Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter
In this report we will combine the week 34/2017 from the Finnish Game Industry. Check out all the events, news and job openings!
See also the latest (updated) report of the Finnish Game Industry.
Events:
- Aug. 26. Sepeli ry järjestää leikkimielisen pelientekokilpailun, eli pelijamit . klo 10-20 / Seinäjoki
- Aug 28th Solving the Baltic Sea seminar / Helsinki
- Aug. 28th Meet the Hangzhou Gaming Delegation in Helsinki. RSVP to (suvi(AT)neogamesDOTfi)
- Sep 8th Tracon Peliperjantai / Tampere
- Sep. 16th. MAD Week 2017: Pelihahmo(piirustus)työpaja Otavan asemalla
- Sept. 19-20th PG Connects Helsinki
- Sept. 20th Game Music Collective in Concert. Listen the sample
- Sept. 22-23 4C Conference at St. Petersburg
- Oct. 5-6th Northern Game Summit, Kajaani
- Oct 11, 20917. Finland 100Y goes Women in Tech 2017
- 19.-21.10. on areenatapahtuma Turussa. Mukana lanit, eSM-turnauksia, miniatyyriturnauksia, MTG:ia, expo-alue, tubettajia (esim. eeddspeaks ja Ink Owl) Tapahtuman liput ovat myynnissä nyt
- Nov. 1st – 3rd Game Connection Europe => Join The Nordics DL: Sept. 18th
- 16-19th Nov. G-Star Korea
- 17-18th of Nov 2017 #XmasJKL is coming AGAING!
- 30Nov-1st Dec SLUSH HELSINKI
See also The Game Industry Events calendar: http://www.neogames.fi/en/events/eventcalendar
Open jobs:
- EHYT ry hakee Pelitaito-kouluttajia erityisesti lapsille ja nuorille suunnattuun pelikasvatustoimintaansa (alkaen syksy 2017).
- 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
Releases:
- Grand Cru’s Battle Jack was globally launched in iOS
Announcements:
- 10 million downloads for Make More!
- 10 million downloads for Part Time Monkey!
Other News;
- Grand Cru’s Battle Jack got nice featuring from Apple
- Poltti jo yli 10 miljoonaa euroa – Korealainen pelijätti uskoo silti suomalaisyhtiön uuteen peliin. (Artickle only in Finnish)
- SULA Pitch, luovien liikeideoiden kisa!
Aiemmin AVEKin CD²-kilpailuna tunnettu pitchaustapahtuma järjestetään nyt osana uutta SULA-tapahtumaa 12.10.2017. Haku on auki 1.8.–8.9.2017. Mukaan pääsevät yritykset saavat myös maksuttoman pitchausvalmennuksen ennen loppukisaa. - Mobile games help Team Finland in volleyball European championships to concentrate into the tournament. I feel so proud that Pro Pilkki 2 mobile is the chosen one! (Article in Finnish)
- Sweeney: App stores are “pocketing a huge amount of profit” at devs’ expense
- Annakaisa Kultima will be joining the Aalto University game crew to help with Games Now! lecture series. This will be the fifth iteration of the lecture series and I will hope that it will continue to serve a large group of people, not just Aalto students. Feel free to give feedback and ideas for it! Thank you so much in advance! (Check also all previous lectures)
- Hologram Monster has grown from a character art freelancer into a game development company! Project: Longtail gets out of pre-production. Check out our fresh new company website and the new blogpost
- Helsingin Sanomat wrote a nice article on games for messengers!
Mini Golf Battle (also mentioned in the article) is now available on iOS only in Finland for early access testing before the upcoming global release by Chatterbox Games. https://itunes.apple.com/…/a…/mini-golf-battle/id1228073652… - This week piece of Planetarism
- Snowhound has partnered with the mighty @1CCompany to publish @DeepSkyDerelicts on Steam Early Access in October 2017, with the full game release on PC Windows, Mac and Linux planned for Q1 2018.
- Looking for a place to study? Helsinki Vocational College (Stadin ammattiopisto) has a few places left in:
– Game Art Program (120cr/2yrs)
– Game Development Program (120cr/2yrs)
Applicant should have finished high school (lukio) in Finland or abroad. Courses are mainly in English.
Applications and further information: Mikko Sallinen, mikko.sallinen@edu.hel.fi, 040 8255062 or PM
Application should contain CV, motivation letter and portfolio/examples of art or other game related project (if available) - Sasu Autio is looking for job.
- e-posti: sasu.autio@gmail.com
- portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/artist/musicmaker80
- https://sketchfab.com/musicmaker80/models
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrpp40WgQGXZPZRJ06aB9yg
- Come to jam at PGC Helsinki 19-20 September! Jammers get a free conference ticket!
- Video about T”he Walking Vegetables” game
- Mikko Takatalo (Copywriter) hakee projekteja. Contact: mikko.takatalo@hotmail.com
- Top Gear’s Road Trip is a fiendishly clever new racing game
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.