A lot of good news all around at Hand Eye Society where figuring out ways to get the community engaged! How are we doing this? We Stream! We’re planning workshops! We’re planning [REDACTED] and we think you’re going to like [REDACTED] a lot! That being said, we again want to thank all our members and supporters for bearing with us! Your support is greatly appreciated! We want to make sure we can support and showcase as many developers and creators as possible and we couldn’t do it without you! So thank you!

This year is a very special year for Hand Eye Society and we want to be able to share it with you! Stay in touch and stay tuned for more fun opportunities with Hand Eye Society!

Have a safe month, y’all!

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! 

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

#ICYMI

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Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

I know y’all are busy getting rings or whatever in Elden Ring, but check this–Hand Eye Society is hard at work making the next thing…a thing! We’re so happy and excited to be working on our next festival and we can’t wait to share for news and information on ways you can participate and volunteer! I’m calling it! 2022 is now our year! You can’t take it back from us! It’s ours!

Anyway, have a great month! Stay safe out there!

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! 

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

#ICYMI

this made me so mad lmfaooo like wtf?? 

anyway, they accepted it

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Jam3 is hiring for many roles right now but we’re always looking for good developers, from junior on up. We are a design/experience agency, but often end up game-adjacent: we internally developed East of the Rockies and an unannounced project; and we often do award winning sites for things like Medal of Honor. If you’re looking to apply, email mike.nowak@jam3.com and mention HES.

Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

Oh hello! It’s been a while! But have no fear, the newsletter is here! There’s a lot of exciting things planned this year with Hand Eye Society, so stay tuned and keep an eye out for workshops, events, socials and more! We can’t wait to show all y’all what we’ve been up to! It’s going to be a very exciting year! I can tell! I can feel it in my bones…or maybe it’s because I don’t drink milk? I’m not sure, but what I DO know, is that it’s going to be a fun time! No milk necessary–or cereal for that matter.

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! 

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

#ICYMI

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Our friends over at Mighty Yell are looking for a Unity VR Consultant! Apply here!

Jam3 is hiring for many roles right now but we’re always looking for good developers, from junior on up. We are a design/experience agency, but often end up game-adjacent: we internally developed East of the Rockies and an unannounced project; and we often do award winning sites for things like Medal of Honor. If you’re looking to apply, email mike.nowak@jam3.com and mention HES.

Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

Y’all, I am literally doing like 9999999 things. Some of them are helping organize the 9th WordPlay Festival for all of you! Can you even believe that it’s been an entire year since the last one? What even is time? 

Anyway, we’re so excited to be able to have this event yet again in a safe online space…our official Twitch channel! Be sure to keep an eye out for our next blog post, which will feature all the games and speakers for this year’s event! See you November 13th & 14th!

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! 

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

Where to Jaunt & Haunt 

November 13 & 14

WordPlay 2021! Happening on our Twitch channel at 12pm EST! 

This year’s theme was comedy, so we’ll be showcase some funny talks and games! See you there!

#ICYMI

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Our friends over at Mighty Yell are looking for a Unity VR Consultant! Apply here!

Jam3 is hiring for many roles right now but we’re always looking for good developers, from junior on up. We are a design/experience agency, but often end up game-adjacent: we internally developed East of the Rockies and an unannounced project; and we often do award winning sites for things like Medal of Honor. If you’re looking to apply, email mike.nowak@jam3.com and mention HES.

Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

Howdy, all! Things are happening! We are in motion! Wordplay, Fund Futures and [REDACTED]! We’re doing our best! Stay tuuuuuuuned~

Anyway the important news is that we are having our Annual General Meeting this month and will take place on our Discord! Be sure to join!

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! 

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

Where to Jaunt & Haunt (literally lmao lmao)

October 3

Hand Eye Society Annual General Meeting!

October 5

Organizing Committee Meeting with DMG

October 6

IDGA Toronto’s The COVID Game Changer Panel

October 30

October Speaker Social with DMG

October 31

#ICYM

Are you a tabletop publisher? Help out community member Guil!

