Auckland Makes Games 🎮
@aucklandmakesgames.bsky.social
AMG is a community organisation creating spaces for Auckland game developers to network, socialize, and grow.
Website ↗️ https://aucklandmakesgames.neocities.org/
Wireframe ↗️ https://www.wireframeconf.com
Website ↗️ https://aucklandmakesgames.neocities.org/
Wireframe ↗️ https://www.wireframeconf.com
Game devs outside in the sun and touching grass 🌞☘️
Great seeing everyone in a different environment!! This concludes AMG events for the year but we'll pick back up in January.
Hope everyone has a restful break ~
Great seeing everyone in a different environment!! This concludes AMG events for the year but we'll pick back up in January.
Hope everyone has a restful break ~
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Game devs outside in the sun and touching grass 🌞☘️
Great seeing everyone in a different environment!! This concludes AMG events for the year but we'll pick back up in January.
Hope everyone has a restful break ~
Great seeing everyone in a different environment!! This concludes AMG events for the year but we'll pick back up in January.
Hope everyone has a restful break ~
We are getting OFFLINE and having fun in person at our next event on Saturday 8 November. ✌🏻 See you in Takapuna at this family friendly event 🌊 www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
We are getting OFFLINE and having fun in person at our next event on Saturday 8 November. ✌🏻 See you in Takapuna at this family friendly event 🌊 www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
Our next Level Up for October is live! We're excited to host Tish Laubscher to speak on designing a game for prisons.
See full details here: www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
See full details here: www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Our next Level Up for October is live! We're excited to host Tish Laubscher to speak on designing a game for prisons.
See full details here: www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
See full details here: www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
With #NZGDC around the corner we've put our heads together to compose a talk on networking/relationship building.
From how to start building relationships to maintaining them long term, along with some do's and don'ts. We hope to see you there!
Full details ➡️ www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
From how to start building relationships to maintaining them long term, along with some do's and don'ts. We hope to see you there!
Full details ➡️ www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
September 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
With #NZGDC around the corner we've put our heads together to compose a talk on networking/relationship building.
From how to start building relationships to maintaining them long term, along with some do's and don'ts. We hope to see you there!
Full details ➡️ www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
From how to start building relationships to maintaining them long term, along with some do's and don'ts. We hope to see you there!
Full details ➡️ www.meetup.com/aucklandmake...
What a fun night! Thanks everyone for coming through ~
August 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
What a fun night! Thanks everyone for coming through ~
July 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
That's a wrap on our schedule! We're so excited to see you at Wireframe in a few days.
We'd like to take a moment to thank our sponsors @nzgda.bsky.social, @nz-code.nz, and MDS for supporting the local game dev scene, and enabling us to organize a FREE conference for our community ❤️ thank you!!
We'd like to take a moment to thank our sponsors @nzgda.bsky.social, @nz-code.nz, and MDS for supporting the local game dev scene, and enabling us to organize a FREE conference for our community ❤️ thank you!!
July 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
That's a wrap on our schedule! We're so excited to see you at Wireframe in a few days.
We'd like to take a moment to thank our sponsors @nzgda.bsky.social, @nz-code.nz, and MDS for supporting the local game dev scene, and enabling us to organize a FREE conference for our community ❤️ thank you!!
We'd like to take a moment to thank our sponsors @nzgda.bsky.social, @nz-code.nz, and MDS for supporting the local game dev scene, and enabling us to organize a FREE conference for our community ❤️ thank you!!
Your shift at the @spacerockgames.bsky.social HotDog Diner is about to start! Hurry down and serve saucy dogs to the patrons of the apocalypse while having shootouts with raiders.
Sign up for the beta and updates on development here: cutt.ly/HotdogGameBe...
Sign up for the beta and updates on development here: cutt.ly/HotdogGameBe...
July 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Your shift at the @spacerockgames.bsky.social HotDog Diner is about to start! Hurry down and serve saucy dogs to the patrons of the apocalypse while having shootouts with raiders.
Sign up for the beta and updates on development here: cutt.ly/HotdogGameBe...
Sign up for the beta and updates on development here: cutt.ly/HotdogGameBe...
