Austin, TX Game Developer Resources

Job Listings

• Grackle HQ Listings
  awesome jobs site (made in Austin) for the game industry
  https://gracklehq.com/jobs?stateprovince=TX&city=Austin
  https://gracklehq.com/jobs?city=Remote
  
  
• GameDevJobs.io Listings
  another site focused on game industry jobs
  https://gamedevjobs.io/location/austin-texas/50/
  
  
• Work With Indies
  a job board specifically for indie game studios
  https://www.workwithindies.com/
  
  
• GameDeveloper.com Listings (formerly Gamasutra)
  industry job boards with paid listings
  http://jobs.gamasutra.com/index.php?action=advanced_search&page=search&city_state_zip=Austin%2C+TX
  https://jobs.gamasutra.com/index.php?page=search&keywords=remote
  
  
• GamesIndustry.biz Listing
  https://jobs.gamesindustry.biz/jobs/texas
  https://jobs.gamesindustry.biz/jobs/remote
  
  
• 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
  
  
• GameJobs.co - All Listings
  another jobs site that OrcaHQ.com now redirects to
  https://gamejobs.co/
  
  
• Austin Entertainment Business - Job Board
  focuses on film and TV jobs in the Austin area
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/AustinEntertainmentBusiness
  
  
• Polycount Forums
  contains multiple boards for artist job opportunities
  http://polycount.com/forum
  
  

Higher Education Programs & Schools

• UT Game Development & Design Program
  undergraduate program
  https://sites.utexas.edu/gaming/
  
  
• 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 & illustration school in Cedar Park
  http://geminischool.com/
  
  

Meetups & Gatherings

Some groups are starting to meet up more again. But many are dormant due to COVID.
 

• Austin Game Dev Calendar
  start here: a super up-to-date listing of events
  https://twitter.com/atxgamedevcal
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/456829297799038/
  
  
• Texas Film Commission Events List
  mix of film, game, and media related events from around the state
  \ https://gov.texas.gov/film/events
  
  
• ATX Game Makers
  a group of supportive game developers
  http://atxgamemakers.com/
  https://www.meetup.com/ATX-Game-Makers/
  
  
• Games Y'all
  indie games meetup / showcase
  part of Fantastic Arcade / Museum of Human Achievement
  (formerly Juegos Rancheros)
  https://www.facebook.com/GamesYall/
  https://gamesyall.com/
  
  
• VR Austin collective / meet-up
  great gathering focused on virtual and augmented reality
  http://vraustin.org/
  http://www.meetup.com/vraustin/
  
  
• Austin Game Developer Beer Night
  a mostly social group
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/153547720417/
  
  
• Video Game Makers Unite
  meetup about general game development topics
  not related to "Game Workers Unite" or the "Unite" event put by Unity Technologies
  http://www.meetup.com/Video-Game-Makers-Unite/
  
  
• AAUGA
  Autodesk Animation User Group Association - Austin Chapter
  https://www.facebook.com/Aauga-180142232031682/
  
  
• Game Workers Unite - Austin Chapter
  a group about organizing labor in Austin's game industry
  https://www.facebook.com/gwu.austin/
  
  
• Virtual Reality and 360 Video Austin
  VR/AR meetup throws party at SXSW and the VR Community Holiday Party
  https://www.meetup.com/VR-360-video-Austin/
  
  
• IGDA Austin
  AKA "Austin Game Developers"
  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/
  
  
• Austin Unity Group
  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/
  
  
• Women in Games Austin
  promoting inclusion and advancement of women in the games industry
  https://www.facebook.com/WIGIATX/
  
  
• Austin Entertainment Business
  meetup focused on Austin's film and TV scene
  https://www.meetup.com/AustinEntertainmentBusiness/
  
  

Conferences & Conventions

• SXSW Gaming
  game industry tracks, gaming expo, and awards show
  https://www.sxsw.com/conference/game-industry/
  http://www.sxsw.com/gaming
  
  
• RTX
  Rooster Teeth Expo - show off and play rad games
  http://www.rtxevent.com/
  
  
• Fantastic Arcade
  indie games showcase and custom-made arcade cabinets
  https://fantasticarcade.com/
  
  
• HavenCon
  LGBT geek and gaming convention
  https://havencontx.org/
  
  
• Classic Game Fest
  retro games and whatnot
  http://classicgamefest.com/
  
  
• More events from around the world...
  cause not everything is in Austin!
  https://www.gamesindustry.biz/network/events
  
  

Inactive Conferences

• PAX South
  yeah, it's in San Antonio, but close enough
  http://south.paxsite.com/
  
  
• 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
  
  

Information & Resources

• Game Dev Advice Podcast
  John Podlasek interviews developers about their path into the industry
  https://www.gamedevadvice.com/
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Portfolio Project Ideas
  game project ideas for students, indies, & people wanting to expand their portfolio
  https://patrickcurry.com/projectideas/
  
  
• More VR resources
  virtual reality & augmented reality type stuff
  https://patrickcurry.com/vr/
  
  
• How to use a Steam key
  I've never found a guide for this that I like. So I made one. :-P
  https://patrickcurry.com/steam/
  
  

One more thing...

• FarBridge is hiring!
  Most positions at FarBridge are also listed on Grackle!
  https://farbridge.com/careers
  https://gracklehq.com/jobs?company=FarBridge