab or workshop where we discuss new concepts, ideas, and learnings that help accelerate success.

Meet others interested in all aspects of Web, Digital, Social Game and Social Media Analytics. Gather to discuss key trends and updates around advanced analytics,as it applies to marketing and tech offerings, upcoming web, search, BI, sentiment analysis, reporting and predictive analytics software (Web Trends, Google Analytics, Net Insight, Omniture, etc.) Open to anyone interested in learning more and sharing thoughts about digital analytics, SEM, SEO and social media as it relates to web desig …

… The last events saw over 500 people from:  A Bit Lucky, Blizzard, Nexon, Google, ZipZapPlay, PopCap, PlayFish, Activision, Zynga, Apple, Unity, Neowiz, EA, Booyah, Trion, Sifteo, Raptr, Playdom, Playspan, PlayFirst, Wikia, Outspark, Nokia, Mastiff, Metaboli/GameTap, Amazon... plus quite a few VC's and angel investors. You might also be interested in the Gaming and Interactive Entertainment Industry mailing list. We exchange top news, jobs, questions, events...  It is open, non moderated and has …

This group is for Games User Researchers or those that are interested in Games User Research in the San Francisco Bay Area.  In addition to keeping in touch on the Games User Research group on LinkedIn, we sought a need to organize face-to-face meetups to further build our community and facilitate the exchanges information and ideas.