Bento Blocks is a puzzle game that combines culinary creativity with brain-teasing challenges. Slice, arrange, and perfect your bento-making skills as you craft delicious lunch boxes at your own pace.
Learn more: sometimes.ltd/bento/
Learn more: sometimes.ltd/bento/
July 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Bento Blocks is a puzzle game that combines culinary creativity with brain-teasing challenges. Slice, arrange, and perfect your bento-making skills as you craft delicious lunch boxes at your own pace.
Learn more: sometimes.ltd/bento/
Learn more: sometimes.ltd/bento/
After decades of designing levels, teaching level design, and writing 100,000+ words for The Level Design Book, artist, indie dev, recovering academic @radiatoryang.bsky.social isn't so sure what level design is anymore. Learn about level design, (not) architecture & why it's all so tricky to teach.
July 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
After decades of designing levels, teaching level design, and writing 100,000+ words for The Level Design Book, artist, indie dev, recovering academic @radiatoryang.bsky.social isn't so sure what level design is anymore. Learn about level design, (not) architecture & why it's all so tricky to teach.
Night Plane by @liquidstatic.bsky.social is a thrilling airborne hospitality simulator that costs way less than a plane ticket! Board passengers, assist with their struggles, and resolve emergencies. Also, please don't let the psychopomp fly the aircraft.
July 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Night Plane by @liquidstatic.bsky.social is a thrilling airborne hospitality simulator that costs way less than a plane ticket! Board passengers, assist with their struggles, and resolve emergencies. Also, please don't let the psychopomp fly the aircraft.
The aggressive Seattle based game studio @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social has done a lot to market their games and brand - but some of these ideas might be pushing it. @neosolarius.bsky.social, Head of Community, will go through her top 10 favorite posts that people thought were a "bit too much".
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The aggressive Seattle based game studio @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social has done a lot to market their games and brand - but some of these ideas might be pushing it. @neosolarius.bsky.social, Head of Community, will go through her top 10 favorite posts that people thought were a "bit too much".
Two of you do not belong. Neon Knives is an award-winning couch multiplayer game of stealth and deception. Blend into the crowd, hunt down your opponent, and take them out—all while being hunted yourself. Trust no one.
Out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/...
Out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/...
June 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Two of you do not belong. Neon Knives is an award-winning couch multiplayer game of stealth and deception. Blend into the crowd, hunt down your opponent, and take them out—all while being hunted yourself. Trust no one.
Out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/...
Out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3317170/...
Take control in this fast-paced, skill-driven hack and slash adventure steeped in rich Japanese mythology. Master a precision-based combat system where timing, mastery, and raw fury is your only salvation. Chain stylish combos to take down god-forged guardians, and challenge the heavens themselves.
June 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Take control in this fast-paced, skill-driven hack and slash adventure steeped in rich Japanese mythology. Master a precision-based combat system where timing, mastery, and raw fury is your only salvation. Chain stylish combos to take down god-forged guardians, and challenge the heavens themselves.
Candle Boy is a charming, third-person, single-player adventure game about evading/defeating enemies and stealing treasures. It centers around an adventurer’s quest to steal a powerful enchanted ring, hidden away in a Giant’s castle.
bugpopstudio.itch.io/the-adventur...
bugpopstudio.itch.io/the-adventur...
June 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Candle Boy is a charming, third-person, single-player adventure game about evading/defeating enemies and stealing treasures. It centers around an adventurer’s quest to steal a powerful enchanted ring, hidden away in a Giant’s castle.
bugpopstudio.itch.io/the-adventur...
bugpopstudio.itch.io/the-adventur...
Scaling from the basics of using the Niagara system in Unreal Engine, tips for creating more dynamic VFX, and useful optimization tools, @pedroklein.bsky.social will give a welcoming introduction for developers new to using Niagara and provide deeper insights for those already familiar with it.
June 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Scaling from the basics of using the Niagara system in Unreal Engine, tips for creating more dynamic VFX, and useful optimization tools, @pedroklein.bsky.social will give a welcoming introduction for developers new to using Niagara and provide deeper insights for those already familiar with it.
