GAMERella

GAMERella @ LUDODROME! 🎮✨ Free Arcade in Montreal on September 12 featuring experimental games at UQAM's Agora du Cœur des sciences. Come play GAMERella participant games: 🌙 Night Shift 💌 Love, Mom 🗡️ Daughters of Ruin 🦎 I Love You My Mole Wife 📅 September 12 | 12:00 - 23:00

We're proud to announce that our very own co-founder and co-director, Gina Hara, has been nominated for the the*gamehers Awards! Nominée pour le prix Community Champion, nous sommes ravis qu'elle ait été reconnue par la plus grande communauté de joueuses pour sa contribution au monde du jeu vidéo !

#TBT to our Resiliency Workshop with Javelin Laurence! In this experimental workshop, mentees get the chance to discover new things about who they are and what they value. One thing is for sure, they will walk away knowing more about the most fascinating of subjects: Themselves.

Happy Global Game Jam to those celebrating! N'oubliez pas de vous hydrater et de manger, et surtout, amusez-vous bien ! Voici quelques conseils de vétérans de la Gam Jam : 🎮 Open yourself up to talking to everyone. This is your chance to make a ton of new gaming friends.

It's POWER UP time! We're excited to announce phase two of our mentorship program and our selected cohort that is moving on to the next level with 'Power Up'!

What does working in video games really mean - Audio, Writing and Behind-the-Scenes edition! Love working with sounds, there's audio engineering and sound designers; love creating a narrative, become a writer; love playing games, there's game testers.

✨️Mentor Highlight✨️

Julie Liaw (she/her): Julie is a designer and programmer in game development, living in that weird space between engineering and design. She currently works as a Software Engineer at Respawn Entertainment. Learn more: www.linkedin.com/in/julieliaw...

✨️Mentor Highlight✨️

Elaine Gusella (she/her): Elaine is the Product & Strategy Director at indie studio HeartLoop Games and Program Coordinator & Faculty for Dawson College's Independent Video Game Design program. Learn more: www.muselle.dev

What does working in video games really mean - Design and Development edition! For those who lean more into the engineering and mechanics of it all, there are a ton of options for you in video games.

Des concepteurs de jeux et de niveaux qui créent les environnements et les expériences des joueurs aux programmeurs de gameplay et de graphisme qui créent des effets visuels et mettent en œuvre les mécanismes du jeu, en passant par tout ce qui se trouve entre les deux.

✨️Mentor Highlight✨️

Juliette Devillers (she/her): Lead Character Artist at Don't Nod Montréal on Lost Records: Bloom And Rage. Juliette creates endearing and believable characters for character-driven stories. Learn more here: www.artstation.com/juliettedevi...

✨️Mentor Highlight✨️

Elisabeth Astwood (they/she): Elisabeth is an interdisciplinary storyteller, researcher, and arts leader working in the US and Canada. Most recently, they are engaged as the Founder of Studio Lazulite, a cross-disciplinary narrative house. Find out more: studiolazulite.com @threwen.bsky.social

What does working in video games really mean - Arts and Animation edition! If you're looking to explore artistry, sketching, visual effects and more, these are some of the jobs out there.

✨️Mentee Highlight - Kira Fountain✨️ A game developer with 3 years of Unity C# experience, 8 months of corporate software development experience and graduating in 2026 with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Computation Arts from Concordia University, Kira is one of our wonderful mentees.

Academic Master est l'un de ses tout derniers jeux, créé lors de l'UDEM Jam cette année. Réalisé en seulement 36 heures, ce jeu vise à enseigner aux nouveaux enseignants les compétences clés nécessaires pour enseigner. Il a remporté le prix du « Meilleur thème » lors de l'UDEM Game Jam 2025.

The Game Jam may be over but the mentees are still gaming away. What can we say, GAMERella yearns for the mines. ⛏️