Global Game Jam

Join us for the Global Game Jam at UW Sign up on our eventbrite. More information is available at the Games Institute Waterloo Website!
Board Games Extravaganza

UW International Game Development Association (IGDA) & The Games Institute is hosting a board games night onApril 15th, for more information see the event page. Dr. Lennart E. Nacke’s class will be presenting boardgame designs with fully playable prototypes. Combine this with the boardgame collection available at The Games Institute and pizza – that’s an unbeatable combo. Pizza sponsored by Red Meat […]
We are Hiring!

New positions open Apply now Open Positions: Treasurer Great with money? Good with getting sponsors? Great! We need you! Treasure is responsible for helping manage finances and looking for funding. Social Coordinator Organized? Time efficient? Great with people? Wonderful, apply for the social organization position. You would be arranging talks, meet-ups, tutorials, and activities. You […]
Indie Game Development Basics

New event on Thursday, February the 4th, 6-7pm at the Games Institute (GI) Come out and hear Brian Cullen from Fluxscopic Ltd. talk about indie game development basics! A number of tools, strategies, ranging from art, and programming to music will be discussed. This event is in collaboration with the Undergraduate Game Developments Protoplay Night.
Global Game Jam 2016

The Global Game Jam came to K/W this year as part of our IGDAUW initiative. We had an awesome time. Took some photos We made some games. . We even got a bit of news coverage.