​Happy New Year! GLITCHED is extremely excited to kick off our first in-person meetup of 2026 at the Unity Office in San Francisco! 🎉

​​Join us to network with awesome game developers, make some friends, and enjoy playable games and art showcases from women creatives! Food and drinks will be provided!

​​PANEL

​Reaching Your Audience with Successful Deployment

​​We will discuss reaching your target audience during and after development to ensure successful deployment, and tips for working with publishers.

​​SPEAKERS

​​Chao Jin - Partner Relations Manager at TGC, Formerly Senior Developer Relations at Niantic & ByteDance

​​Kris Severson - Founder of Game Plan Consultancy, Sr. Director of Partnerships & Development at Games for Change, Formerly at Rockstar & PlayStation

​​Marta Velasco - Games Creative & UX Consultant, Experience Creative Director & Co-Founder of Moon Tavern Games, Formerly at Scopely & Zynga

​​Rachel H - Game Scout, BizDev, & Producer at Akupara Games & Top Hat Studios

​​Moderator: Godavari Hughes - Mobile Game Designer, Former Lead Game Designer at JumpButton Studio

​​AGENDA

​​Thursday, February 26th, 2026

​​🎉 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Registration and Showcases

​🎇​ 7:00 - 7:30 Panel

​​🎤 7:30 - 7:45 Panel Q&A

​​👾 7:45 - 8:30 Networking

​​We will be featuring games and artwork from women game developers and creatives. If you are interested in showcasing your game or art/animation portfolio, please fill out this form. 🖥️​

​Please RSVP to secure your spot. Our event welcomes all women, including those who are trans, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, multi-gendered, and non-binary. Allies of minorities in the gaming industry are all welcome as well. 🤝

​​ABOUT GLITCHED

​​GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev SF Bay is a women in game development community in the Bay Area that hosts bi-monthly events to give women game developers a safe space to connect, network, and make friends while gaining valuable insight into the game industry. ⁠

​We are creating an environment that will allow women who are interested in learning about the game industry, industry veterans, and all in between to thrive in gaming spaces.

​​Join the discord server for updates on events and to connect with others in the community, check out our website.

You can also follow us on Instagram, Bluesky, or Twitter!

​​This event is hosted by Godavari Hughes, a mobile game designer and The Sims 4 modder located in Oakland. If you have a question about the event, please reach out through Luma or LinkedIn.

​​WANT TO SPONSOR?

​​Interested in sponsoring one of our bi-monthly events?

​​Email [email protected]

​HUGE THANKS 

​Huge thanks to Unity for letting us host our February Meetup in their space!

​Unity is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences across all major platforms from mobile, PC, and console, to extended reality.