A person can live in Edmonton for years and not know about the weird and wonderful subcultures that exist here! So from time to time I like to mention such a group, as it might be up your alley.
Today I’m pointing you to Gamepub. Gamepub is a friendly meetup event hosted by GameCamp Edmonton, an industry group that promotes Edmonton’s flourishing video game development community. At Gamepub you’ll hear speakers talk about game design theory, show off games they’re currently working on, and share the ups and downs of making games. Sometimes you get some cool, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, like when David Chan (Audio Director of Hinterland Games) went out into a blizzard to collect some unique audio for wilderness survival game The Long Dark.
Meetings take place at StartUp Edmonton and usually end with a trip to the Mercer pub downstairs, hence the name Gamepub. Highly recommended for fans of video games, tech, programming, and beer.
Join GameCamp’s Facebook group to hear about upcoming Gamepub nights and other cool game dev news in Edmonton. The next meetup should be at the beginning of March, so watch for that!