Special Interest Groups
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Propose a SIG • Reference Manual
A special interest group (SIG) is a community centered on a topic of interest relevant to game development. SIGs connect developers allowing them to learn from each other, promote their specialties, identify upcoming challenges and endeavor to advance the industry.
SIGs are volunteer managed and driven. While the IGDA provides the basic resources and infrastructure to establish and maintain SIGs, each SIG is a relatively autonomous self-sustaining community.
SIG Index
- Alternate Reality Games (ARGs)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Casual Games
- Education
- Game Accessibility
- Game Preservation
- Human Resources
- Indies
- IP Rights
- Localization
- Mobile Game Development
- Online Games
- Outsourcing
- Production
- Quality Assurance
- Sex in Games
- Students
- Tools
- Women in Games
- Writing
If you would like to contribute to a SIG, you are encouraged to contact the SIG directly. If you would like to propose the need for a new SIG, please view the SIG proposal guidelines.
Non-IGDA SIGs
There are several other SIGs that are relevant to the game industry. The IGDA is not involved with these SIGs, but does view their work to be important.
- IA-SIG - SIG for interactive audio
- ACM SIGGRAPH - SIG of the Association for Computing Machinery for graphics research and tech