February’s Black History Year Newsletter ✊🏾
Happy Black History y’all! Support Black game developers–not just for the month, but always. Here you go, now you can find us.
Also, Comics x Games is back, BABY! Stay tuned to our social media and our website for more information as we get started for the BIGGEST Festival we’ve ever done in partnership with TCAF and Canzine! Submit your game!
We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! Join us! Hang out! Chat!
Stay safe and have a wonderful holiday season! ♥️
Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.
Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!
You can also submit news about Toronto/GTA games and events to calendar@handeyesociety.com at any time before the month in which the event takes place (preferably with a week to spare), post to our Facebook Group (as long as it’s relevant to local games/playful media and doesn’t violate our Code of Conduct), or @ us on Twitter for a RT.
Where to Jaunt & Haunt
February 4
DMG has their Games Writing Working Group
February 8
DMG has their Unity Club
February 27
The DMG Annual General Meeting
#ICYMI
Announcing #TCAF2021! After a challenging year, we’re so excited to announce the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (#TCAF) is back from May 8-15, 2021 — with a virtual twist! pic.twitter.com/YUyZr35xCf
— TCAF The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (@TorontoComics) February 1, 2021
🚨ALERT🚨
To register for TCAF, Canzine, or CxG 2021, please fill out our application form!
Looking forward to seeing old and new friends apply!
RTs appreciated!
BIPOC STRONGLY encouraged to submit their work. ✊🏾https://t.co/QtOZ0M84kP
— Hand Eye Society (@HandEyeSociety) February 2, 2021
Yay Amanda!
Hi there 🙋🏻♀️
I will be having an AMA on Feb 4, at 5pm EST to talk about videogame nonprofits and @HandEyeSociety with @WorkWithIndies!Join their discord to watch:https://t.co/1C05dKxBuG
I’ve also been tagged with some wonderful folks here so please check out their work! https://t.co/SCRdfZK6cZ
— Amanda -🍜🍜🍜- Wong (@bunnysteak) February 2, 2021
I spoke to @MrFacePlant (@WeroCreative) and Len Predko (@HandEyeSociety) about how micro-developers are carving their own path with unique experiences within the Toronto gaming industry.
Check it out! – https://t.co/AMIbXTf4xq#Toronto #GameDevelopers #IndieDevelopers #Gaming
— Robin (@SpectreRobin) February 2, 2021
For Black History Month, here's a thread celebrating #blackgamedev in 2020. I will be adding to this thread this month. The very least you should do is follow @Blackgamedevs who follow a lot of great devs and RT their work. https://t.co/SpEgaIwDtq
— Shawn Alexander Allen (@ShawnDoubleA) February 1, 2021
📢📢NEW TRAILER📢📢
Bravery Network Online we be available on Steam Early Access on February 16th!
➡ Wishlist here: https://t.co/YPaGkQXBe5
👊🔥💖 pic.twitter.com/IuqQu7Cl21
— Bravery Network Online (@BraveryNetwork) February 1, 2021
Just popping in here to ask you to wishlist us on steam!!https://t.co/Fz9ug1vzzH pic.twitter.com/VF47hSdlAL
— வெண்பா / Venba Game (@venbaGame) January 29, 2021
okay i was just introduced to this REALLY neat Chrome extension that lets you set your pronouns on Twitch and they appear next to your name for anyone that has the extension installed! https://t.co/fqSJqhpMG3
(and yes, it comes in Firefox flavor too!) https://t.co/zSKjjqQ883 pic.twitter.com/7tMD2l0AB1— 🌻 natalietoday 🐤🔮💖 (@nataliedujour) January 26, 2021
There's something off about these squirrels… 🐿
Analyze their strange behavior with your surveillance equipment and unravel this nutty mystery.
Crack the case in Nuts, out today: https://t.co/wX2om0yUIM pic.twitter.com/1etykFiKCX
— Apple Arcade (@AppleArcade) January 22, 2021
BREADWINNER – JOBS/GIGS/OPPORTUNITIES/DEADLINES
Getting lots of great applications already. Looks like we'll be sifting through a lot of talented resumes in the coming days and weeks! Keep spreading the word – tell everyone you know about Brass Lion and our mission to change the video game industry forever. RT the tweet below! https://t.co/087gZVAZXK
— Manveer Heir (@KingCurryThundr) January 26, 2021
🚨Casting call🚨
We are a game studio looking for Ontario voice actors/actresses for our Cyberpunk themed puzzle-solving game Keyword. Following characters are needed:
Guo: Male, 42 years old. Private investigator.
Sala: Female, 18 years old. Teenage girl.
Little Sala: Female, 4 years old. A happy little girl.
Newscast: any
911 operator: any
Buddha: Male, 40 – 70 years old. Full of wisdom.
Abel: Male, 30-40 years old. Evil pharmaceutical researcher.
Seb: Male, 30-40 years old. A killer for hire.
Emerald: Female, 30 years old. Stressed pharmaceutical scientist.
We hope the actors/actress can start asap, preferably with their own equipment ready. Casting directors are also welcomed! If you are interested, please email us at info@cityfromnaught.com. The game can be found here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1393320/Keyword/
I am looking for people that have experience actually building games that want to make a difference. We have something small out right now but I want to create an actual game we continue to get actual market feedback. We’re looking for someone proficient in game development, python, java, front end and back end uI UX development. I do not have any prior work but this is something meaningful to me that I really think we can make work. – Colby Sharma
Want top notch (and cost effective) original music and sound design for your Game or Animation? I´d love to help! Check me out! — Thiago Gobet
Where’s my French at? Are you a game developer whose game is about to launch and for which you want to do a multilingual release?
Are you now thinking of localizing to increase your market and revenue, now that your game has shipped?
Are you still in development, and feeling stuck because the grant you are applying for requires you to offer a French version?
I’d love to help! Hit me up! — Benoît Esmein
Hi, I’m Marcus Mowat, music producer at Point Nine Records and I’m looking to help fellow gamers/designers out by writing songs and providing audio ingenuity geared specifically for video games.
Ace of Wands is a Toronto based gothic rock band.
We are looking to collaborate on building a first-person adventure-game to present a digital album of music. The complexity and expanse of the setting will be determined by the number of songs on the album, with each song representing a different room/challenge/experience.
This project is being presented to the Canada Council for the Arts for funding up to $100,000.00. We are looking to collaborate with game designers/programmers/artists familiar with supernatural, horror and gothic imagery. We are looking to work with a primarily queer/gender non-conforming/female team.
Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.