Adaptory by @stormcloak.games is a 2D base-building/simulation game where your crew of 4 have crash landed on a mysterious planetoid. Using the planet’s limited resources & your creativity, you must keep your team alive, build up a base, repair your ship & ultimately get home.
adaptorygame.com
adaptorygame.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Adaptory by @stormcloak.games is a 2D base-building/simulation game where your crew of 4 have crash landed on a mysterious planetoid. Using the planet’s limited resources & your creativity, you must keep your team alive, build up a base, repair your ship & ultimately get home.
adaptorygame.com
adaptorygame.com
Thank you everyone for coming to our Level Up; You Have a Game Idea: Now What? with Antony Maday! Hope you learned something new tonight and got to connect with some new people. Our next event is a big one.. WIREFRAME! We hope to see you on 19 July ✨
June 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Thank you everyone for coming to our Level Up; You Have a Game Idea: Now What? with Antony Maday! Hope you learned something new tonight and got to connect with some new people. Our next event is a big one.. WIREFRAME! We hope to see you on 19 July ✨
@composertom.bsky.social will examine the sketching & feedback process of creating game music, using real world examples from Blackheart and The Ruins of Calaworm. You'll see communication between collaborators, how the sketching process unfolded, the issues and unexpected joys, & what was learned.
June 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
@composertom.bsky.social will examine the sketching & feedback process of creating game music, using real world examples from Blackheart and The Ruins of Calaworm. You'll see communication between collaborators, how the sketching process unfolded, the issues and unexpected joys, & what was learned.
Mobile devices may not pack the same punch as high-end desktops, but that doesn’t mean your game has to suffer. Max will explore how to increase mobile GPU performance through Shader Optimization, Precomputed Visibility, HLODs, Instancing and more!
June 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Mobile devices may not pack the same punch as high-end desktops, but that doesn’t mean your game has to suffer. Max will explore how to increase mobile GPU performance through Shader Optimization, Precomputed Visibility, HLODs, Instancing and more!
Fight for your love with 2-4 friends through local-splitscreen play by @kittywampusgames.bsky.social. Soar the skies on your broom, dash and smash your rivals, secure powerups, land devastating blows, and win the adoration of your crush!
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3017130/...
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3017130/...
June 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Fight for your love with 2-4 friends through local-splitscreen play by @kittywampusgames.bsky.social. Soar the skies on your broom, dash and smash your rivals, secure powerups, land devastating blows, and win the adoration of your crush!
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3017130/...
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3017130/...
It's all about UE5 survival techniques, staying alive and navigating the apocalypse of Non-manifold zombie polygons!! Join Matt for the night of the living dev to have a look at how environments were made for No More Room in Hell 2!
June 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's all about UE5 survival techniques, staying alive and navigating the apocalypse of Non-manifold zombie polygons!! Join Matt for the night of the living dev to have a look at how environments were made for No More Room in Hell 2!
Rogue Drifter is a top-down rogue-lite drifting and auto-shooting game that sets the player in a large map where they drive around freely, killing hordes of shambling mutant enemies as they continuously encroach on the player.
June 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Rogue Drifter is a top-down rogue-lite drifting and auto-shooting game that sets the player in a large map where they drive around freely, killing hordes of shambling mutant enemies as they continuously encroach on the player.
PROJECT MIX by @plectrumxr.bsky.social is a VR anime narrative adventure with bartending mechanics and unique cultural aspects inspired by 90s anime and Hong Kong movies.
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2439770/...
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2439770/...
June 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
PROJECT MIX by @plectrumxr.bsky.social is a VR anime narrative adventure with bartending mechanics and unique cultural aspects inspired by 90s anime and Hong Kong movies.
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2439770/...
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2439770/...
Join Logan as he brings us through how truly effective pre-production can preempt or prevent many of the major pitfalls a studio will experience during production.
View the full schedule: www.wireframeconf.com/2025-schedule
View the full schedule: www.wireframeconf.com/2025-schedule
June 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Join Logan as he brings us through how truly effective pre-production can preempt or prevent many of the major pitfalls a studio will experience during production.
View the full schedule: www.wireframeconf.com/2025-schedule
View the full schedule: www.wireframeconf.com/2025-schedule