Drop in and Play

Name: Drop in and Play
Start: 2025-01-25T12:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-25T15:30:00+00:00

Duration: 12:30 - 15:30

Dates: Sat 25 Jan 2025 12:30 - 15:30

Location: Meeting Room & Ground floor

Free, drop-in

Drop in and Play is back for January 2025!

Try out a range of new games and meet the creatives behind them at this free, drop-in event in partnership with Ninja Kiwi.

Taking place between 12:30 and 15:30 on Sat 25 January, DCA’s Meeting Room and ground floor will be filled with local game developers as they showcase their newest phone, desktop, console, and VR games. Come along to be among the first to test brand new games and find out more about what it takes to be a game designer.

This year’s showcase will include games from this year’s DunDev teams. DunDev is a residential programme which offers four early-stage game studios accommodation, office space and prize money to develop their studio and game. This programme is delivered by the UK Games Talent and Finance Community Interest Company, and funded by the UK Government.

Our January Drop in and Play will include a Careers Spotlight event featuring short talks and introductions to careers in gaming, taking place between 11:30 – 12:30. This segment of the event is free, but ticketed – book your place now via our website.

Great chance to look at game development and excellent opportunity to introduce developers! Would come again.

Visitor to Drop in and Play, October 2025

Drop in and Play Careers Spotlight: Working in the Gaming Industry

Sat 25 Jan 2025

Interested in a career in games? Want to learn more about how your favourite games are developed? Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 and enjoy a series of short talks and introductions to careers in gaming.

Drop in and Play is a free DCA gaming event which was first held in November 2012 as part of NEoN Digital Arts Festival and Discovery Film Festival.

Ninja Kiwi

This event is presented in partnership with Ninja Kiwi, who have been making awesome games since 2005. Developers of the hit Bloons series of games, Ninja Kiwi are always striving to make the most enjoyable experiences for audiences across the globe from their offices in Dundee, Scotland and Auckland, New Zealand.

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UK Games Fund

This event is delivered alongside UK Games Fund. UKGF is run by UK Games Talent and Finance Community Interest Company. UKGTF is a non-profit organisation with the remit to support the UK’s early stage games development and digital interactive business and creative ecosystem in terms of both companies and individuals.

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