Weekly News 42

Play Finland’s Weekly Newsletter

In this report we will combine week 42/2020 from the Finnish Game Industry and will be posted every Friday afternoon. Check out the previous post here.

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.

Best Regards,
Neogames Finland

 Events:

• 16th October Miniseminaari: Taide pelissä ja peli taiteessa (online)
• 16 October W Love Games conference (online)
  • TICKETS are available now and the link is first shared to those who have signed up for W Love Games newsletter. Sign up to a newsletter here.
  • SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS 

    – Madalina-Georgiana Vladau from RedLynx!
    – Bogdina Buvaeva and Lamees Ouzon from Google
    – Drussila Hollanda-Grönberg from Supercell
    – Salla Hiiskoski from Futureplay Games
    – Sergei Panin from Remedy
    – Ruth Falconer from Abertay Univesity and WIGJ
    – Phylicia Koh (Play Ventures)

• 21st October Game Industry Virtual Pub Quiz by IGDA Satakunta!
• 26th October Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; Psychology of Sound Design (online)
• 28th October Games Job Fair Online
• 28th-30th October Nordic VR Forum 2020 (online)
• 4th November Elite Game Developers webinar: How Lightheart Launched And Scaled UA For Mr. Autofire
• 6th of November #XmasJKL 2020 – The Finnish Game Industry Seminar / Jyväskylä
• 23rd November Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Publishing Games in China” (online)
• 7th December Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Exergaming” (online)
• 25th January  Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Founding a Game Company (in Finland), Again” (online)
• 15th February Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Building Sustainable Gaming Cultures” (online)
• 29th March Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Fostering Playful Experiences with Wearables” (online)
• March 2021(Date tbc) British Academy Games Awards
  • Applications already open
  • Thursday 19 November 2020 – Entries close
  • Tuesday 2 March 2021 – Nominations announced
  • March 2021 (Date tbc) – British Academy Games Awards

• 19th April Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Next Generation of Interactive Streaming” (online)
• 3rd May Games Now! open lecture series at Aalto University; “Art of Learning by Doing – The Great Game Jam Panel” (online)
• 19th-23rd of July GDC 2021

See also The Game Industry Events calendar

EGDF in co-operation with Slovak Game Developers Association has build gameconfguide.com for complete list of games industry events and conferences and their status.

 Announcements:

• With the initial half a million Euros in donations, the Pelimetsä project has already preserved over 130 hectares (330 acres) of Finnish forest 🌿 Now is time for the second phase, and 🌳Pelimetsä 🌲 is now a part of the activities of the Finnish Game Developers’ Association. Pelimetsä invites now moreFinnish game companies to become long-term supporters❤️
• Habbo Hotel celebrates it’s 20th 🎂 anniversary! (article in Finnish only)
• Johanna Verhiö got rewarded for Girls Act of the Year (Vuoden tyttöteko) 🏆 developing and supporting communities for live action role play games and digital game environments for girls.

 Open jobs & Recruitment:

💸 Funding

• October application period for Finnish Cultural Foundation’s funds is on! Application period lasts until the end of October and games have been on their list for a couple of years. One could also think if games could be applied in the hospitals and other institutions, since they have their own program.

 Discussion

• Joni-Petteri Kivistö is asking tips for creating boardgame prototypes.
• Anton Tabris Kointähti needs some advice about collaborative development & Scrum

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