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Some images from GDLX26 indie games festival, hosted at the University for the Creative Arts with Game Dev Local at the weekend. Part 5... Love the array of table displays. Very cool. #indiedev #gamedev #games #festival

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Some images from GDLX26 indie games festival, hosted at the University for the Creative Arts with Game Dev Local at the weekend. Part 4... #indiedev #gamedev #games #festival

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Some images from GDLX26 indie games festival, hosted at the University for the Creative Arts with Game Dev Local at the weekend. Part 3... #indiedev #gamedev #games #festival

Some images from GDLX26 indie games festival, hosted at the University for the Creative Arts with Game Dev Local at the weekend. Part 2... #indiedev #gamedev #games #festival

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Some images from GDLX26 indie games festival, hosted at the University for the Creative Arts with Game Dev Local at the weekend. Part 1... #indiedev #gamedev #games #festival

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So excited for this weekend, Saturday 28th March, the GDLX26 indie game festival @unicreativearts Farnham campus, Surrey. What a great lineup! Lots to gain from these industry speakers, their insights & advice sessions. + portfolio reviews! #gdl #games #expo #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Wow, it's only 12 Days until GDLX26 at UCA, Saturday 28th March! 12 noon till 6pm. Free Game Dev Meet Up, prior to the games expo, 24th March. Taking place at the Borough Beer House (in the high street, top floor), Farnham - 6.30pm till 9pm. #games #gamedev #indiegames #networking #community #

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

UCA #Games colab Industry-funded 12-month practice-based research project with Dutch games company Little Chicken Games. Funded by European EIT Culture & Creativity, our students are testing/ feedback for Card Game Arena (STEAM), prototype 2 market. #gamedesign #gamedevelopment #indiedev #research

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Excited for the upcoming games festival at UCA GDLX26, 28th March! Here are 4 of the 6 UCA #Games in the expo. We look forward to seeing you there =] For more information on the event: www.gamedevlocal.com/gdlx 🎮60 Games 🗣️3 Industry talk stages 🏆8 Awards 🖼️Art Market 👾After Party #gamedev #indiedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Another, GDLX26 UPDATE! 🎤 The New Games Stage at GDLX, locked in🔥 ⚔️ 28th March: 1pm till 6pm ⚔️ The new stage line-up is set for an afternoon of great insights & more from indie dev studios in the show. This stage focuses on the developers behind the games at GDLX26 #indiedev #games #festival

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Great cause from Into Games, worth considering. Amplifying and supporting the power of networking for emerging young devs from disadvantaged backgrounds: intogames.raiselysite.com #indiedev #gamedev #games #gamesdevelopment #expo #networking @intogames.bsky.social

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

GDLX26 UPDATE! 🎤 The Fireside Stage at GDLX is now locked in.🔥 28th March! Our final line-up is set, & it’s shaping up to be a full afternoon of honest conversations about building a career & a studio in games. This stage is all about the real stories behind the work. #indiedev #games #festival

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Also part of our Guildford Games Festival games showcase was our student @globalgamejam.bsky.social games, from last month, available on our department Steam deck So good to see the Yr3 & Yr2 students excited to see the players engaging with their #gamejam #games. #indiedev #gamedev #Steam

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

An amazing day exhibiting our Games Incubator Studio @ the Guildford Games Festival. In show: Heather Finden Jack Treadwell Nathan Poole, showcasing - Introspect; George Scanlan showcasing - Slime Shock Daniel Tooby Emily Purusram Fran Jago showcasing - Pixelated Reverie. #indiedev #gamedev #games

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Setting up for the 2026 Guildford Games Festival, at G-Live in Guildford, tomorrow. A fabulous expo! Playable games, merch, portfolio reviews, & industry talks. We'll have 3 playable indie games at GGF2026, from our UCA Games Incubator. + more playable student games on our STEAM deck. #indiedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Tomorrow's Guildford Games Festival talk schedule at G-Live in Guildford, 3 talk streams =] #gamedev #indiedev #games #festival #talks

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

#Graffiti! The NDSM Wharf is great destination if you love your graffiti, stencil work, and all other #streetart ideas expressed on #concrete. A fabulous playground of #inspiration, colour, #character design, #socialcomment and visual mayhem! #indiedev #gamedev #art #love #creatures #montana

