Bay Area Games

A friendly community developed resource for aspiring game developers and local game enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area.

You can find past recorded events on our Youtube channel and live ones on our twitch channel

Local Meetup groups

• South Bay Game Dev
  • Monthly meetup group that meets on the Sillicon Valley discord on the last monday of the month, chill chatting & demoing type environment. (Indie Game Developers of Silicon Valley has effectively merged with this group since 2020.)
• IGDA Silicon Valley Monthly Meetup
  • Silicon Valley Chapter of the IGDA hosts monthly in person meetups in Mountain View.
• SF Game Development
  • This group hosts high-quality meetups focused on topics such as game marketing, development, and design.
• East Bay Game Devs & Creatives
  • East Bay Game Devs & Creatives is a friendly Meetup in Oakland and surrounding areas for industry professionals, independent game developers, hobbyists, artists, musicians, designers, and those interested in breaking into video game development.
• Sacramento Developer Collective
  • The purpose of this collective is simple: To create opportunity for developers & designers, both aspiring & veteran, to connect & empower one another within our up & coming Sacramento game industry!

Discord servers

If you're looking to chat with other devs in the area right now you can find some of us on these servers:

• Silicon Valley Indie Game Developers
• SF Game Development
• BAD (Bay Area Devs) Collective
• Hype O'Clock