This meetup is for iOS and Android game developers and designers to learn about way to better monetize their games. In this meetup we talk about the latest trends in monetization, we share experiences on what works and what doesn't and we hear directly from people in the trenches making money with their games.

Gathering the smartest mobile game developers from the valley and San Francisco into one super-dense neutron sphere of awesome. Lets share ideas, tech, code, frameworks, marketing tips to make better mobile games.

The Gaming & Mobile Entrepreneurship get-together's started a few years ago at Stanford and meet every quarter in the Bay Area. The idea is simple: get together on a regular basis people who are interested in gaming, mobile and entrepreneurship. The event is open so feel free to pass around. The last events saw over 500 people from:  A Bit Lucky, Blizzard, Nexon, Google, ZipZapPlay, PopCap, PlayFish, Activision, Zynga, Apple, Unity, Neowiz, EA, Booyah, Trion, Sifteo, Raptr, Playdom, Playspan, …

We welcome anyone interested in social gaming on mobile (Android & iOS). Whether you love to play the games or sit in your garage and write code to create these games, we'd love to have you join us! Majority of our events cater to developers and helping them socialize, monetize, and increase users for their games. Our topics will range from discussing gamification of games, current games and technology, and analyzing market trends. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting …

Glitch is a browser-based MMO created by Tiny Speck. Check it out at glitch.com. Our development community focuses on enriching the Glitch world and expanding it across multiple platforms. To promote the creation of new and exciting apps, Tiny Speck released a developer site, developer.glitch.com. There you will find Glitch APIs, iOS and Android SDKs, graphic packs, and developer tutorials. We are excited to see new apps and mobile games that utilize the Glitch API. Look here or on the developer …

Greetings web, social, console, mobile game and application developers, game designers and entrepreneurs. You will recognize the Silicon Valley, San Francisco, East Bay IGDA Chapters and other Bay Area Game and application developer group friends here. All are welcome. Join us to grow and present your games and apps and related tools and platforms. Find other game developers for your projects. Get or give advice on design, funding, art, technical architecture, careers for your game or applicatio …

This is a meetup of Android Game Developers. Meetup for a chance to win funding, a how to guide to meet and convince VC's to fund your app and possibly a chance to sell your game.

Mobile Monday Silicon Valley is one of the largest mobile industry user groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1999, MoMo has been bringing together mobile enthusiasts for education and networking events. With the fantastic growth of the industry, a significant portion of more than 6,500 MoMo SV members have backgrounds in non-technical fields, such as business, marketing, finance and legal. But we want to make sure the actual mobile builders – yes the coders - can come together to collabor …

… This group is a place for independent developers who live near Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Los Altos to discuss design trends, platforms, tools, testing and sales techniques, the media, the IRS, lawyers, cloning, pirates, advertising, publishers, stupid mistakes we've made, and anything else that is relevant to an indie developer who wants to successfully make it in the games industry.  

The focus of this meetup is on the growing field of HTML5 and javascript Game development. This is a place to learn or teach, to share tips on programming, game engines, sdks, tools for development on the web and cross platform solutions for HTML5 for iphone android ipad windows phone 7 palm. HTML5 or hybrid solutions, 2d or webgl are explored. Meetings will be held in both SF and Mountain View. Checkout our website at: http://gamesjs.com/ where you will find meetup recaps, further reading mater …

tl/dr Free Usability Testing! If you're a mobile app developer and want to make a kick-ass UX or just want to try out some cool new apps, you've come to the right place.  We get together and help give feedback and improve each others apps and games.

iOS and Android Developers for iPhone Android iPad smart TV Apple TV Google TV. iOS and Android. We discuss mobile app and game development issues and strategies. The group shares among ourselves and brings in outside experts to help educate and advance our knowledge. Cross platform HTML5 and hybrid HTML5/Native solutions are encouraged We offer the opportunity for developers to share their projects and get feedback from group members and have live demonstrations of new apps that our members …

This meetup is all about apps for kids, from toddlers to tweens. We'll cover content for iPhone, iPad, Android, and whatever is next. Hosted by Creativity, Inc., a company that has worked on over 4000 toys and games with companies like Hasbro, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, and many more. www.creativityusa.com  

… Platforms – technology building blocks and ecosystems of different platforms Business models, strategic alternatives, and exit strategies in applications and e-commerce Categories, demand, trend, technologies, user behaviors, and financial models in web apps & e-commerce ­- Retail, shopping & coupons ­ - Healthcare & fitness ­ - Personal finance & investing ­ - Music, photos, games & video -­ Luxury items For more information visit: www.svforum.org. The cost to attend is $20.00 (free to …

The Digital Media SIG (special interest group) meets 5 times per year to explore the emerging concepts and platforms that are constantly reshaping "digital media" as we know it. New platforms are mobile, new currencies are virtual, and the reality has been augmented. A generation has grown up digital, and the game is increasingly social. The Digital Media SIG is the place to find the talent and projects that will reshape the territory in ways we haven't yet thought of. Have your own ideas about …

If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library, whatever. We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open forum. The audience will ask questions and provide feedback. W …