15.5.2024

Peliosuuskunta Expa Intern Introduction

Get to know our Communication/Community Manager Intern

A third year student from Jamk’s Business Information Technology, Game Production degree started her internship with Peliosuuskunta Expa on 6th of May 2024.

“Hi there!

My name is Sannina, but you can call me Santtu! Yesterday was my first official day as an intern at Peliosuuskunta Expa but you might’ve seen me taking photos and videos at DGC.

I’m a third year Business Information Technology, Game Production student with interest in the visual side of the game development as well as marketing, communications, and social media. My face might be familiar from Jamk’s social media channels as I have been working as a Social Media Ambassador since last autumn.

See you around at DGC!“

Learn more about Jamk University of Applied Sciences

– Game Production, Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

https://www.jamk.fi/en/Apply-to-Jamk/bachelors-degree/study-game-production-and-become-a-bba-in-our-degree-programme-in-business-information-technology

Learn all about Game Business Co-operative Expa:

https://expa.fi/

13.5.2024

The Finnish Game Awards 2024 – Stream view event at Digi & Game Center (Thu 16.05.2024, 6pm)

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub arrange The Finnish Game Awards 2024 – Stream view event at Digi & Game Center come and join with us together

Topic: The Finnish Game Awards 2024 – Stream view event at Digi & Game Center

Date: Thu 16.05.2024
Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, Jyväskylä

SCHEDULE:

Doors open 18:00 (6pm)
The award ceremony will be streamed live online from 19:00 (7PM) to 8:30PM (20.30).

Stream that we shall view together
https://www.youtube.com/live/-Qw7h_lGtRk?si=6Kun4V2q4GTpYxeq

The event is casual at Digi & Gamer Center but feel free to Dress to impress! And have some Your own snack and drinks with you. Expa will provide also something.

Developers and studios will be recognized in the following categories:

Finnish Game of the Year 2023 – List of nominees
Best Creative Achievement of the Year 2023
Finnish Rookie of the Year 2023
Power Player of the Year 2023
IGDA Volunteer of the Year 2023 by IGDA Finland
Bit1 Game Award 2024, winner of the upcoming Bit1 Competition
Jampion of the Year 2023 by Finnish Game Jam
W Love Games Excellence Award 2023 by W Love Games

The winners of The Finnish Game Awards 2024 will be announced during the gala on May 16th via Neogames’ social channels, with the results published on Neogames Finland’s website after the ceremony.

Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

More details:
https://neogames.fi/the-finnish-game-awards-2024/

13.4.2024

PELIALALLE 2024 – tapahtuma

PELIALALLE 2024 – tapahtuma
Tule kuuntelemaan, miten alalle pääsee sisään!

Kiinnostaako peliala?

Tule tutustumaan alan toimijoihin sekä saamaan ideoita miten alalle pääsee sisään!Tapahtuma tarjoaa infoa yrityksistä, koulutusmahdollisuuksista sekä pääset verkostoitumaan ja tutustumaan Digi & Game Centeriin.

Tapahtuma järjestetään yhteistyössä
Jyväskylän kaupungin ja Peliosuuskunta Expan ja Digi & Game Centerin kanssa.

Tapahtuman osoite:
Digi & Game Center
Matarankatu 2, 40100 Jyväskylä

Kuinka löydät perille?
https://www.digigamecenter.org/contact/

Kuinka löydät perille? (ohje video)
https://youtu.be/zG9dPwpSa6o?si=xPIR1ihxhy1fe0Hu

OHJELMA KE 24.4.2024:

12.00: Kahvia

12:25: Avaussanat: Jussi Lehtonen Jyväskylän kaupunki Digitaitoja työmarkkoille – hanke ja Valtteri Lahti, Peliosuuskunta Expa,

12.30: Peliosuuskunta Expa: Peliala ja työmahdollisuudet 13:00: Yritys: tarina ja uramahdollisuudet

13:30: Jamk | Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu pelialan koulutukset ja opiskelijatarina

14:00-16:00: Verkostoitumista:
tutustu Digi & Game Centeriin sekä yrityksiin

The Networking can be done in English too.

4.4.2024

Expa Board Games is finally happening – Join us!

Expa Board Games Meetup 2024 (01.04.2024)

The Lonely dice needs some new friends!

Expa Board Games is finally happening.

