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thehandeyesociety.bsky.social
A non-profit arts org dedicated to exploring videogames as a means of creative expression.
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💰 Get Money, Make Games! 💰 Grant funding is an underrated way to support your game or creative project—but writing a grant is a skill of its own. Join our Tech Director, Jordan Sparks, on March 6 for a workshop on writing strong grant applications! 🔗 Sign up: www.eventbrite.ca/e/grant-writ...

Let’s get polygonal & make some 3D models! Our amazing 3D art with the Hand Eye Society’s Intro To 3D Modeling workshop TODAY Feb 18 @ 6PM ET with @demeteronline.bsky.social to learn about Blender! No experience required! REGISTER NOW! #gamedev #3Dart #workshop www.eventbrite.ca/e/intro-to-3...

Let’s get polygonal & make some 3D models! Our amazing 3D art with the Hand Eye Society’s Intro To 3D Modeling workshop TODAY Feb 18 @ 6PM ET with Aaron Demeter to learn all about Blender! No experience required! REGISTER NOW! #gamedev #3Dart #workshop www.eventbrite.ca/e/intro-to-3...

Let’s get polygonal & make some 3D models! Learn how to make amazing 3D art with the Hand Eye Society’s Intro To 3D Modeling workshop next Tuesday, Feb 11 with Aaron Demeter to learn all about Blender! No experience required! #gamedev #3Dart #workshop www.eventbrite.ca/e/intro-to-3...

Let’s get polygonal & make some 3D models! Learn how to make amazing 3D art with the Hand Eye Society’s Intro To 3D Modeling workshop next Tuesday Feb 11 with Aaron Demeter to learn all about Blender! No experience required! #3Dart #indiedev #workshop www.eventbrite.ca/e/intro-to-3...

Come join us TONIGHT!

If you want to learn more about how to get your games and projects funded, don't forget to attend our FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP TOMORROW @ 6pm ET with @ontarioarts.bsky.social! Register for this and our other online workshops at the link below! #GameDev #Grants bit.ly/hes-eventbrite

We're curious as to how YOU like to engage & hear from us on social media! Help the Hand Eye Society by filling out this short survey to tell us what Social Media platforms you use. Be sure to look for us on LinkedIn, BSky, IG, FB, Twitch, and others! forms.gle/q4cvqqfey4gK...

Want to work with us? Hand Eye is hiring! We're looking for an amazing Operations Manager to help things go smoothly and coordinate the back end of our programs & partnerships. If this sounds like you, check out the job description and send your resume! www.handeyesociety.com/uncategorize...

Ever wanted to learn how to write stories for games? Learn how to make amazing Interactive game stories in #Twine through our live online workshop on Jan 31 (TOMORROW) with HES Tech Director @supersparkplug.bsky.social! No Experience required! Register below! www.eventbrite.ca/e/storytelli...

Ever wanted to get money to make games and creative projects? The Hand Eye Society is doing a FREE workshop with @ontarioarts.bsky.social on Tuesday, Feb 11 to help you learn how to apply to their grant programs! Sign up below and check our our other workshops! www.eventbrite.ca/e/free-grant...

Check out our amazing workshop programs, including our Intro To Pixel Art and Intro To Unreal Engine events happening this week! Come learn with us! No experience required! bit.ly/hes-eventbrite

So-Long to 2024! Thank you to our games community, collaborators, and artists for making this a memorable & special year! ✨ Our holiday closure starts December 23rd and we will return January 6th 2025!! 🕹️ Happy Holidays! Thank you for your ongoing support. See you in 2025! ❤️

Can you believe that the Hand Eye Society Ball was only a few weeks ago?! #SuperFESTival We were proud to dip back into in-person events and bring the community together! If you couldn't join us, we hope you can come next year. Support us so we can make even more cool game community events!

