After Hours

Networking Opportunities

Are you a developer with a game to pitch or a publisher looking for new IP?

Then you won't want to miss this event because Develop:Brighton brings together the entire game dev community for three days - it's a great place to network. We're big enough that it feels like the whole industry is here, but relaxed and small enough to make meeting people easy.

There are plenty of informal networking opportunities - bumping into people in between conference sessions, over a coffee or lunch, plus all the after hours events and parties in the evenings. Then there's the Expo where you can meet companies offering the latest tech and services or developers showcasing their games which you can play and share feedback with the creators.

If you'd rather not leave your meetings to chance, then use our online networking tool Meet@Develop to pre-arrange meetings with other attendees.

Tuesday After Hours Events

18.00 - 20.00: Develop:Brighton IceBreaker in the Metropole Bar everyone with a Develop pass welcome!

19.00: RaiseTheGame Festival Of Food at Shelter Hall.

19.30 - 23.30: Poker Tournament in support of GamesAid. Book your tickets HERE


Wednesday After Hours Events

15.00 - 17.00: Women in Games Fizz and Cake in 1890 Restaurant (off hotel lobby)

17.00 - 18.00: Expo Mixer

19.00: Develop:Star Awards at the Brighton Dome

20.00: GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party


Thursday After Hours Events

17.00: Develop:Endgame - the final session on Thursday 11 July in Room 1 everyone welcome!

19.00: The post-conference party in support of SpecialEffect and OneSpecialDay at Oh So Social Bar on the seafront. Book your tickets HERE


There are many more unofficial social events going on in the evenings, you can find out more about these on The Unofficial Develop:Brighton Social Events Calendar put together by the game dev community. Events will be added as we get closer to Develop...

    View Calendar

    Don't Miss Develop

    Headline Sponsor

    PlayStation logo

    view all