Every Months first Monday 16-21 at Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2 40100 Jyväskylä

Start Monday 1.4.2024

The event is non alcoholic, snacks are welcome

#ExpaBoardGames is open for all to meet and hangout

The event is FREE and open for all

Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

Expa Board Games

Check event details here:
https://www.digigamecenter.org/stageandevents/

Learn all about Game Business Co-operative Expa:

https://expa.fi/

Expa Board Games Meetup 2024 (06.05.2024) – TBA

Expa Board Games Meetup 2024 (01.04.2024) – TBA

The Lonely dice needs some new friends!
Expa Board Games is finally happening.

Every Months first Monday 16-21 at Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2 40100 Jyväskylä

The event is non alcoholic, snacks are welcome

#ExpaBoardGames is open for all to meet and hangout

The event is FREE and open for all

Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

Expa Board Games Meetup 2024 (01.04.2024)

Expa Board Games Meetup 2024 (01.04.2024) – TBA

The Lonely dice needs some new friends!
Expa Board Games is finally happening.

Every Months first Monday 16-21 at Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2 40100 Jyväskylä

Start Monday 1.4.2024

The event is non alcoholic, snacks are welcome

#ExpaBoardGames is open for all to meet and hangout

The event is FREE and open for all

Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

28.3.2024

23rd of April 2024 – Bit1 – PreBit at Jyväskylä coming with via Meetup, join now!

23rd of April 2024 – Bit1 – PreBit at Jyväskylä coming with via Expa / IGDAJKL Meetup, join now!

Once again, we at Bit1 are choosing the best student game of the year! Get your team together and enter the competition!

What’s Bit1?

Bit1 competition gathers game developers and their teams together to showcase their talent and their games. The Bit1 jury is made of game industry professionals, and they will be judging and giving feedback to competing games. The winning team will get to go to the Finnish Game Awards and pitch at the main stage. Competitors will get invaluable contacts to the industry and to each other.

Competition

Competition starts with preliminaries in April. Teams will give 3 min pitches, 2 min Q&A and afterwards judges will playtest each competing game individually.

From Prebits two best teams will move forward to the finals held in May. The teams going to the final will get personal mentoring from one of the PreBit’s judges to improve their game before the finals.

This year the PreBit in Rovaniemi will take place on 23rd April, at Digi & Game Center (time coming).

Submitting your entry

Your game can be single or multiplayer and can be made for any platform. Teams’ registration is already open! You can sign up your team on our website www.bit1.fi. Note that following material is mandatory for submitting your entry:

Game design canvas (can be downloaded from our website)
Link to 1 min video of the core loop
make sure you answer all the entry form’s questions

Please note that we do not expect everything looking polished when you apply, but the core loop must be playable. The emphasis is on your game concept, design ideas and plans.

PreBit schedule at Jyväskylä

16:00 Doors open at DGC
16.30-16.40 Welcoming ceremony and judges’ introduction
16.40-17 Pitches
17.30-18 Judges game testing, free game testing for participants
18-18.30 Judges retreat to discuss, free game testing for participants
18.30-18.45 Judges announce winners, give the basics for the choices and photos
19.00 – IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Meetup speakers
20.00 – 20.15 Demo booth disassembling, Judges stay to discuss with participants proceeding to finals

Interested?

Check our Bit1 website for more information like rules and application form!

If you have any questions, contact:

Mira Oja
email: mi******@ex**.fi

Tuomas Roininen
email: tu*************@ex**.fi

WELCOME

27.3.2024

23rd of April 2024 – Bit1 – PreBit at Jyväskylä coming with via Meetup, join now!

2024 Bit1 – PreBit at Jyväskylä coming!

The Expa Game Business Cooperative sets Jyväskylä in the nationwide Bit1 game development competition for students.

Come and present your own game!

We are organizing our own Prebit qualifying event, on Tuesday 23.4. At Digi & Game Center, with the monthly IGDA JKL Meetup event.

PreBit schedule at Jyväskylä

16:00 Doors open at DGC
16.30-16.40 Welcoming ceremony and judges’ introduction
16.40-17 Pitches
17.30-18 Judges game testing, free game testing for participants
18-18.30 Judges retreat to discuss, free game testing for participants
18.30-18.45 Judges announce winners, give the basics for the choices and photos
19.00 – IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Meetup speakers
20.00 – 20.15 Demo booth disassembling, Judges stay to discuss with participants proceeding to finals

*Please take note that our schedules are subject to changes, depending on the situation

The final will take place at the beginning of May in Espoo.