One of the #MinecraftEducators i've run into here (‪@mrahmedgaming.bsky.social) recently spoke‬ during @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social's Super FESTival about his students' experiences with Minecraft #Education and the impact of game-based learning! www.twitch.tv/videos/23158... #EduSky #homeschool

Howdy, all! We want to be able to continue to host videogame events in Toronto & host fun accessible workshops. Donations helps make it happen! 🧡 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...

pov us recovering from superFESTival and the ball

I had a great time giving a talk about the impact of Minecraft Education on me and my students at the Super FESTival! Thank you @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social for providing this opportunity.

JOIN US NOW! We're almost at our FINAL live talk of #SuperFESTival! 😃 twitch.tv/handeyesociety

That's a wrap for me!! ✨ It was such a pleasure to do a talk and a workshop for @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social for this year's SuperFESTival! It was an absolute BLAST. So many amazing games, interesting and insightful talks and workshops and an all round fantastic event. I highly recommend! 🥳

We had a blast at the @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social ball last night! Got to play #WORMHOLE on an arcade cabinet... our dream come true.

Hey everyone, The Hand Eye Society is LIVE one more time with the FINAL DAY of #SuperFESTival! Come see the last 4 talks of our week-long event! #indiegames #gamedev twitch.tv/handeyesociety

Hey everyone, The Hand Eye Society is LIVE one more time with the FINAL DAY of #SuperFESTival! Come see the last 4 talks of our week-long event! www.twitch.tv/handeyesociety

I'll be speaking live today on Twitch at 4:15pm EST during @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social's Super FESTival about me and my students' experiences with Minecraft Education and the impact of game-based learning! www.twitch.tv/handeyesociety

Seeing Unleaving on the big screen at the @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social's Ball was amazing! Curious about the intersection of games & art? Join our talk today "Bridging Traditional Painting & Video Games" with Sura Karnawi & Saif Jabur on Dec 1 at 1:30 PM Est. www.twitch.tv/handeyesociety

the hand eye society ball!!!!! @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social it was so lovely seeing so many familiar faces. everyone looked so nice ✨ had a lot of fun playing all of the games and becoming an acolyte was my highlight of the night 👁️ special shout-out to Lockwood Immersive!

Had a blast at @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social ball 👁️

Don't forget to tag us in any photos you take tonight! 🪩😊

Ball!!! @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social

Game Workers Unite feat. Bethesda game devs happening now!

The Hand Eye Society Ball is almost upon us! Whether you're supporting us in Toronto or online, check out tonight's talk from Game Workers Unite, feat. Bethesda developers! We'll be streaming and partying! Twitch going live around 6:30pm (in 30m)! twitch.tv/handeyesociety

Who is ready for the BALL???? 🪩

Gonna be speaking on a panel with some workers from One BGS about their successful union campaign as part of @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social's Super FESTival! We're right before the ball, which costs money, but the panel is free. Location is 379 Adelaide St W. If you're in Toronto, come out!

Ball. @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social Let's have some fun. #gamedev #indiedev #demo

join the stream!

Thank you for tuning in to my workshop at @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social on Twitch! If you have any questions, feel free to email me at hello[at]orangutanmatter[dot]com. We'll be back on Sunday with another talk about making artistic games, hope to see you there! twitch.tv/handeyesociety

Hey everyone, We are LIVE FOR DAY 5 of #SuperFESTival! Tell your friends! Tell your foes! Come check out the cool talks we have going on today about World Building and turning hand-painted art into a game! #indiegames #indiedev www.twitch.tv/handeyesociety

Visited The Crimson Diamond Torontron at Scarborough Spots today! Thanks so much to @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social and their #superfest2024 for hosting this, check out this awesome Scarborough Spots merch! Check out their Black Friday sales! www.scarboroughspots.com #Scarborough

I've got a little pre-recorded talk coming soon (5 mins!) @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social's SuperFESTival! I'll be hanging out to chat and answer any questions :) Would love to see you there! Today I'm talking a bit about what redundancy looks like, building resilience and finding your joy again ✨🫂