The countdown is on for the 2026 GAMERella Game Jam! 🎮✨ Our jam is open for equity-deserving folks who are interested in game making! 👀 Never made a game before? -> We will help! 🏅You are an expert? -> Share your knowledge! More details and registration are coming soon! Stay tuned!

Recap of our trip to Montreal for the GAMERella Mentee Arcade! Thank you to everyone that came by to chat, play the game, and listen to the games’ OST! ♡ Also big thank you to the amazing crew at @gamerella.bsky.social you are all rockstars! #gamedev #gammerellaarcade2026 #gamerella #videogames

VOTING IS NOW OPEN! Soutenez GAMERella et votez pour nous aux Gamerhers Awards dans la catégorie Community Champions ! Vote here: bit.ly/tghvoting #thegamehersAwards

Workshop #2 of the Power Up Mentorship: Interviews Learning best tips for interviewing, this workshop was all about getting the job and being able to showcase your work in the best way. Thank you to our hosts who taught us everything we know: Marilyn, Frédérique Fourny-Jennings, Cathy Vincelli

#TBT to our very own Courtney Blamey on CBC Radio! Listen to the full clip below: --- #TBT à notre chère Courtney Blamey sur CBC Radio ! Écoutez l'intégralité de l'extrait ici: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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.

BRIDGING DIVIDES GAME JAM To register please click here or follow this link or the link in our bio: www.eventbrite.ca/e/bridging-d... Event Date: February 7 2026 (9am to 10pm) to February 8 2026 (9am to 7pm) Location: Concordia D3 Space, 1250 Rue Guy Suite #600 Age Restriction: 18+

Bridging Divides Game Jam

The Bridging Divides Game Jam is a weekend-long research initiative and event for migrants looking to gain new skills in game development!

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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'!

New year, new games, but we've all got a favourite. Décrivez votre jeu préféré en emojis dans les commentaires et voyez si vous pouvez deviner celui de tout le monde ! Maybe we'll be inspired to start playing something new for the new year, but for now, can you guess our favourite?

Looking back on 2025, it's been an exciting year for GAMERella. Not only did we host yet another amazing Game Jam, but we also launched our first-ever mentorship program - creating a springboard for young gaming creatives. Cheers to 2026 and all the gaming fun we're bringing into this new year.

Wishing you a happy holidays, from the GAMERella team! --- Nous vous souhaitons de joyeuses fêtes, de la part de toute l'équipe GAMERella !

Happy holidays everyone from the GAMERella team! We had an absolutely amazing year and we are extremely grateful to all of you, for your support and the lovely GAMERella community 💖✨

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✨️

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.

✨️Mentor Highlight✨️

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.

Take a walk through our 2025 Game Jam and we reminisce 💭 Nous sommes très reconnaissants d'avoir vécu une autre année extraordinaire et d'avoir vu des projets créatifs sortir de notre espace. Thank you everyone who came and who supports GAMERella so we can continue to share what we love🎮

✨️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.

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

✨️Mentee Highlight - Maëlig Beaupérin✨️ Working as a concept artist Maëlig has several projects under her belt, from illustrator to character artist. One of her newer projects is Stormriders, a new game from Hippie Punk Games that's still in production.

Warmups from the Gamerella Game Jam ! The theme is about handmaid things and this cardboard cutout style just makes me feel warm! posting our files soon, @gamerella.bsky.social <3 #indiedev #sprites #gamedesign #lowpoly #sketches

QUEL RÉSULTAT INCROYABLE ! Thank you everyone who came to the Game Jam this weekend and congratulations to everyone who created something over the last two days. You should all be unbelievably proud of of the work you've done and we're so excited to see where your games go! À la prochaine fois !

As part of keeping GAMERella accessible and a safe space for everyone, we have our Low Sensory Room as well as a prayer/meditation room amongst the services we offer to make the Jam for everyone. N'hésitez pas à venir nous rendre visite !

As we head into our last day, we just wanted to shout out our two main sponsors for the Game Jam today, EA Motive and @bhvr.com Ce fut une expérience formidable, et tout cela grâce à votre soutien.

Day #1 of the annual GAMERella Game Jam! Despite transit strikes and endless snowfall, the love for games perseveres. The jam begins with fresh team, new ideas and creativity brewing. Merci à tous d'être venus, en personne ou virtuellement, et rendez-vous demain pour continuer à s'amuser !

Whether it's your first game jam or your tenth, you can never be too prepared. Here are some tips from our team to prep for tomorrow's 12th annual GAMERella Game Jam:

✨️Mentee Highlight - Briar Lee Molto✨️ Briar is an indie game developer, UI designer, and illustrator with a passion for immersive and innovative gameplay experiences. One of their big projects before joining GAMERella's mentorship was the game Monstrum Mysterium. @nachogender.bsky.social