Resources | Game Dev Nexus

Name	Categories	Tags	Description
IGDA	Organization		The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the world’s largest nonprofit membership organization serving all individuals who create games. We advance the careers and enhance the lives of game developers by connecting members with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating for the interests of game developers worldwide.
ESA	Organization		We are the trade association for the UK's games and interactive entertainment industry; a not-for-profit, representing businesses from micro studios to multinationals, developers, publishers and service companies, working across online, mobile, console, PC, esports and immersive. It’s our mission to make the UK the best place to make, sell and play games.
UKIE	Organization	UK	We're here to help grow the UK’s interactive entertainment sector and shout about all the hard work, the amazing people, innovative businesses and cutting-edge games that make up our thriving games industry.
Games for Change	Organization		Founded in 2004, Games for Change empowers game creators and social innovators to drive real-world change using games and immersive media. We convene stakeholders through our annual G4C Festival and foster the exchange of ideas and resources through workshops, design challenges, and consulting projects. We inspire youth to explore civic issues, learn 21st Century and STEM skills, and train educators to run game design classes on impact games through our Student Challenge. We act as an amplifier by curating games for change to the public through our games arcades and awards.
SGA	Organization	Serbia	Serbian Games Association (SGA) is a non-profit, NGO, focused on developing the national gaming industry.
The Great Journey	Organization	Sweden	The Great Journey is the hub for game developers in Värmland. Each and everyone interested in creating games regardless of experience, level or background are welcome. A community share beliefs, resources, needs and risk. We support and inspire each other to overcome challanges and achieve goals. This is the place to make your game
European Games Developer Federation	Organization	Europe	The European Games Developer Federation represents games studios based in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Malta, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom, which together employ over 40,000 people.
Immerse UK	Organization	UK	ImmerseUK is a cross-sector network for businesses, research and educational organisations across the UK that are interested in immersive technologies, including augmented, virtual and mixed realities.
TIGA	Organization		TIGA is the network for games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the video games industry. Our core purpose is to strengthen the games development and digital publishing sector. We achieve this by campaigning for the industry in the corridors of power, championing the industry in the media and helping our members commercially.
Sweden Game Arena	Organization	Sweden	Sweden Game Arena offers individuals and companies an opportunity to develop through targeted community events as well as visualization and participation in the global games market. Sweden Game Arena is based in Skövde, and also has operations in Gothenburg.
Game Audio Network Guild	Organization		The Game Audio Network Guild was formed in 2002 by driven industry professionals with a vision to assist those in the game audio industry to share, continually improve, and evolve their craft, and to inform both the overall game industry and enthusiasts about not only excellence in that craft but fair treatment of professionals.
Slovak Game Developers Association	Organization	Slovakia	Slovak Game Developers Association was formed to represent game development activities in Slovakia, support developer needs, promote projects on the global market, negotiate with strategic partners, accelerate the business and bring opportunities directly to game developers.
IntoGames	Organization	UK	We are a non-profit that supports people in finding rewarding careers in the games industry. See all the projects we work on here.
Girls Make Games	Organization	USA	Girls Make Games is a series of summer camps, workshops and game jams designed to inspire the next generation of designers, creators, and engineers.
Extra Life	Charity		We are Extra Life, an online grassroots movement working to save local kids through the power of play. From video games to board games, Extra Lifers do what they love to raise money for CMN Hospitals.
Games Done Quick	Charity		Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities in its nine-year history, including Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation. We are currently the largest fundraising event globally for both charities!
Able Gamers	Charity		AbleGamers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity organization that wields the power of gaming to break down the barriers of economic and social isolation for children, adults and veterans with disabilities.
GameChanger Charity	Charity		We are changing the game for hospitalized kids. JOIN OUR MISSION Donate Now A special thanks in 2020 to the Dansby Family for their love, support and devotion to helping sick children.
Gamers Outreach	Charity		We are making a difference in hospitalized children’s lives. Join us or donate to provide video games that help children cope with their treatment & recovery!
Child's Play	Charity		Since 2003, we’ve set up and organized Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 185 hospitals worldwide. Over the years, you as a community have answered the call and come together to raise millions of dollars.