Invite the students of Jyväskylä to the prebit event:
https://www.digigamecenter.org/2024-bit1-prebit-at-jyvaskyla-coming/

You can register for the race here:
https://forms.gle/yjXfvZxMQW5qrb7q9

More information about the Bit1 competition:
https://www.bit1.fi/

Bit1

Check more details here:
https://www.bit1.fi/

Learn all about Game Business Co-operative Expa:

https://expa.fi/

24.3.2024

Expression of interest in Finland’s first Unreal Authorized Training Center (preliminary inquiry)

Expression of interest in Finland’s first Unreal Authorized Training Center (preliminary inquiry).

Peliosuuskunta Expa – Digi & Game Center with FireFrame and Epic Games are setting up Finland’s first Unreal Authorized Training Center.

Game development and cross industry disciplines would be led by Peliosuuskunta Expa – Digi & Game Center in Jyväskylä, Central Finland while the Movies and Virtual production branch would be led by FireFrame in Helsinki, Southern Finland.

The Courses could be done onsite or online, depending on the course.

We want to know:

Are you already using Unreal Engine?
Are you interested in changing to an Unreal Engine from another Engine?
Are you interested in further educating your own workforce?
Are you interested in becoming an Unreal Authorized Instructor?
Does someone in your company or association already have an Unreal Authorized Instructor licence?
Are you interested in being a part of an open ecosystem to have more visibility between companies, publishers and investors, B2B or education?
Are you interested in doing business across different industries and disciplines?

And this does not have to be game industry related, it can be anything, whatever you use the software for, please do share the love.

Please fill out this form, the data is only used to gather more knowledge of the current status of Unreal use and your company’s needs and wishes to make a great collaboration together and so we can connect and share more details later on.

Note: this form is for companies and associations, and therefore not for individuals

The form takes a couple of minutes to answer.

Please share this form to whom it might concern:

https://forms.gle/W3MxJgrbonMSJDod8

Note, this is form is for companies and not for individuals

Thank you for your time on this!

More details:

Tuomas Roininen

Peliosuuskunta Expa

IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/peliosuuskuntaexpa

email: tu*************@ex**.fi

Unreal

Check more details here:
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US

Learn all about Game Business Co-operative Expa:

https://expa.fi/

16.2.2024

DGC Recruitment / Internship event 14.3.2024 | Jamk University of Applied Sciences | Edition

DGC Recruitment Event – Jamk Game Degree Edition | 14.3.2024 by Peliosuuskunta Expa (Expa Game Business Co-operative)

Companies & Jamk Students, Come join the ultimate DGC Recruitment Event – Jamk Game Degree Edition on March 14, 2024!

Are you looking for internship in Game Industry?

Join us for the DGC Recruitment Event – Jamk Game Degree Edition on 14.3.2024 at the Digi & Game Center!

This in-person event is your opportunity to connect with Game Industry professionals and Digi & Game Center Community Companies. Discover exciting career & Internship opportunities, and showcase your Skills and Motivation.

Whether you’re a recent Jamk graduate, Jamk Student looking for internship or looking to level up your career, this event is tailored for game enthusiasts like you.

Don’t miss out on this chance to kickstart your journey in the game industry!
Mark your calendars and join us at the DGC Recruitment Event – Jamk Game Degree Edition on 14.3.2024 at the Digi & Game Center.

Schedule:

14.45 – 15.00 Come and Join on time – Start
15.00 – 15.10 Kick Off – Opening words by Peliosuuskunta Expa / DGC
15.15 – 15.30 Speaker via JAMK University of Applied Science
15.30 – 16.00 Speakers: Companies Quick Intros
16.00 – 17.45 Speed Dating – Networking via companies and people
17.45 – 18.00 Closing words

*Schedule may change without prior notice.

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Learn more about
Jamk University of Applied Sciences ,Studies at Game Production degree programme in business information technology.

https://www.jamk.fi/en/apply-to-Jamk/bachelors-degree/study-game-production-and-become-a-bba-in-our-degree-programme-in-business-information-technology

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Venue:
Digi & Game Center
Matarankatu 3
40100 Jyväskylä
Finland

How to Get to the Digi & Game Center?
https://youtu.be/zG9dPwpSa6o

Signing up for the event is required via Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/dgc-recruitment-event-jamk-game-degree-edition-1432024-tickets-838442192167

See you there!

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The Event is made by
Peliosuuskunta Expa (Expa Game Business Co-operative)
Learni more and join our networks scheck Linktree: https://linktr.ee/peliosuuskuntaexpa

If Your Company wants to join as presentative offerin internships and jobs please contact directly Peliosuuskunta Expa, Vice Chairman Tuomas Roininen email tu*************@ex**.fi

*Schedule may change without prior notice.

Companies that attended to the Digi & Game Center Recruitment event on 14th March 2024:

shall be added ongoing