GAMAYO is a network based in Yorkshire for people who make or are interested in making games. It can be helpful towards people who are looking for collaborators, studios looking for local talent, indie developers who may need al sorts of other things, or people who sometimes work on games as their job. They put emphasis on people who make games, rather than companies who do, to make more of an approachable, community type of feel for the people involved in games around Yorkshire.
They have local meet ups in Sheffield, Bradford, York, Huddersfield and Leeds which is a great opportunity to network with people and meet possible collaborators. They require you to already be making games, even for fun to join in with this network, so I will have to look into ways I could begin doing this.
Another network I want to keep an eye on is GameRepublic; they are an "industry-led games business network that supports and promotes the Yorkshire and Northern England games industry". They give support, contacts and business development in the North of England, UK and global games industry, arranging meetings and business-focused networking events with companies including Sony, Microsoft, Amazon and Nintendo among others.
Both other these will be great networking opportunities; I need to get business cards properly designs and printed to give them to people if I attend any meetings etc from both of these, as well as update my portfolio and create some games-orientated art and design work. Whether or not I do decide to venture into games when it comes to a career, I think that having these contacts, and even just the experience of meeting these kinds of people will help me a lot.
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