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Super amazing morning at the Straat #streetart Gallery at #NDSMWHARF Amsterdam. A fantastic array of #creativity, #graffitiart and use of #colour and #composition. Stunning at this scale and in this former #industrial venue... #graffiti #art #indiedev #gamedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

What an amazing first full day in Amsterdam. Huge thanks to Yannis Bolman co-founder of Little Chicken #Games, currently making the beautiful Moonlight Peaks! The students had a great afternoon at the studio. Fabulous insights into #gamedev #indiedev #digitalcardgames #tabletopgames #gamesculture

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

So good to be back in #Amsterdam for our UCA #Games studio visit to the Little Chicken Games Company. Looking forward to our visit today! #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #studioculture

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Also coming up next Month - the Guildford #GamesFestival at G-Live, Guildford, 20th February 2026. UCA Games is proud to be one of the festival sponsors & will host a stand with playable games-in-development from our very own #games #incubator studio =] Hope to see you there! #indiedev #gamedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I meant to post this last week 🤔 A fantastic & informative talk for our Yr3 Professional Practice unit from @ndreams.bsky.social #TechnicalArtist and UCA Games alumni, Hayden Adams💪 A fabulous range of career projects🔥 #virtualproduction #serious games #VR #games #gamedev #indiedev #education

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hot Tip 🔥 If your studying Games & want to attend industry expo's but the cost is insanely high, #volunteer! Great to see UCA Yr3 Games student Gabriel Wright volunteering at #pgclondon. Its a great way to access to whole event, side events, network, & amplify your CV. #indiedev #games #gamedev

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Great to be back at #PGCLONDON. Just been to an engaging Panel Discussion. Going For Growth : Q&A With The UK Video Games Council Nick Button-Brown - The Games Angels Emily Bailey - JECO Saad Choudri - Miniclip Donna Orlowski - Chucklefish Nick Poole - Ukie #indiedev #games #gamedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Huge thanks to this weeks games industry guest speaker, Stuart De Ville, CEO of Fribbly Games & founder of GDL: Game Dev Local. He gave an excellent insightful talk, followed by Q&A, talking about his career & the various creative projects he is engaged in to our Yr3 Professional Practice students.

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I hope everyone is getting the chance to recharge, reconnect, play games, and eat great food with family and friends! We're enjoying the new @nintendousa.bsky.social #Switch2 in the house ÷] Currently got #Pokemon Unite on the go 👌 Happy New Year ✨️🎉 #indiedev #indiegames #gamers #GamesDesign

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Happy Christmas everyone! Have an amazing holiday, take a break and hoping 2026 is a fantastic year for you all =] #gamedev #indiedev #games

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

It was fantastic to launch our Yr3 Professional Practice unit for all our #Games degrees at UCA, and we were excited to host games industry recruiter, Darren Butler - TheGamesRecruiter as one of our guest industry speakers. Great insights into the hiring process, does & don'ts =] #indiedev #Games

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Yesterday we launched our Yr3 Professional Practice unit for all our #Games degrees at UCA, and we were excited to host solo #indiedev Sam Claydon as ine of our guest industry speakers. He shared a fantastic array of career insights, stories and his journey in #unity #gamedevelopment

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Love this Poster at out Epsom campus. Lots of good energy! #Games #indiedev #gamedevelopment #Arts #mentalhealth

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Yes, the Early Bird tickets for GDLX26 #indiedev #games #festival are now on sale! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gdl-indie-... #indiegames #gamesdevelopment #gamesart #GamesDesign #Gamesanimation At the University for the Creative Arts.

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Let's go! Bring on 28th March and GDLX26 taking place at University for the Creative Arts, Farnham campus! Over 50 amazing indie games on show, 3 talk stages, and a student art market in the quad! It's going to be great! More to follow. #games #indiedev #Gamedev #Arts @gamedevlocal.bsky.social

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Well, that was another fantastic AdventureX narrative games conference! Packed with engaging and Insightful talks with over 30 #indiedev #games on show. Masses of passion, talented #gamedev vibes, bumping into old friends & a great afternoon of networking. Thanks to London South Bank University.