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Our friends over at Mighty Yell are looking for a Unity VR Consultant! Apply here!

Jam3 is hiring for many roles right now but we’re always looking for good developers, from junior on up. We are a design/experience agency, but often end up game-adjacent: we internally developed East of the Rockies and an unannounced project; and we often do award winning sites for things like Medal of Honor. If you’re looking to apply, email mike.nowak@jam3.com and mention HES.

Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

Okay, so literally it feels like the August newsletter went out last week and now you’re telling me it’s the beginning of a brane new month and I’m supposed to just deal with that? Incredibly rude, but such if life, I guess. *Ahem* IT’S SEPTEMBER, Y’ALL AND WORDPLAY IS COMING! 

We recently put out a call for Speakers, Games and Volunteers and now I get to news blast it to ya! Join us and be a part of WordPlay 2021! Click the buttons to apply! Deadline is September 17th, so you have plenty of time! Tell your friends! We can games and talks about humour and comedy in videogame! You can handle that right? lol lmao, okay, time to stop. 

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We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! Join us! Hang out! Chat!

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

Where to Jaunt & Haunt

September 2

Games Writing Working Group with DMG

September 17

Deadline for Wordplay Applications!

September 22 & 23

Want to playtest other indie, early release games, or unreleased? Check out Game Slice

September 30

Games Writer Circle with DMG

#ICYMI

This thread brew my mind! We love Joel!

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Our friends over at Mighty Yell are looking for a Unity VR Consultant! Apply here!

Jam3 is hiring for many roles right now but we’re always looking for good developers, from junior on up. We are a design/experience agency, but often end up game-adjacent: we internally developed East of the Rockies and an unannounced project; and we often do award winning sites for things like Medal of Honor. If you’re looking to apply, email mike.nowak@jam3.com and mention HES.

Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

Well hello there, friends! It’s been such a wild year so far and I’m not sure how we made it to August, but we’re here! The weather is nice! People are out and about! It’s definitely a sight to be seen! We at Hand Eye Society are working hard to make sure the next events go smoothly, so you know what that means…! It’s WordPlay season! Stay tuned for more information on ways you can volunteer, submit your games, talks and more! 

We can’t wait to see your (digital) faces!

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! Join us! Hang out! Chat!

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

Where to Jaunt & Haunt

August ???

Info about this year’s WordPlay Festival! We can’t wait to share more info about how this year will go down!~

August 5

Games Writing Working Group with DMG

August 9

Unity Club with DMG

August 26

Games Writer Circle with DMG

#ICYMI

Go Sagan Go!

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Our friends over at Mighty Yell are looking for a Unity VR Consultant! Apply here!

Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

Hey all! We’re hard at work at our various Hand Eye Society HQs putting in the work organizing the early stages of WordPlay 2021! Be on the lookout for updates on that very soon! Thanks again to all our current members and friends supporting us! We’ll make you proud! We promise!

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! Join us! Hang out! Chat!

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

Where to Jaunt & Haunt

July 5

DMG’s Unity Club

July 6 – 27

DMG’s Worldbuilding Intensive is happening all month long

July 8

Games Writing Working Group with DMG

July 14

GWU is having their monthly meeting

July 17

CALL FOR ATTENDEES! Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 17th at 1-2PM EDT – Enna Kim @fongkikid is hosting an online one-on-one interview with Ahbi!, game designer and developer of Venba! You can view more of Venba here: venbagame.com or twitter: https://twitter.com/venbagame

Venba is a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian immigrant mom, who immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more. Wishlist it on Steam! Abhi is a game designer and developer at Visai Studios.

Enna Kim is a Toronto-based artist-research exploring the intersections of race, gender and class in video games! She is doing her field placement at Hand Eye Society. You can learn more by following her on Instagram and Twitter.

