Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the weeks 51-52/2017 and 1-2/2018 from the Finnish Game Industry.
News are gathered from the Play Finland group posts during the week. That is why we recommend you to post by yourself (however not flood) your Finnish Game Industry related news to the group. It also guarantees that your news will be visible in the weekly newsletter /news compilation. Play Finland is at the moment one of the main channels for sharing information inside the industry.
We (admins) occasionally publish industry related posts or links in Play Finland. But since there is so many things going on, we don´t even try to cover the whole field.
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland
Best Regards,
Neogames Finland
Events:
- January 22-23 2018 Pocket Gamer Connects London
- 25.1.2018 Infotilaisuus EU:n pelituesta
- January 26-28 Global Game Jam and also Finnish Game Jam; Check the sites
- Turku site we are giving opportunity to make board games at the jam, thanks to sponsorship by Boost Turku and LudiCreations
- February 2nd Lisenssi Bisnes seminaari / Helsinki
- February 3rd: Meet Finnish studios in Kyiv on 3rd February, 2018 at #GamesJobFair
- March 19th-31st. Game Connection America
- March 19th-23rd; GDC / San Francisco
- May 8th Games First / Helsinki
- May 23-25 Nordic Game Conference / Malmö, Sweden
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:
- Critical Force is looking for an experienced Technical Artist
- Traplight is looking for a Game Programmer and Financial Analyst
- Iceflake Studios is looking for senior game programmer
- Several open positions at Seriously
- PlayRaven is offering a 6-12 month internship program for a Junior UI Programmer (Unity3D) at our Helsinki studio.
- 700+ game companies in the Nordics to get an overview of game development jobs available right now. Currently 440 job openings in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway – browse through them at http://gameform.eu/
- More jobs at gamesjobs.fi
Announcements;
- Join the Neogames and the Nordics at Game Connection America 19.3 – 21.2.2018
- Tekes and Finpro merge to form new Helsinki-based organisation Business Finland
- Neogames Finland on koonnut pelialan koulutusta Suomessa tarjoavat oppilaitokset yksiin kansiin.
Releases;
- Oddrok released HeliHopper on iOS
- Drunkenpants on Steam Early Access
- Bouncy Buddies is now available on Google Play
- 7 Legends out on Android & iOS
- Tiny Troopers is now available on Nintendo Switch!
Other News;
- Housemarque got pretty nice scores on metacritics
- https://www.twitch.tv/firetailgamesofficial klo 17:00.
- Check out detection algorithm for Unity!
- Lappeenrannassa testataan pelillistä kuntoutusta – physilect tukee fysioterapiaharjoittelua visuaalisen palautteen avulla.
- Apply now on Metropolia Study Module:
- Traplight’s Sami Kalliokoski dropped by PocketGamer.biz to drop some knowledge bombs on user-generated content.
- Game business development for game companies continues with Business Finland. Our advisers at your service. Read more about game business funding.
- survey for the study about work satisfaction in relation to working hours between different cultures in the game industry.
- Indie Spotlight on PocketGamer.biz with an interview with Helsinki-based one-man studio Part Time Monkey
- Brains Eden is the UK’s largest international student game jam, now in its tenth year at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK and supported by some of the biggest games and technology companies in the world. Brains Eden 2017 was our biggest event yet, with 165 students making some brilliant games around the theme of “Give and Take”.
Early bird registration for Brains Eden 2018 is now open, so get your team registered today! - IGDA Finland is asking their members and event visitors for feedback! Please fill out the linked (approx. 5 minute) survey. The survey results will be used to improve IGDA Finland operations.
- Panzer Hearts‘s new trailer
- Project Longtail has its own facebookgroup
- Pelialan opinnäytetyökilpailu 2018 on käynnistynyt! Ilmoita kalenterivuoden 2017 aikana valmistunut pro gradu tai AMK-lopputyö mukaan 11.2.2018 mennessä. Opinnäytteen tulee tavalla tai toisella liittyä digitaalisiin tai ei-digitaalisiin peleihin tai leikkiin tai pelillisiin ilmiöihin
- Licia Prehn wrote a Eurodance song with some coworkers from Nopia about Pokemon Go
- Supercellin vuoden suurin markkinointitempaus oli kahden 16-vuotiaan kaksintaistelu Lontoossa
- Johannes Linnama tells a little story how I became a one-man games company with over 3 million downloads this year.
- Aalto ENT – Aalto University Developing Entrepreneurship, Game Executive program has booked John Romero – a Legend – to speak about Monetization in Games: Past, Present and Future.
- Unity plugin Cinext VR Runtime editor released! Intuitively edit real-time material in the VR space. No need to switch between your desktop and VR headset. Modify the environment, effects and lights in VR play mode.
- Artikkelissa kysytään, onko Tekes onnistunut perustehtävässään eli synnyttämään uutta vientiteollisuutta. Ainakin yksi näyttö kuulemma löytyy. Siitä kiitokset ohjaan suomalaiselle peliteollisuudelle ja sen huippuosaajille! “Ainakin yksi näyttö Tekesillä on esittää. Veronmaksajien rahoja sijoitettiin jo alkuvaiheessa varsin runsaasti peliyrityksiin, vaikka pelaamisen tukemista vastustettiin myös talon sisällä. Näille rahoille on totisesti saatu vastinetta.”
- Annakaisa Kultima and Samuli Jääskeläinen are talking (in Finnish) in YLE morning TV about game making as (the best) hobby.
- Ocmo pääsi hahmoksi Action adventure peliin Levantera: Tale of The Winds
This is the weekly summary of news from the Finnish game industry. If you want to have your news on the list, post them on the Play Finland Facebook group. The summary will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out previous week’s list.