New Orleans Game Developers

WE HAVE ENTERED THE WEEK OF THE PIG

JOIN US AT THE SHOP WORKSPACE THURSDAY OCTOBER 16TH AS WE KICK OFF PIG JAM 3: HYPERPIG REGISTER ON ITCH https://itch.io/jam/pig-jam-2025

At 7pm we'll officially kick off the PIG JAM and assist people with organizing teams and coming up with ideas so THIS SUNDAY they may test their mettle against the mechanical timer of charred pig flesh.

Jammers will assemble at Sea Cave Arcade SUNDAY MORNING where we will start cooking our pig at noon. When it is done, jammers get to eat for free and everyone else will pay $12/plate

T-SHIRTS adorned with our flyer and the logos of our GENEROUS SPONSORS for $25
Sea Cave Arcade, King Crow Studios, Mark, Dat Creative Inc, ResearchWild Inc, DAQA, GNO Inc, and LA.IO

STAY TUNED to our DISCORD https://discord.gg/JBt6geQ FOR ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION (edited)Monday, October 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM

SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

OCT 19TH AT .cave

Last year, our Pig Jam had 23 participants and 4 completed submissions. Look at these local devs deep in thought; in the fires of development, the glorious incandescence of jolly cooperation!!

Come watch these modern day Renaissance people, test their mettle to make a video game, in the time it takes to roast a full pig!

$12 a plate and free if you choose to join the fun and stoke the flames creativity!

For more information and to register for the Jam, check the link below!

https://itch.io/jam/pig-jam-2025

Curtis VonRubenhoff is our illustrious speaker for this month's meetup on Setting up Discord Activities using Unity

Hi Today is Give NOLA day.
If you appreciate everything that NOGD does and you would like to continue to help support us we'd appreciate your support.
All donations are tax deductible. Thank you all for making the New Orleans gamedev community an amazing place.

GiveNOLA Day! GiveNOLA Day, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is a one-day online giving event. For 24 hours, everyone who loves our region can support their favorite local causes by donating to one or more of 700+ participating nonprofit organizations.

Next month NOGD is hosting its annual Education Summit where the leaders of Louisiana's game development educators talk about the programs they run we'll be joined by the likes of Marc Aubanel of LSU, Donald Gremillion of AIE, John Fraboni of Operation Spark and Claude Richard from Delgado

RSVP at our EventBrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/education-summit-nogd-meetup-march-2025-tickets-1245549003599?

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New Orleans Game Developers with the New Orleans Public Library presents Study Sessions: a dynamic series of hands-on workshops diving deep into the esoterica of game development! From coding to design, storytelling to sound, each 1-2 hour workshop will be an opportunity to dive into a different topic led by a local designer, with NOGD staff there to assist those following along. Join us at the Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center at 5pm!

This week, Curtis Cummings will give a crash course on GODOT, the up and coming open source alternative to the big game development software suites. If you've ever wanted to leave the good ship Unity, take a vacation from Unreal, or just explore a fast changing and exciting new game engine, come by and learn a few things! You may want to bring a computer to follow along though.

Not interested in the topic that week but still want to study or work with like-minded individuals in the field? We'll have a collaborative space for folks to pop in, hang out, and get to work with friends and colleagues.

Study Sessions are free and open to all ages and skill levels, but certain workshops may be more advanced than others. We encourage those who are interested to get acclimated with the subject matter and material requirements before they commit.

Today is GiveNOLA Day!

If you have the means, please consider donating to NOGD your friendly neighborhood non-profit https://www.givenola.org/nogd

Come hang out with us at Sea Cave Arcade tonight as we unveil some new games for the IndieCab!

With your generous donations we'll be able to pay grantwriters to help us get more money, plan much nicer events, buy equipment that we can loan out to people in need, and so much more

In the past we've raised and donated $30k for Hurricane Ida relief, we've redirected donated computer equipment to a fledgling, local game studio, Ghost Garden Games, and most recently we've begun a series of free classes at the New Orleans Public Library. We also run a bi-weekly Show N Tell event at Sea Cave Arcade, a monthly meetup series, and host seasonal Game Jams including the New Orleans Global Game Jam.

GiveNOLA Day! GiveNOLA Day, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is a one-day online giving event. For 24 hours, everyone who loves our region can support their favorite local causes by donating to one or more of 700+ participating nonprofit organizations.