
Location:
EPIC Innovation, 100 Manchester St, Christchurch CBD
The meetup will also be streamed online:
[Link to be added!]
Don’t forget to check us out at:
Website: https://chch.gamedev.co.nz
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chchgamedev.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/christchurch-game-developers-new-zealand/
Discord: https://discord.gg/68YqqFZ
If you enjoy our meetups, consider supporting us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/CHCHGameDev
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MC – Keegan Gibson
Keegan has been in game development for nearly 15 years, specializing in Unreal Engine, networking, performance, and AI. Throughout his career, he has worked on a diverse range of projects, including mobile, console, PC, indie, and AAA titles, as well as making some short contributions to film. Passionate about growing the game development community here in Christchurch, he founded this very meetup and is proud to see how it has grown over the years.
6:15 PM – KICK OFF
Welcome to the Christchurch Game Developers Meetup, with news from around New Zealand!
6:30 PM – CGDA 10th Anniversary
Celebrating 10 years of the Christchurch Game Developers’ Association, our wonderful community, and a decade of games made in Christchurch NZ!
7:20 PM – PIZZA
Enjoy some refreshments (AKA pizza) and catch up with/meet other game dev enthusiasts.
Event Photography Notice: The CGDA occasionally takes photos and/or videos at our events for promotional purposes. If you would prefer not to have your image recorded for marketing purposes, please make your wishes known to the photographer, and/or reach out to a committee member, and we will accommodate your request. Thank you!
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Massive thanks to all our supporters for making our meetups possible!
Our Corporate Supporters:
Yoobee College of Creative Innovation – a tertiary institute committed to developing creative and technical talent across New Zealand.
https://www.yoobee.ac.nz/courses/
HIT Lab NZ – a multidisciplinary, Human-Centred Research environment that collaborates with industry.
https://www.hitlabnz.org/
CerebralFix – a Christchurch-based game development studio specializing in work for hire from some amazing companies.
https://cerebralfix.com/
Screen Canterbury NZ – a Canterbury-based film office helping creatives get their projects delivered to the screens of their choice, providing fantastic resource-sharing & advocacy for our screen production industry.
https://www.christchurchnz.com/screen-canterburynz
And our awesome Patreon Supporters:
Matt Barton
Leith Caldwell
Samantha Cook
Nik Scarr
Carl de Visser
Alexander Swords