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We're thrilled to share a new set of opportunities to volunteer and impact the UK games industry. 🔗 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 🔗 📜 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Into Games is looking for Narrative Designers to join this opportunity and provide feedback to students in the 'Advanced Storytelling with Kim MacAskill' sprint course. 📆 Anytime, July 25th to August 16th 📍 Remote 🖥️ 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Into Games is looking for Technical Designers to provide feedback to students from the 'Becoming a Technical Designer with Yasmin Curren' sprint course. 📆 Anytime, July 19th to July 30th 📍 Remote 🎙️ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 Into Games is looking for a concept artist or someone who can join in to speak about different stages of the game art pipeline, from concept art to final assets. 📆 Wednesday, August 7th, at 1:00 P.M. BST 📍 Remote 🍀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 The Hub 175 is looking for a Producer to deliver a masterclass on production best practices for developers as part of their Springboard Program. 📆 Wednesday, August 14th, 📍 Remote 🍀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 / 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Hub 175 is looking for a studio founder or producer to deliver a masterclass on the concept stage of pre-production and planning how to prototype. 📆 Monday, August 19th, 📍 Remote 👩🎤 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Hub 175 is looking for a Lead Designer to deliver a masterclass for developers on their Springboard Program. The session would cover creating asset breakdowns and how to prepare for the production phase of development. 📆 Monday, August 26th, 📍 Remote 🍀 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬" The Hub 175 is looking for a Producer to deliver a masterclass for developers on their Springboard Program. The session would cover how to define the "Alpha" stage and plan the scope. 📆 Monday, September 9th, 📍 Remote 🏫 𝗜𝗡-𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 🏫 💹 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 Staffordshire University London is looking for an Indie Studio Founder to deliver a workshop about the challenges and steps when starting out as an indie. 📆 Sept 23rd - Sept 25th, any one day 📍 Staffordshire University London To sign up for these opportunities and more, go to https://lnkd.in/gSnNKMuz

Have you or someone you know been impacted by redundancy? Sadly the chances of this are high in videogames. Don't struggle alone. Any kind of loss, including job loss, is hard. Safe In Our World are running free support groups to help those laid-off cope with the transition Please circulate and share! 🙏 https://lnkd.in/e4utDHQb #redundancy #layoffs #videogames

It's the final week of this month's Sprints! Let's catch up on last week 😎 Week 2 of Rami Ismail's 'Setting up an Indie Studio' Sprint focused on Project Scoping and Design, Production Process and How to Pitch Your Game! ✍ We looked the importance of the iterative process and moving quickly between projects. ✍ Rami emphasised the importance of maintaining clear and consistent communication within the team. ✍ Resources like pitch deck templates and a master sheet of publishers were shared (incredibly useful stuff). We were also tasked with preparing our pitch deck for feedback! We also had a lot of fun watching Rami's GoPro footage of him flying through the Alps in a tiny plane! ✈ This week's stand out piece of advice: “Move quickly between projects and drop what doesn’t work.” 💫

It's the final week of this month's Sprints! Let's catch up on last week 😎 Week 2 of Kim MacAskill's 'Advanced Storytelling' Sprint focused on Dynamic Dialogues and Writing Cinematic Scenes! ✍ We covered tools for crafting dynamic dialogues. We took the combat sequence trigger list we came up with and explored utilising an industry-standard spreadsheet. ✍ We explored how to write cinematic scenes, Kim had so many useful insights to really level up our writing! We also had breakout rooms to discuss favourite game cutscenes and why they're so memorable, which was really fun. Our Masterclass for this week was led by Betty Robertson, Narrative Consultant at Netflix! She gave us feedback on our task submissions, and highlighted how vital using spreadsheets and other forms of communication are when considering other departments in our work. This week's standout piece of advice from Betty: "Remember! “This bark could be a grunt!” Don’t do too much!"

Huge news! We're giving away a place on John O'Really's Tech Art course 🎉 This is the perfect course for Game Artists looking to enhance their skills in shaders, VFX, and post-processing. To enter, simply: ✅ Share this post ✅ Tag us (Into Games) ✅ Explain why you'd like to join! Check out the course here: https://lnkd.in/dvt8BcHA Good luck! 😍

🧐Welcome to Portfolio Live✨ Join us for an hour of feedback and improvement as we invite professionals from throughout the UK Games Industry to look through YOUR portfolios. Use their advice to strengthen your own portfolio and ensure you have the best possible chance at standing out on your next job application. If you'd like the opportunity to have your portfolio be reviewed during this event, be sure to join the Into Games Discord (https://lnkd.in/eC4iMuwt) and follow the server instructions to submit your portfolio for this event.

We're starting in 5 minutes! Be there or be square ⏹ 🏃♀️ 📅 When? Today! 13:00 PM - 14:00 GMT+1 📍 Where? intogames.org/discord https://lu.ma/k5bzi0me

Huge news! We're giving away a place on John O'Really's Tech Art course 🎉 This is the perfect course for Game Artists looking to enhance their skills in shaders, VFX, and post-processing. To enter, simply: ✅ Share this post ✅ Tag us (Into Games) ✅ Explain why you'd like to join! Check out the course here: https://lnkd.in/dvt8BcHA Good luck! 😍

Huge news! We're giving away a place on John O'Really's Tech Art course 🎉 This is the perfect course for Game Artists looking to enhance their skills in shaders, VFX, and post-processing. To enter, simply: ✅ Share this post ✅ Tag us (Into Games) ✅ Explain why you'd like to join! Check out the course here: https://lnkd.in/dvt8BcHA Good luck! 😍

Morning troops! Had a great time taking on contracts for Supercell and Blazing Griffin over the last 6 months but I am now officially OPEN to new work! If you have something you think I can help with, lemme know!