Anonymous Q&A Google Form 

HES Discord Server

#ICYMI

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Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

Nothing much to say, Hand Eye Society Staff are hibernating right now. Please leave a message after the tone. BEEEEEEEP

We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! Join us! Hang out! Chat!

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

Where to Jaunt & Haunt

June 16

Games Workers Unite is having their monthly meeting!

June 18

CALL FOR ATTENDEES! Mark your calendars for Friday, June 18th at 1PM EDT – Enna Kim will be interviewing Neo Cab’s narrative writer and story editor, Paula Rogers on the Hand Eye Society’s Discord server! The interview will last 45 minutes, leaving 15 minutes for a Q&A session. Attendees are invited to ask questions before or during the event by submitting a question in the anonymous Google Form below. If you haven’t joined the HES Discord yet, scroll down and click the link below!

Neo Cab is a Cyberpunk taxicab confessions-like game that follows Lina, a cab driver in a future Los Angeles, who moves to the city to live with a friend who immediately disappears.

Paula Rogers is a writer, editor, and illustrator and was Lead Writer and Story Editor of the BAFTA-nominated game Neo Cab, which was named one of the best titles of 2019 by the L.A. Times, The Washington Post, and Paste Magazine, among others, and was awarded Best Narrative Design by IndieCade. You can view more of Paula’s work here: PaulaCreative.com or Twitter @paula_bot!

Enna Kim is a Toronto-based artist-researcher exploring the intersections of race, gender and class in video games! She is doing her field placement at Hand Eye Society. You can learn more about her research through her Instagram and Twitter @fongkikid

Anonymous Q&A Google Form 

HES Discord Server

#ICYMI

No big deal or anything, but we had our biggest Comics x Games Festival ever! And I didn’t even need to leave my house! Here’s what you missed! Every single day was completely archived, so now you can watch from the comfort of you own home!

Here’s Day 1 to get you started!

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Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

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Did you see what I did there? I made a Star Tre–Wars–Star Wars joke. Whew, that would have been bad…Anyway, it’s a new month and it’s also the month of Comics x Games in collaboration with TCAF! We’re so excited and thrilled to be able to bring this festival to you so you can watch from the safety of your home! So clear that week! There’s tone of games, talks and more! You can find the schedule below via our Google Calendar!

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We would love to welcome everyone to our official Hand Eye Society Discord channel! Join us! Hang out! Chat!

Note: Events may be cancelled, or change form, like a transformer, or like a popsicle in the sun.

Don’t forget, there’s Google Calendar, in which you can check out all of the events here in one handy, downloadable place!

Where to Jaunt & Haunt

May 8 – 15

IT’S COMICS X GAMES, BABY!! It’s going to be LIVE on our Twitch Channel!

May 19

Game Workers Unite’s Meeting is a GO!

#ICYMI

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~I am looking for people that have experience actually building games that want to make a difference. We have something small out right now but I want to create an actual game we continue to get actual market feedback. We’re looking for someone proficient in game development, python, java, front end and back end uI UX development. I do not have any prior work but this is something meaningful to me that I really think we can make work. – Colby Sharma

~Want top notch (and cost effective) original music and sound design for your Game or Animation? I´d love to help! Check me out! — Thiago Gobet

~Where’s my French at? Are you a game developer whose game is about to launch and for which you want to do a multilingual release?
Are you now thinking of localizing to increase your market and revenue, now that your game has shipped?
Are you still in development, and feeling stuck because the grant you are applying for requires you to offer a French version?
I’d love to help! Hit me up! — Benoît Esmein

~Hi, I’m Marcus Mowat, music producer at Point Nine Records and I’m looking to help fellow gamers/designers out by writing songs and providing audio ingenuity geared specifically for video games.

Disclaimer: This is a monthly compilation of various Toronto game news and events in and around the city — many of which are not organized by Hand Eye Society — and is by no means comprehensive. Always check official links for accurate details and credits, and please send any corrections, additions, or submissions for future months to calendar@handeyesociety.com before the month in which the event takes place.

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