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Super proud of the UCA #Games student team that represented the University for the Creative Arts at the To The Moon #indiegames expo, Birmingham NEC. Huge congrats for winning Yr1 of the University #gamejam @ To The Moon! Props to #gamedev lecturer Assad Bokhari for making it happen! #indiedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

During the Games for Change weekend, the UCA team (Dr Digdem Senzen, Dr Dilek Hocaoglu & I) presented our academic research and industry-facing Knowledge Exchange projects. We also gathered academics from various HE institutions to explore opportunities for collaboration. #indiedev #games #research

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

What a fantastic and engaging weekend at Games for Change Turkiye in Istanbul, at the @bahcesehiruni.bsky.social University #buglab Tekmer. 45 participants took part in the 48-hour #indiedev #gamejam, exploring social impact and real-world change related to food waste. #games #gamedev #unity3d

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Superb excited to be travelling to Istanbul today for the Games for Change Turkey Game Jam and Knowledge exchange symposium at Bahcesehir University. Looking forwarding to being one of the #game mentors during the trip alongside Dr Digdem Sezen and Dr Dilek Hocoaglus. #indiedev #gamejam

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

What are you playing at the moment? I've just been playing The Darkside Detective (re The @slowgameclub.bsky.social), a rather witty and fun #indiedev #game Late to the party, but I'm finally getting around to playing The @cultofthelamb.bsky.social ... incredibly fabulous on so many fronts! 😍 🫶 💯

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A little late, but here is the video from the GDLX25 indie games festival at the University for the Creative Arts (Surrey, UK)! Enjoy =] #games #indiegames #gamesdesign #indiedev #unity

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It’s been 2 weeks since UCA hosted GDLX25 - @gamedevlocal.bsky.social It was a pleasure to bring nearly 50 fantastic indie games & the dev community together for GDLX25. It was an extraordinary array of creativity, games & networking, drawing hundreds of indie game fans & players to the event.

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

It's today and finally happening, GDLX25! If you've not got a ticket, you buy a ticket on the door, Discout Code below =] See you there. ##indiedev #Games #expo #gamedevelopment #talks #gamedesign #careers

UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A fabulous first day in Breda, Holland, for the Virtual Production Gathering 2025, at Breda University for Applied Science. Great Edu talks presentations. I'm looking forward to the Industry Day tomorrow. #virtualproduction #motioncapture #education #Industry

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Fun afternoon at the first ever New Games Plus, part of the London Games Festival, at the former Museum of London building (like a city castle with a road for a moat!). A fabulous array of #indiegames on show over 2 floors =] #NG+ #Games #gamedev #indiedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Super stoked to receive a signed copy of Simon Brewer's (Supermassive Games) UI UX design for Games pocket mentor! I am also very excited to be given a copy of the front cover art. Cool. Perfect for the studio! #Games #indiedev #UI #UX #gamedev ##GamesDesign

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

No, this isn't deja vu; it's another 4 studios! Ryan Laley Games – Mimic South Westerly Games Ltd Abyssal Foundry Kate Shenton – SAVE YOUR HUMAN! GDLX25 is taking place on April 12, the place to discover groundbreaking indie games. Tickets: buff.ly/dcSfTjh See ALL the games: buff.ly/tIIrgSA

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

At some point, soon, I am going to get into these fabulous texts! Lining up some sunny day, sitting on the train to work reading. #Woop! Thanks to Andy Coley for his book on Leadership =] #Games #gamedev #boardgames #gamedesign #leadership

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Here are 4 more studios😍: Wavelength Games Sam Claydon Games Innoloop Rogues Join us at GDLX25 to play games and meet their creators. Bringing together some of the most exciting indie studios. Taking place on 12th April 2025. Tickets: buff.ly/5jOH7Ne See ALL the games: buff.ly/zJDUJmU #indiedev

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UCA Games @ucagames.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A rewarding and engaging day yesterday taking part in the Building an Inclusive Games Industry workshops, presented by Cinzia Musio from the @codecoven.bsky.social #indiedev #games #inclusivity