What is GameLoop?

GameLoop is a user-generated conference on game development. It is open to professional game devs, hobbyists, students, critics, journalists, and anyone else interested. We strongly encourage groups typically underrepresented in game development to attend.

The best compliment we've gotten is that GameLoop is like a day full of all the best hallway conversations you'd have at GDC, but without the giant price tag and hit-or-miss sessions.

For $50 (plus the Eventbrite fee) you get:

Great conversations with other knowledgeable game devs about topics you want to discussThe full day unconferenceA light breakfastA full lunchA great t-shirt 

What's a User-Generated Unconference?

An unconference is an event where, first thing that morning, people discuss what topics they want to cover. People then pitch those topics as sessions. Then everyone gets to vote on their favorite session! The moderators (Oleg Brodskiy & team) then review all the votes, creating the schedule for the day.

The sessions are usually in a free-form roundtable discussion format. There's a lot of back and forth. And if you want to keep talking about that topic after the session ends, you just move the conversation to the hallway.

 

Is GameLoop worth it?

This will be the 11th in-person Boston GameLoop that we've run, and the 13th overall in Boston; usually we have about 125+ participants. Many of those folks are repeat attendees. Devs from as far away as San Francisco attend, and we've had devs from big-name studios like Harmonix, BioWare Montreal, and Bethesda Game Studios; we've also had devs from super-awesome indie studios like Dejobaan, Popcannibal, and Zapdot.

For the third year, GameLoop is setting aside passes exclusively for women, non-binary, genderqueer and/or trans people, indigenous, biracial and/or people of color, and neurodivergent people, and/or persons living with disabilities. We want to make space for traditionally marginalized, undervalued, and invisibilized identities in the games industry in order to create a safe, welcoming, diverse, and inclusive event. We want to hear your voices and this is a small way we can make that happen.

If you'd like to know more about what it's like to attend GameLoop, check out David Evans' blog post. There are also some great pictures out there.

 

What kind of sessions usually happen?

Last years sessions included talks about: 

UI and Accessibility Staying Motivated as an Indie DeveloperPro-Social GamesNeurodivergency in Game DevGrowing Pains for TeamsGetting a Job in the Game Dev Industry Game ProductionCross Discipline Collaboration Being LGBTQ+ at Work 

Ticket Tiers

General Pass

A one-day general pass to GameLoop! Open to all.Inclusivity Pass

A one-day pass set aside for women, non-binary, genderqueer and transgender people, indigenous, biracial and people of color, neurodivergent and/or person living with disabilities/impairments (non-visible included).Sponsor A Pass!

Buy a general pass for someone in financial need! The pass will be given out to an underprivileged person to attend GameLoop! By contributing, you directly help bring new voices to the event who could not otherwise attend.You can apply for a sponsored pass here.Donate!

Make a donation to help fund the upcoming and future GameLoop events! 

Logistics

Date: Saturday August 3rd, 2024Location:Schedule:9:00am: Doors open! Breakfast is served! (Please show up as close to here as possible, we get cracking at 9:30am.)9:30am-11am: Opening meeting where we getting to know each other's shared interests, propose and informally vote on sessions, and put those on the Big Board11:20am: First session!1:30pm: Lunch!6:00pm: Last session ends. We have a wrap-up meeting, head out for dinner. 

Harassment

PLEASE NOTE: By registering for GameLoop, you agree to our abide by our Anti-Harassment Policy.

 

Thank you to our sponsors!

Interested in sponsoring? Email gameloop@bostonfig.com!

And our hosts, the MIT Game Lab!

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Boston GameLoop 2024

Attention all research scientists, graduate students, postdocs, faculty members, and prospective Tough Tech founders! 

Mark your calendars for an exclusive networking event at The Engine at 750 Main on August 6 at 5 pm. This is your chance to meet the Activate & Blueprint teams and discover how our unique programs can propel your commercialization opportunities and foster ecosystem support.

Activate x Blueprint Happy Hour

2024 Kuggie Vallee Lectures

September 24-25, 2024

Singleton Auditorium (46-3002)

Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, Stanford University

Erin Schuman, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

In honor of the Foundation’s co-founder, Kuggie Vallee, and in order to inspire young women to continue a career in science, the Vallee Foundation has established a prestigious annual series of Kuggie Vallee Distinguished Lectures. These Lectures are designed to highlight major successes made by women in the biomedical sciences and are given at institutions around the world where Vallee Visiting Professors and Young Investigator Awardees are affiliated. The Kuggie Vallee Distinguished Lecturer gives a public lecture about her own science and, over a period of several days, meets more informally or in workshops with other faculty at the host institute to talk about women in science and career building.

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Kuggie Vallee Lectures: Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, Stanford University and Erin Schuman, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

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Student-led Conference, Competition, Hackathon Funding Pitch Session

The InnovateMass program provides up to $250,000 in grant funding and technical support to applicant teams deploying new clean energy technologies or innovative combinations of existing technologies with a strong potential for commercialization. Successful applicants will propose projects that address important energy challenges within our four focus areas, help to grow the state’s clean energy economy, and contribute to Massachusetts’ continued clean energy leadership.

This program operates under rolling admission with a quarterly deadline schedule. The next deadline will be February 1, 2023.