There will be over 350 attendees, 160 studios as well as publishers, investors, platform-holders and 38 new games will be on show at GaMaYo on 22nd May at the brand new venue for the biggest indie gathering in the North at Project House Leeds.
Alongside the usual friendly atmosphere that celebrates the games community with game playing, networking, food and drink, a quiet room and there will also be roundtables for developers from 5-6pm on the day.
The event is supported by Game Republic’s Official Partners Red Kite Games and Barclays Games and Creative.
Plus Accounting is also providing sponsorship for the event ensuring everyone gets their first drink for FREE.😉
Jamie Sefton from Game Republic said “We’re really excited about the response to the GaMaYo event in May, and also the new space Project House Leeds that we will be using for this event as well. But most of all we have been really impressed with the new games and game developers that have applied to demo at the event.”
Confirmed roundtables from 5-6pm so far include:
Yogscast Games on how to get published and publishing tips
UK Games Fund on tips for funding and investment
Eaton Smith Solicitors doing an AMA on AI in Game Development
Plus Accounting sponsoring the first drink for all attendees and doing a special AMA on all things finance, tax, and more
Epic Games on new opportunities with Unreal, UEFN, Epic Games Store and Mega grants
ID@Xbox on publishing, funding and support from Xbox
Huey Games on crowdfunding following their considerable success on Kickstarter
Pitchify on pitching your game and using their new platform to connect investors with indies
Safe in Our World covering managing mental health and support available
Many of the game demos confirmed to show off games at the event have been or will be featured soon on the GaMaYo website and socials at 12 noon each day with interviews with developers.
Here’s the full list of indie developers and their games that we can all look forward to playing on the day:
Good Boy – Observer Interactive
Platypus Reclayed – Claymatic Games
Mineral – Xitol
Hyper Sentinel – Huey Games
Evolutio – Shot Dash Games
Close to Flight – Northrak
EmiTime – Otterweave Games Studio
Wyrd Waters – Maximalist
Racecar Crashers – Steel Minions
Teensy Tiny Tankery – Neptuna
Spirits of Heartwood – Panda Cat Games
Ascend – Miami Avalon
Kopi – Dream on a Stick
Bound – Point Reverie
Micro Titans Wrestling – Micro Titans Ltd
Sling Jump – MaxZero Games
MoonWard – Slate Games
X-Gravity – Blueshift Interactive
Zombie Dog – Brickmouse
Positron – Retroburn
The Dark Delivers – JaB Arcade
An Elaborate History of Chess – Iteration Games
Spotlight – Scroll Lock Games Studio
Graviton – Lunaboot Studios
Children of Hell – Stanwixbuster
Golf Gambit – KB Entertainment
Sling Jump – Point Reverie
Luna Abyss – Bonsai Collective
Steady, Steady, Steady! – Cloud Lantern
Forklift Certified: Stacked and Loaded – Projector Games
Crapshoot – Gnarled Hand
Echo: The Oracles Scroll – Bumbleborn
MORSE – Aljo Games
Shut the Windows and Don’t Go Outside – Andre David
Trip Hazard Games
The Void Between – Key Compass Games
Vextorial – Vext Games
Emlis – JK Globe
If you would like to attend the event but are not a member of GaMaYo or Game Republic, you can apply to join the network if you are a game developer making games in the North –Â through the Great Northern Games Discord and/or the GaMaYo facebook page.
Featured photo GaMaYo at WX in Wakefield taken by Corrupted Visuals Corrupted Lens thecorruptedvisuals.com