Austin, TX Game Developer Resources

Meetups & Gatherings

• Austin Game Dev Calendar
  start here: a super up-to-date listing of events
  https://twitter.com/atxgamedevcal
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/456829297799038/
  
  
• VR Austin collective / meet-up
  great gathering focused on virtual and augmented reality
  http://vraustin.org/
  http://www.meetup.com/vraustin/
  
  
• Juegos Rancheros
  indie game collective / showcase
  http://juegosrancheros.com/
  https://www.facebook.com/JuegosRancheros/
  
  
• Austin Unity Group
  well attended, covers wide range of Unity game engine topics
  http://www.meetup.com/unity3daustin/
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/447951771886267/
  
  
• Austin Unreal Engine Meetup
  meetup focusing on the Unreal game engine
  http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Unreal-Engine-4-Meetup/
  
  
• AAUGA
  Autodesk Animation User Group Association - Austin Chapter
  https://www.facebook.com/Aauga-180142232031682/
  
  
• Women in Games Austin
  promoting inclusion and advancement of women in the games industry
  https://www.facebook.com/WIGIATX/
  
  
• Austin Game Developer Beer Night
  a mostly social group
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/153547720417/
  
  
• IGDA Austin
  now holding events up at TechRanch Austin
  http://austingamedevs.org/
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/igda.austin/
  
  
• Austin Indie & Mobile Dev Meetup
  small but usually has good speakers
  http://www.meetup.com/atx-mobile-game-devs/
  
  
• Video Game Makers Unite
  not specifically about Unity
  http://www.meetup.com/Video-Game-Makers-Unite/
  
  

Conferences & Conventions

• RTX
  Rooster Teeth Expo
  http://www.rtxevent.com/
  
  
• Fantastic Arcade
  indie games become arcade cabinets at Fantastic Fest
  http://fantasticfest.com/arcade
  
  
• SXSW Gaming
  free to the public expo and awards show
  http://www.sxsw.com/gaming
  
  
• Austin Game Conference
  development focused conference
  http://austingamecon.com/
  
  
• TWIG Con
  Texas Women in Games Conference
  https://www.facebook.com/events/892692540839027/
  https://sites.google.com/a/getwigi.com/twigcon/about/twigcon
  
  
• HavenCon
  LGBT geek and gaming convention
  http://www.havencontx.com/
  
  
• Classic Game Fest
  retro games and whatnot
  http://classicgamefest.com/
  
  
• PAX South
  yeah, it's in San Antonio, but close enough
  http://south.paxsite.com/
  
  

Job Listings

• Orca Listings
  a good listing of game industry jobs in Austin
  https://orcahq.com/jobs?location=Austin%2C+TX%2C+USA
  
  
• Gamasutra.com Listings
  one of the more popular job boards
  http://jobs.gamasutra.com/index.php?action=advanced_search&page=search&city_state_zip=Austin%2C+TX
  
  
• IGDA Austin Job Listings
  usually a handful of job postings here too
  http://austingamedevs.org/jobs/
  
  
• Game Job Hunter (gamejobhunter.com)
  Listing of Austin studios and open positions
  https://gamejobhunter.com/local-video-game-companies-austin/
  
  
• Indeed.com Listing
  just a naive search of Austin gamedev jobs
  http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=game+development&l=Austin%2C+TX
  
  
• Unity Forum Postings
  not Austin-specific, but usually open to remote work
  http://forum.unity3d.com/forums/commercial-job-offering.49/
  
  
• Polycount Forums
  contains multiple boards for artist job opportunities
  http://polycount.com/forum
  
  
• LinkedIn Listings in Google Spreadsheet
  list of game industry jobs (you'll need to sort by location)
  http://bit.ly/1FV9dSH
  
  

Higher Education Programs & Schools

• UT GAMMA Program
  undergraduate program
  http://gammaprogram.utexas.edu/
  
  
• UT Denius-Sams Gaming Academy
  certificate program in videogame project leadership
  http://moody.utexas.edu/gaming-academy/
  
  
• ACC Game Development Institute
  associates program
  http://www.austincc.edu/info/gdamg
  
  
• St. Edward's Interactive Game Studies
  undergraduate program
  https://www.stedwards.edu/undergraduate/interactive-games-studies
  
  
• Gemini School of Visual Arts & Communication
  art & illusration school in Cedar Park
  http://geminischool.com/
  
  

Information & Resources

• gamedevmap Austin
  a long (but sometimes out-of-date) list of game companies in Austin
  http://gamedevmap.com/index.php?location=Austin
  
  
• Texas Film Commission
  includes resources for the games, animation, and VFX industries
  http://gov.texas.gov/film
  
  
• More VR resources
  which I collected for a talk I gave last fall
  http://patrickcurry.com/vr/