Boston Indies

Are you a game developer or gaming-adjacent in the Boston Area? Do you have a cool topic you're passionate about, or have a story to tell? Join us for the Boston Game Dev Lightning Talks on August 17th at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge! Attend as a guest, or fill out the form to speak!

Boston Indies: Lightning Talks!, Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup C'mon out for LIGHTNING TALKS, a series of \~10 minute talks on a variety of game development related topics given by you, the Boston Indies community! Come share a cool so

The discovery ecosystem is chaotic, misunderstood, and unforgiving. Most games sink without a trace; not because they're bad, but because developers are still using a 2010s playbook on how platforms and media actually work. Ichiro Lambe is a 30 year industry veteran who founded one of the longest-running indie studios, Dejobaan Games, and was recruited by Valve to help improve discovery on Steam. He'll deconstruct the sales funnel, reframe the roles of media and platforms, and provide a concrete, iterative framework for making your game seen, understood, and desired. You will leave knowing how to test your messaging, align with the real goals of games media, and engineer every part of your store page—from its name to its trailer—to command attention in a marketplace of 130,000+ games.

Why Discovery Is Hard and How to Break Through the Noise! The discovery ecosystem is chaotic, misunderstood, and unforgiving....

Join us for the annual Boston Game Dev Summer BBQ on Sunday June 21st, 11am-3pm!

Come enjoy some Summer vibes with the local community. Grab some food and chat with your fellow game devs about what you’re working on or playing or some other shiny cool thing that’s inspiring you at the moment!

Big thanks to Devolver Digital for sponsoring the event! Food will be catered by Blue Ribbon BBQ.

Devolver Digital are purveyors of fine digital entertainment wares from independent artists worldwide. They’ve published loads of hit games, including Cult of the Lamb, Hotline Miami, Inscryption, Enter the Gungeon, and many more. If you’re interested in learning more about Devolver as a publisher or just want to find your next favorite game check out their website: https://www.devolverdigital.com/

Feel free to bring anything extra you would like to share! If you are bringing homemade food or beverages please label it with an ingredients list to help others navigate allergy concerns. Per the parks rules, NO alcohol is permitted and we will NOT have access to the grills so please only bring pre-cooked food.

Sunday June 21, 2026
11am-3pm
Danehy Park
99 Sherman St, Cambridge, MA 02138
https://www.cambridgeusa.org/listing/danehy-park
(Near the playground and softball fields on the east side of the park)

MBTA Stations:
Alewife (~17 minute walk)
Porter Square (~17 minute walk)

Buses: 74, 83

Danehy Park has limited 4 hour parking available spread across a few parking lots:
- 166 New St
- Sherman St across from Cambridge Montessori Middle School Building
- Sherman St next to St Peter’s Baseball Field
- Garden St next to the Cambridge Montessouri School Main Building
- Field St opposite of Fern St

Boston Game Dev is committed to creating a safe environment for our attendees; by attending, you agree to adhere to the Boston Game Dev Code of Conduct.

If you experience any harassment or other disrespectful behavior, please report it to the organizer of this event (either in person at the event, on the Boston Game Dev slack channel, or via the messaging feature on Meetup), email us at [email protected].

Shout out to Jennifer Kindl for the visuals!!

Thank to everyone who joined us for Lightning Talks @ PAX East 2026 ♥️ What an incredible turn out!

Boston Gamedev Week is on!! Join us tonight 3/25 for a special pre-PAX demo night at the MIT Welcome Center, and check out http://gamedev.boston for a full schedule!

Here's our visual schedule for Boston Game Dev Week! We've got a heck of a lot planned, super excited to see everyone!!!!

PAX East is next week, and Boston Game Dev is running a week of dev-focused events! Join us for the 2nd ever Boston Gamedev Week https://gamedev.boston/

There are still (pay-what-you-want) tickets available for the mini conference we're running, with talks and panels running all day on Tuesday and Wednesday! Get tickets and see more info -> https://gamedev.boston/events/minicon

BGW MINICON | BOSTON GAMEDEV WEEK Join us for two days of conference goodness. On day one, we’ll have some smaller talks and tight roundtables. On day two, we’ll open up the room to have our larger talks. Hosted by Boston Game Dev at The Link, which is operated by the NonProfit Center.

Lightning Talks has been rescheduled!

Boston Indies: Lightning Talks!, Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup C'mon out for LIGHTNING TALKS, a series of \~10 minute talks on a variety of game development related topics given by you, the Boston Indies community! Come share a cool so

One more round of GDC Festival passes!

To participate:
- be registered on the Boston Game Dev Slack channel
- be an active user as of January 20th
- enter using the same email you are registered with on Slack.

Link: https://bostongamedev.org/gdcraffle

Last call for submissions!

For the first time, Boston Game Dev is sponsoring GDC tickets + a curated selection of New England games to showcase at GDC.

Apply using the link below / in bio
https://forms.gle/a8G6VC59fcpPAUVA8