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
You can join using this invite link. Please note that we regularly review our members and we will remove members that do not meet the below criteria. We do this for two reasons:
- To remove spammers from our server. Any game dev community unfortunately attracts content farmers looking for clicks on their content or spammers promoting/selling access to content.
- Our Discord community is a valuable networking platform for the Icelandic games industry and its peripheral communities, such as the indie, academic, and art scenes. By pruning members regularly, 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 based on the following criteria:
- You are or have been employed in the Icelandic games industry, you are an investor in the industry or you participate in the industry in any other way.
- 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 Discord 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 the general public.
Real/IRL names policy on Discord
Game Makers Iceland is first and foremost an IRL community of professional, aspiring and hobbyist game devs who live in Iceland and meet up regularly for events. Our 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 the name they introduce themselves by IRL to promote transparency as well as facilitate trust and recognition among members. Please note that you do not need to use your full name nor does it have to be your legal name, just whatever name you use IRL, when you introduce yourself at one of our events. If you go by a nickname IRL, feel free to go by that on the Discord.
- Nicknames: Feel free to also include a nickname, especially if you use it professionally or relating to games (e.g. name under which you create content or publish games and you are known in the community by the nickname). If the nickname is not something you would go by IRL, please include your real first name in front of it in this format: Real Name / Nickname.,
- Studio affiliation: If you want to, you may include the name of the studio you work for in your server profile, using this format: Name (Studio Name).,
Using your real/IRL name helps build a culture of accountability, respect, and connection. With nearly the entire Icelandic games industry active in our community, real names make it easier to form meaningful relationships that can genuinely support your career in game development. It also helps us maintain a safe environment which is especially important given the in-person dimension of this community. Please set your server profile in the GMI Discord to a name that meets the above requirements.
Examples of approved server profiles formats
- Real Name,
- Real Name / Nickname,
- Real Name (Studio Name),
- Real Name / Nickname (Studio Name)
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!