Austin Unity User Group and IGDA-Austin Present: Game Industry Panel

Austin Unity Users Group and IGDA-Austin will present a panel discussion from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2025, at ACC Highland Campus’ Make It Center, in Building 2000, featuring panelists Chase Shields, Justen Andrews, Rich Wilson and Kay Gilmore. RSVP here.

-Please Note this Event is in a Different Location than Normal-

This month’s Austin Unity User Group is a collaboration between us and Austin’s IGDA chapter. We will be doing a multi-disciplinary panel focused on “leveling up your career”. We are working on full finalized comms with IGDA Austin Chapter, but we wanted to get this out in front of people ASAP.

Panel Summary:
Join us for an educational meetup dedicated to helping you reach the next stage of your game development career! Austin Community College is hosting a one-off speaker event featuring a panel of industry professionals from a wide array of career paths and backgrounds, ready to discuss the habits, strategies and personal lessons that helps shape a successful game dev. Whether you’re just starting out or working toward a senior role, walk away with real guidance to reach your next milestone!

Event Details:

We strongly encourage attendees to bring in their Unity projects to workshop and receive feedback from peers during this event.

We encourage our community to bring any playable demos of their game to this event. Feel free to share and get feedback on your projects before and after the speaker portion of the Meet-up.

RSVPs for this event are required to ensure building security and that we order enough food for all participants

We’ll be meeting at ACC Highland Campus’ Make It Center (MIC) in North Austin, on May 22nd from 6:00pm – 9:00 pm. The MIC is located in Building 2000, Room 2429. The address is 6101 Highland Campus Dr.
Austin, TX 78752

Thank you for sponsoring us, Unity & Austin Community College!

Event Panelists:

• Chase Shields – Lead Technical Artist
• Justen Andrews – Production Manager
• Rich Wilson – Lead Game Designer
• Kay Gilmore – Executive Producer

More Panelists to Come…