Upcoming Events
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Rich's Relaxing Chats
⏰ November 12-13, time TBA
📍 Gearbox Montreal (TBC)
🏭 GameDevMTLA series of chill, small group roundtables proposed by and led by members of the community (like you!), taking place as part of Montreal Games Week.
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DevTeamDrink X Indie Cheers
⏰ November 13th, 6:30pm-11:00pm
📍 3 Brasseurs Saint-Paul
🏭 DevTeamDrink X GameDevMTL🎮 DevTeamDrinks and IndieCheers are two popular gamedev meetups in the vibrant city of Montreal.
They bring together the local community — from the biggest AAA studios to the amazing indie devs — with one goal in mind: to make the actors of the industry meet.✨ For the first edition of Montreal Games Week, they’re teaming up to unite their communities and invite you to join the party! 🎉
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MONTREAL GAMES WEEK
⏰ November 10-16th
📍 Various locations
🏭 Montreal Games Week
CHECK THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR ALL THE AMAZING EVENTS ↓↓↓↓↓Montreal Games Week is a community-based, inclusive event happening during the week of MIGS with the goal of celebrating video games in all their forms!
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Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS)
⏰ November 11-12
📍Grand Quai
🏭 La Guilde / XP GamingMIGS is where game business happens, driving B2B opportunities and industry growth in Québec, Canada, and the world.
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IVGD - Indie Game Playtest
⏰ November 20th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
📍 Dawson College
🏭 Independent Video Game Design
Join us Thursday, November 20th from 6 PM to 9 PM to playtest games from your local indie developers! Try the games, chat with friendly devs and enjoy a few snacks. The event is free and open to the public, players of all ages are welcome! -
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Cowork & Chill
⏰ November 21st, 1PM - 4PM
📍 Esplanade Tranquille
🏭 Montreal Game Dev Meetup (MGDM)Come get some work done on your project! You can ask questions if you are stuck or bring your partners along during this coworking session.
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Boardgames! (Playtest)
⏰ November 23rd, 5:15 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 LE CENTRAL
🏭 Montreal Game Dev Meetup (MGDM)Let's hang and play physical games.
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Portfolio Boost
⏰ November 27th, 3:00pm - 9:00pm
📍 Centre NAD
🏭 Creative ConnectPortfolio reviews with industry professionals, CV clinics, conferences and networking to boost your portfolio and increase your chances of landing the dream job.
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Game Dev Drinks at Meltdown
⏰ Every Thursday, 6:00pm
📍Meltdown Montreal
🏭 Montréal Game Development Meetup GroupHang out with other game developers in the Greater Montreal Area, whether you're a veteran developer, indie dev, or only touched a game engine for the first time yesterday.
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Monthly Game Jam
⏰ Monthly
📍 Online
🏭 Montreal Game Development Meetup Group
Each month will be a different game jam in which we'll meet on discord at the end of the month on a Friday, and the following Tuesday for our Meltdown events the teams will present their games to the group!
Game Dev MTL is a group of individuals working in the Montreal
games industry who have two missions:
to offer a dedicated centralized place for finding all the local Montreal games industry events
to create new and recurring events which bring the community together and encourage knowledge-sharing between all Montreal game developers
Past Events
We’ve featured tons of events on our website so far, too many to count! Here are some of the past organizers and the kinds of events they’ve run:
ADVUM — game jams
Autodesk — talks
Dawson College Independent Video Game Design Program — playtests
DevTeamDrink / DevTeamCoffee — social events
Écran Partagé — game presentations, social events
l’Extension Vidéoludique — talks, social events
Game Dev Drink Up MTL — social events
Game Dev MTL — talks, social events, roundtables
Gamerella — game jam, workshops
Indie Asylum — talks, social events
La Guilde — talks, workshops, DEI events, social events, dev support programs, marketing programs
Pixelles — workshops, social events
Montréal Game Development Meetup Group — social events, playtests
XP Gaming — conferences
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