I got an interesting question recently on Quora and thought it might be useful to repost the Q&A here:
How do I meet game developers?
(I titled this post targeting game writers and game designers because that’s a little more relevant to this blog.)
Here’s my answer:
That’s not hard.
1) Find a local meetup for game developers and attend. Be courteous and research your questions before you ask them. Never ask anything that you could’ve read on Wikipedia. (Not so easy if you’re in a remote area.)
2) Go to the Game Dev Conference in California: GDC 2016.
3) Arrange a tour or informational interview with a local game studio for your school or interest group. (Not so easy if you don’t live near a studio)
4) Find the game developer group at your local university and join or support as best you can.
And of course be wary of the wannabes. There are a lot of “developers” who are just gamers with vaporware dreams.
See the Quora thread and feel free to weigh in.
