2.9.2024

“Day Zero“at Digi & Game Center 14th of Nov 2024!

“Day Zero“at Digi & Game Center!

We shall have a day before the main event a “Day Zero” networking event at multiple times awarded Coworking space and Ecosystem Digi Game Center (DGC). Digi & Game Center is also the place where IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetups happens now days. The Premises are just 15 min from Matkakeskus by walking or about 5 min walk from Jyväskylä city center .

Get to know the premises and network: 12.00-16.00 (12-4pm)

VIP Dinner for VIP ticker holders

#XmasJKL – The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar 2024 (Fri 15.11.2024)

#XmasJKL 2024 is COMING!(Friday 15.11.2024)

#XmasJKL is the most relaxed business seminar in the Finnish game industry. The seminar is held in, Ilokivi, Jyväskylä, Finland.

#XmasJKL is also a networking event where you can listen and learn from the best in the business and meet the great game industry people.

Put your Christmas hat on and join us!

Check the Event and Ticket details!

Read more: https://www.xmasjkl.com/

The event language event is English!

Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup with Quicksave Interactive (29.10.2024)

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup with Quicksave Interactive 29.10.2024

In this month’s meetup, we are joined by Ren Soharab from Quicksave Interactive, with the talk discussing The Quicksave Toolkit for HTML5 & WebGL.

Guest: Ren Soharab, Partner Experience Manager at Quicksave Topic: The Quicksave Toolkit for HTML5 & WebGL Time: 18:00 Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)

– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE 17:30 Doors open 18:00 Streaming starts, Guest’s presentation 18:30 Q&A with Guest 19:00 Free mingling on-site

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at the event

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the Meetup event is English! – Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event. Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup with Hanki Games (24.09.2024)

Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup September 2024

Guest: Niko Autio, Founder at Hanki Games
Topic: From a hobby project to indie hit
Time: 18:00
Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)Date: Tue 24.09.2024

Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, Jyväskylä
– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl

SCHEDULE
17:30 Doors open
18:00 Streaming starts, Niko’s presentation
18:30 Q&A
19:00 Free mingling on-site

#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the Meetup event is English! – Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

7.6.2024

Peliosuuskunta Expa (Expa Game Business Cooperative) the annual cooperative meeting, June 13, 2024, from 5:30 pm at Digi & Game Center

MEETING INVITATION
The members of Peliosuuskunta Expa (Expa Game Business Cooperative) are invited to the annual cooperative meeting, which will be held on June 13, 2024, from 5:30 pm., at Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, 40100 Jyväskylä.

MEETING INVITATIONThe members of Peliosuuskunta Expa (Expa Game Business Cooperative) are invited to the annual cooperative meeting, which will be held on June 13, 2024, from 5:30 p.m., at Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2, 40100 Jyväskylä. Please arrive by 5:15 p.m. or participate online using the Google Meet service, see the link to get in.

After the meeting, it is possible to take part in the sauna, bring your own towel, you can also take your own drink and snacks. We keep separate shifts for women and men.

NOTE! All members of the cooperative have free access to the annual meeting, but by our decision, outsiders are also welcome.

Registration is collected for two reasons:

1) so that we know how big a part of the group participates remotely and how many are on site.

2) Charts interest in active activities.

Please fill out the form below!

invitation form https://forms.gle/7Y5QQZzFXRyySAct5

(preferably by 12 noon on June 11, 2024) so that we know the participant’s order online or at the Digi & Game Center on site. Likewise, the possible number of sauna users

At the meeting, according to the agenda below, the issues that belong to the regular meeting of the cooperative according to § 9 of the rules will be discussed.

Attached is a link to a remote connection: https://meet.google.com/bnk-yrge-ukq

AGENDA

Opening the meeting
Legality and quorum
Selection of meeting officers

A chairman, secretary and minutes auditors are chosen for the meeting, who act as vote counters if necessary

Approval of the agenda
Greetings and notification matters
Presentation of the activity report and the activity plan
Presentation of the financial statements
Confirmation of financial statements
Use of surplus

The Board proposes that the surplus from 2023 will not be distributed but will be used for the benefit of the community

Exemption from liability for board members
Selection of operational inspectors
Board composition
Other issues that arise
Closing the meeting

In Jyväskylä on 5 June 2024

On behalf of the Expa Game Business Cooperative board

Valtteri LahtiChairperson

The event is FREE and open for all, language of the Meetup event is English! – Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.

Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!

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 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: mira.oja@expa.fi

Tuomas Roininen
email: tuomas.roininen@expa.fi

WELCOME