Are you passionate about game development and connected to the Icelandic community? Whether you currently live in Iceland or have ties to the local scene, we invite you to join our vibrant Discord community! Here, you can connect with other game developers, ask questions, collaborate on projects, and much more.
How to join
In order to gain access to our Discord community, we ask that you fill out this application form. Note: if you were already a member of our Slack community, there is a special invite link for you which you can access on our Slack. If you can’t log into Slack for whatever reason, the easiest way for you to join the Discord is by filling out the application form.
Why do I need apply for membership?
We require an application to join for two main reasons. Firstly, to prevent spammers from joining our server. Any game dev community unfortunately attracts content farmers looking for clicks on their content or spammers promoting/selling access to content. Secondly, our Discord workspace is a valuable networking platform for the Icelandic games industry and its peripheral communities, such as the indie, academic, and art scenes. By requiring pre-approval, we maintain the integrity and value of our community, ensuring it remains a meaningful place for career advancement and collaboration.
Membership criteria
We review membership requests based on the following criteria:
- You are or have been employed in the Icelandic games industry, or you are an investor in the industry.
- You work for a games company with a presence in Iceland but are located elsewhere due to remote work or being part of a different studio (e.g., CCP Games, Directive Games, Mainframe Industries, Klang, etc.).
- You live in Iceland and work remotely for a games company based elsewhere.
- You are an indie game developer, hobby game developer, or artist based in Iceland.
- You are a student, researcher, or academic working on game development-related projects or research.
- You have other connections to the Icelandic game dev community, such as academic or professional collaborations, even if you live abroad.
Our Slack server is created and maintained for the local game dev and indie community to engage with each other, advertise job opportunities, network, and seek advice. It is not an open forum for general game development discussions, and we will deny requests lacking a connection to the local scene.
Real names policy
Game Makers Iceland is first and foremost an IRL community of professional and aspiring game devs who live in Iceland and meet up regularly for events. The Discord serves as a digital extension of our physical community, providing a platform for networking, collaboration, & knowledge sharing. To maintain the professionalism and integrity of our community, we have specific guidelines regarding member identity.
- Real names: Members are encouraged to use their real first names to promote transparency as well as facilitate trust and recognition among members.
- Recognized nicknames: Professional or widely recognized nicknames that are part of your public identity are acceptable (e.g. your nickname is the name under which you publish games - and the local scene is aware of it and recognizes you by that name). Avoid using gamer tags, fictional names, or anonymous identifiers. If you’d prefer to use one of those, you could put it either in front of, or behind, your real name as your server profile. Examples: “Nickname (Real Name)” or “Real Name (Nickname)”.
- Professional environment and employment opportunities: By using real names, we foster accountability, respect, and a connected community. Given that nearly the entire Icelandic games industry participates in our digital communities in some capacity, using your real name helps in making meaningful connections that could advance your career in game development.
We ask that all of our members set their server profile in our Discord server to a name that meets the above requirements. Please note that we are not requesting that you change your global Discord username. On Discord, you can set a server profile for each individual server you join.
Welcome aboard!
Once you're in, you’ll need to start by opening up the #rules channel, reading our rules, and then reacting with a ✅ emoji in order to gain access to the full server. When you’ve done that and you have updated your server profile to meet the Real names policy, please introduce yourself in the #introductions channel - we’d love to get to know you a bit!
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our team. GMI team members are labeled on Discord so you always know who is on the team and which one of us is online.
We look forward to meeting you and fostering a thriving game development community together!