The annual Summer Conference is scheduled for July 30-Aug 1 at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon again. NOTE that this is a date change due to venue issues. The registration page is online - if you are able, pay $20 deposit to reserve your spot. We hope to know what the conference fees will be by mid-May. They typically run $125-$175, not counting travel nor housing.

The Winter Retreat was awesome, thanks to organizer Laurene Wells! Some details and pictures are below. We also want to profusely thank two of our sponsors - Game Streamer and Intel Software Partner.

The first ever CGDC Winter Retreat, was held February 5-6-7 in the mountain lodge at 5 Rock Ranch in Yamhill, Oregon. The theme for the Winter Retreat was "ENCOURAGEMENT."

What is the CGDC?
The Christian Game Developers Conference is the only gathering with the purpose of encouraging game developers, in both software and traditional mediums, to apply Christian principles to their industry. Some developers are involved in creating games made specifically to glorify God. Others work for secular companies and are Godly influences at their place of employment. But wherever they are, they need encouragement to stand up for morality and truth in an industry that can often be fighting these ideals - and the CGDC is a great place to get that encouragement.

In addition to the inspirational messages, there are also talks and workshops on topics from game design to business marketing to QA processes. At no other conference in the world can you walk out from a message on integrating Christian concepts with games and into a workshop on particle physics, discuss optimizing a website for visibility on search engines, and then hear a debate on interactive storytelling that hinges on the issues of freewill vs. predestination, or find yourself philosophizing late at night with five different Christian game designers from three different countries. And you certainly can't find anything else like it for the price.

Join the Community!
To interact with the Christian developer community in between conferences, come find us in the Game ACE forums!