Austin Game Dev Calendar

Indie Play Fest · Oct 25 — The Secret Lantern Books & Games, Cedar Park, Texas

Go behind the scenes of game development at Indie Play Fest! Hosted at The Secret Lantern, this unique gathering brings together passionate local indie game developers and the community for an…

IGDA-ATX's Ghouls, Games & Goblins | Partiful

Come partake in the IGDA's spookiest event yet... A costume contest with steam giftcards for best costumes! Horror games by local game devs projected in the dark! Plus refreshments and fun!

Games Y'all (October 2026) by The Museum of Human Achievement, Sat, Oct 17

Sat, Oct 17 at 7pm at Austin, Texas. Games Y’all is back with the Museum of Human Achievement for October! Join us and MoHA on Saturday, October 17th from 7-10pm. We’ll have a sick lineup of indie...

Austin Game Marketing Night (Pre-next fest), Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Topics * Wishlists, demos and festivals like Next Fest * Streamers, creators and press outreach * Social, short-form video, Reddit and paid ads * Store page and pricing de

North Austin Game Night

Austin Unity User Group: How to Build an Indie Game Studio, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

**How to Build an Indie Game Studio: From Zero to Shipped** Our speaker for October will be Blake Burns the former Founder, COO of BlankMediaGames. Blank Media Games is the

READY PLAYER 100 · Sep 19 — The Secret Lantern Books & Games, Cedar Park, Texas

The 100 Black Men of Austin presents the inaugural Ready Player 100, hosted at The Secret Lantern Books & Games! Ready Player 100 is a one-day gaming and entrepreneurship competition designed to help…

North Austin Game Night

Games Y'all Club Night! by The Museum of Human Achievement, Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12 at 7pm at Austin, TX. Welcome to Club Night! For the first time in Austin’s history we will have over a dozen Austin Area Game Developer Organizations ("Clubs") in the same room at the...

Austin Unity User Group: Optimizing in Unity 6 with CLI Workflows, Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 6:00 PM |...

**Talk Description:** Join us for *Optimizing in Unity 6*, where we’ll explore platform agnostic approaches to get the best performance out of your Unity 6 project. We’ll l

Intro To The Games Industry With Speaker: Justen Oliver Andrews | Partiful

IGDA is hosting Intro to the Game Industry with esteemed producer Justen Oliver Andrews for college students and newbies to the game industry. He’ll be giving a talk speaking from experience on...

Games Y'all (August 2026) by The Museum of Human Achievement, Fri, Aug 21

Fri, Aug 21 at 7pm at Howson Branch, Austin Public Library, Austin, TX. Happy August! GY returns to Howson Branch Library for the third year running for our special P R I D E game showcase! Come...

North Austin Game Night

Save Our Devs Actions!

Join game workers and allies at actions across the country to Save Our Devs! In July, Microsoft reported that they would be laying off thousands of workers across the company – impacting hundreds of...

Getting Together, Lifting Each Other Up (August)

In-person Event - Quick Survey to let us know what you'd like to get out of the monthly meetup:https://forms.gle/NF9V2EakADhhmBPb8Don't fo...

Austin Unity User Group: Consoles, Mobile and VR | Multi-platform Support, Thu, Aug 6, 2026, 6:00...

**Talk Description:** Consoles, mobile, and VR, join Patrick DeVarney, Principal Engineer at Rec Room (RIP), for a talk about how your project can support multiple platform