A series of conversations to better understand the culture of gaming and esports in the City of Champions. Along this journey, we'll be chatting with competitive players, game developers, industry experts, and other stakeholders both here and elsewhere to amplify their stories, along with how esports intersects with other sectors to ensure its longevity locally.
Lucid Rain's Gamescom Diary: Running on energy drinks and an IGN surprise (ft. Rosche Rheeder & Ricardo Rheeder)
Lucid Rain Studios makes a return on Good Game Edmonton. Game director Rosche Rheeder and technical director Ricardo Rheeder join Cory Sellar to break down their second trip to Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, this past August, and how the Edmonton studio's booth turned into hour-long lineups for their first-person horror deck builder, INFERIUS.
The walk through the whole week: cancelled trains, 8am to 2am days, and surviving on energy drinks and grocery-store meal prep. Their trailer premiered on IGN's Awesome Indies showcase, and IGN gave the game a five-minute deep dive that Rosche says explained INFERIUS better than he has in a year of pitching it himself.
Rosche also sat on a Canada Pioneer Powerhouse panel about immigrant founders and Canada's game industry tax incentives, and the studio is now fielding conversations about console ports and localization ahead of a targeted 2027 release.
Wishlist INFERIUS on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2470790/INFERIUS (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2470790/INFERIUS/)
Learn more about Lucid Rain Studios: lucidrainstudios.com (https://lucidrainstudios.com/)
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23 Aug 2026
Saddle Up, Alberta: From NAGIS to Indie Rodeo, the Industry Keeps Growing (ft. Brett Miller and Ronnie Villanueva)
It's the Q2 2026 GGE Alberta Quarterly Roundup, presented with Digital Alberta. Cory "Sellarcast" Sellar is joined by Brett Miller from Calgary Game Developers Association and Ronnie Villanueva from Edmonton Screen to break down the latest stories and events in Alberta's interactive digital media scene.
Highlights include:
NAGIS wraps a sold-out first year with a 96 percent recommend rate, with studios already comparing its results to established events like PAX.
Calgary's Indie Rodeo debuts this September, CGDA's new two-day event pairing business talks with hands-on craft sessions.
The Canada Media Fund grows its interactive digital media budget to $57 million, with Alberta studios pulling in $4.8 million, third-best in the country.
CG Magazine called North American Games Industry Summit (NAGIS) "a strong first step towards something bigger," drawing comparisons to Montreal's MIGS and San Francisco's GDC.
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1 Jun 2026
NAGIS: What Year One Looks Like (ft. Chris Meilleur, Marc Belisle, Ronnie Villanueva, and John Nguyen
Alberta just got its own Games Industry Summit. NAGIS (the North American Games Industry Summit) is a new B2B event launching June 18–19 in Edmonton, attached to Game Con Canada. With Meibel Consulting locked in for five more years at the Edmonton Expo Centre, this is year one of something being built to last.
Cory sits down with Marc Belisle and Chris Meilleur from Meibel Consulting, Ronnie Villanueva from Edmonton Screen Industries Office, and John Nguyen from Xsolla to break down what NAGIS is and what it means for indie developers across Alberta.
Topics include why Xsolla chose Alberta, how Meet2Match powers the B2B side, a BioWare founders reunion, a Hollywood talent agent handing indie devs a playbook for working with celebrity talent on a budget, and a closing roundtable on what year one success looks like for everyone at the table.
NAGIS runs June 18–19. Game Con Canada picks up June 19–21. One badge covers both.
🔗 nagis.ca (http://nagis.ca/)
🔗 gameconcanada.com (http://gameconcanada.com/)
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