St. Jude's Play	Charity		St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. And families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
Stack Up	Charity		Stack Up is a military charity supporting US and allied active duty and veterans' mental health through the power of gaming and geek culture!
Charity Gaming	Charity		Charity Gaming is a nonprofit that provides video games to children in hospitals to help make them feel like kids again.
War Child Gaming	Charity		With the generous support of devs, studios, streamers and the wider gaming community, we have been able to raise over $5 million for the cause. The money goes towards funding our life-changing aid programmes: from helping Yemeni children to access education, to reintegrating child soldiers in the Central African Republic and promoting justice for young people in detention in Afghanistan.
Autistica Play	Charity		Autistica is a charity which funds and campaigns for research to understand the causes of autism, improve diagnosis, and develop evidence-based interventions.
Games For Love	Charity		Games For Love is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to easing suffering, saving lives, and creating sustainable futures for children.
Represent Me	Diversity		Represent Me is a not-for-profit helping marginalised communities through resources, training, and support. We specialise in working with the games industry, but our expertise allows us to support a range of industries. Feel free to drop us a line!
The*gameHERs	Diversity		The*gameHERs is a women-led community dedicated to amplifying and centering the voices of women, femme-identifying gamers and non-binary gamers who are comfortable in spaces that center women.
POC In Play	Diversity		POC in Play is an independent organisation creating a range of initiatives and programme of events designed to increase the visibility and representation of People of Colour in the video games industry. We aim to work with industry, educators and other diversity organisations to create more opportunities for all.
#RaiseTheGame	Diversity		RaiseTheGame is a collaborative and high-impact pledge to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in the games industry - creating cultures where everyone belongs, voices are heard and ideas can thrive.
Games And Online Harassment Hotline	Online Safety		The Games and Online Harassment Hotline is a free, text message-based, confidential emotional support hotline. We created the Hotline specifically for the gaming community. Whether you’re a player, a developer, a streamer, a competitor — any part of this community —we’re here for you, whether that means offering emotional support or finding the referrals and resources that you need.
Latinx in Gaming	Diversity		Latinx in Gaming serves as a platform to connect with Latinos across the gaming industry, promote cultural appreciation, representation in games/game-related content, and provide a platform for the Latinx community to elevate each other and themselves.
Women in Games	Diversity		We are activists. We believe that getting more women into games and esports should be framed as a national, international and strategic priority, a business case for stronger teams, better insights, innovative new products. We believe in more people, more diversity and more perspectives.
Women in Games International	Diversity		Women in Games International cultivates resources to advance economic equality and diversity in the video games industry.
Gay Gaming Pros	Diversity		Since 2006, our mission has been simple: to promote, cultivate, and unite the professional LGBTQ+ community with results-based content and programs focused on 4 key areas: Education, Expertise, Employment, and Entrepreneurship.
Black in Gaming	Diversity		The Black in Gaming Foundation is a community dedicated to cultivating, supporting, and promoting Black professionals in the game industry. We actively work on creating opportunities for Black people in the video game industry while also developing action plans to combat systemic institutionalized racism that manifests itself in unsafe spaces, micro-aggressions and hidden discrimination in the workplace.
Grads in Games	Organization		Improving the link between the games industry & academia. Help & advice for students on how to find and prepare for jobs in the games industry.
BGI	Charity		The BGI is a national voice for videogame culture, heritage and education.
The Indie House	Organizations	Publisher Collective	The Indie Houses is an international collective of publishers composed of games industry veterans. Between the seven publishers and our developers, we span multiple continents, languages, genres and points of view.
Video Game History Foundation	Organizations		Video games matter. The Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games.
Girls Make Games	Organizations		We're proud to offer both in-person and virtual summer camps! Our 12th round of summer camps are scheduled this July in 4 locations around the US and virtually for students based all over the world!
Agile Alliance	Organization		Agile gives organizations the ability to quickly create and respond to change in today's disruptive marketplace. Learn more at AgileAlliance.org, dedicated to supporting people that use the Agile Software Development Methodology.

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