The IGDA Game Credits Special Interest Group (SIG) promotes inclusivity and best practices for how credits are attributed, affecting career and awards prospects.

IGDA Game Crediting Policies

Link to full accreditation guidelines: IGDA Game Crediting – Full Policies [last updated 13 March 2023]

Link to One Sheet of guidelines: IGDA Game Crediting Guide One Sheet [last updated  17 March 2023]

IGDA Crediting Toolkit for Unreal & Unity Engine (in collaboration with IGDA Engineering SIG)

• Unreal Engine Toolkit GitHub
• Unity Engine Tooklit GitHub
• Credits Feature Design Documentation
• Sample CSV file for use with the toolkit

IGDA Game Crediting Guidelines Version 10.1 [last updated 13 March 2023]

We’re in the news!

Have a look at some of the articles we’ve given interviews about to share the importance of credits

• Industry body aims to improve game credits, as developers complain they’re being left out – Eurogamer – 12 April, 2023
• IGDA Updates ‘Game Crediting Policies’ In Hopes Of Improving Industry Standards – Nintendo Life – 12 April, 2023
• IGDA Updates Its Game Crediting Policies – 80 Level – 12 April, 2023
• Too many game devs don’t get the credit they deserve, so a global body is taking action – Gamesradar – 13 April, 2023
• IGDA Releases New Game-Crediting Policies To Help Developers Get Recognition – Gamespot – 11 April, 2023
• IGDA creates toolkit to make proper crediting simpler – PC Games Insider – 12 April, 2023
• A guide to properly crediting game workers and why it matters – gamesindustry.biz – 13 March, 2023
• Credit where credit is due: Video game association calling for proper acknowledgement – CTV News Montreal – November 26, 2022
• Video Game Crediting Is Still a Huge Problem; But One Group of Volunteers Is Working on Solutions – IGN – August 10, 2022
• Advocates are calling for improved and updatable crediting technology – Gamedeveloper.com – August 11, 2022
• Game Developer’s Conference Roundtable – My First Game Credit – GDC Vault – March 22, 2022
• USA Today – April 25, 2022 – IGDA Special Interest Group aims to end poor crediting practices across the video game industry
• PC Games Insider – May 3, 2022 – IGDA is attempting to tackle poor crediting in games
• Inverse – May 11, 2022 – Game Devs Arent Getting Their Credit
• IGDA is attempting to tackle poor crediting in games – PC Games Insider – May 3, 2022
• The Gamers – April 25, 2022 – IGDA Game Credit SIG Aim To Help Devs Get Recognition For Their Work

Workspaces

Here are our published documents in our Google Drive Workpace.

Active Initiatives

• Creating a one sheet of credits for ease of access [completed 17 March 2023]
• Adding an index with a full list of terms and their clear explanations used in the policy [Ongoing. Targeted late 2023]
• Updating the current credits policy to 2023 standards. Add policy around GaaS, and localize it to 15 languages in [Completed. Targeted localization set for V2 in late 2023]
• Develop free credits tooling and management for devs [Completed 20 March 2023]

Who We Are

Raj Patel (he/him)

SIG Chair (Apointed from April 2023 onward)

Senior Brand Manager at Relic Entertainment

Toronto, Canada

@rajio on Twitter

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Nazih Fares (he/him)

IGDA Board of Director Member & SIG Vice Chair

Head of Communications & Localization at The 4 Winds Entertainment

The Hague, Netherlands

@nazihfares on Twitter

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Katie Golden (she/her)

SIG Chair (2020-2023) | SIG Treasurer

Principal Producer at Riot Games

Seattle, WA

@nevebelle on Twitter

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi 

IGDA Board Member & SIG Board Member

Director of Community Engagement, Global Game Jam

Finland

@tarja_pk on Twitter

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Alexander Swords (he/him)

SIG Board Member

Writer, Narrative Designer and Director at Swords Narrative

Melbourne, Australia

@swordsnarrative on Twitter

Trento von Lindenberg (he/him)

SIG Secretary

Los Angeles, USA

@TrentoWasTaken on Twitter

Find him on LinkedIn

Want To Get Involved?

We’d love to have you! We’re looking for organizers, engineers, and anyone that would like to contribute feedback to the Game Credits Policies to make game accreditation more fair and equitable. Here’s how to reach us:

• Fill out the Contacts webform on this page
• Email us at credits[at]igda[dot]org
• Join our IGDA Game Credits server
• Join the IGDA Discord server.

Getting Counted for the Cause

Show your support by logging into your IGDA member account and selecting this SIG as a primary or secondary affiliation in your profile.  The roster is for HQ and not yet visible to SIG leaders, so be sure to contact them through the form below as well.