Portland Indie Game Squad

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The Portland Indie Game Squad is a nonprofit community platform supporting game developers with events, meetups, showcases, dev resources, game jams, and more! www.PIGSquad.com Thanks for joining us at PIGCON 2026 💖 Summer Slow Jams is running now! 🌻

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Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· 13d

Thanks for coming out last night, that was a blast! We've got ONE more jam this summer, the Mystery Jam starting on August 9th! Join the jam here: itch.io/jam/ssjmystery Suggest the theme here: www.patreon.com/PIGSquad/pos... Wahoo 🔍🔍🔍

Game developers gathered on a stage, playing jam games and watching each other play on small setups at PIGSquad's Inventory Jam showcase. There are more games setup in on the show floor in the background. Attendees are masked.

Game developers waving at the camera during the Summer Slow Jams Inventory showcase.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· 17d

See you on MONDAY! It's the showcase for the Inventory Jam, July's Summer Slow Jam 🌻😎 We're taking over the stage, so bring the game you made or hop in to play what everyone made! Get there early enough and you can stop at Dark Future, too 🤩 pigsquad.com/events-list/...

A group of game developers at a Portland Indie Game Squad event wave at the camera from multiple tables with notebooks, games, and food/drink. A light from a projector screen shines brightly from above.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· 27d

Whoops, forgot to update the games list on our itch page for PIGSquad jams! Go play some games 🥰 pigsquad.itch.io

A list of games and thumbnails from the past two PIGSquad game jams, the Summer Slow Jams 2026 "Luck" Jam in June, and the 2026 PIGSquad Tabletop Jam. Games include Flipdee Flopdee, BetBike, Dark Patch, Ball Is Life Ball Is Death, Cat Trap, and more.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· 28d

See you Thursday! We're hosting an Art/Code Night, where you can bring your project to cowork, ask others what they're working on, and play games with their devs! pigsquad.com/events-list/... Excited to see some game jam progress there 😀

PIGSquad folks are standing or sitting, chatting with each other or coworking, some gathered around laptops. Attendees are masked.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jul 7

We're kicking off the Inventory Jam TONIGHT at TOTL Games! Come meet up with cool folks - team form, brainstorm, and hear the theme starting at 7pm PT. Event info: pigsquad.com/events-list/... Jam info: itch.io/jam/ssjinven... See ya soon!

Summer Slow Jams: Jam Wolf is posed & dressed like Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil 4 next to an attaché case containing Cubepig, Flatpig, a map, a laptop showing xyz in 3D space, a green herb, and more.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jul 3

We're showing gameplay of all of the Summer Slow Jams Luck entries tonight starting at 7pm PT! twitch.tv/PIGSquad Check out what people made over the course of a week in June and get hyped for July's jam starting next week 🤩

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jul 3

Very cool article! A lot of folks enjoyed PIGCON Plaza, and it's obvious we had a ton of fun working on it 😍

A photo of the Portland Indie Game Convention in May 2026, showing people playing games on a show floor with the PIGCON Plaza game running on the stage.
"The Plaza screen, far right, presiding over a busy PIGCon floor."

A photo of the PIGCON Plaza screen at the Portland Indie Game Convention in May 2026. Numerous hand drawn little characters are standing on a field of green grass with a photo in the background.

"That's PIGCon Plaza. A volunteer crew from PIGSquad, Portland's long-running game-dev community, built it for the first-ever PIGCon earlier this year. Over two days, about 1,300 people came through the doors and roughly 450 of them drew one."

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jun 30

Tonight! See you at the NW Lucky Lab 🍀🍀 We're playing everyone's Luck jam games made for Summer Slow Jams! Bring your project and set it up showcase style, meet cool folks, and play their games 🌠🤩 pigsquad.com/events-list/... Feel free to pop by without a game, too - everyone's welcome to play!

People are sitting and standing around laptops and screens with controllers and keyboards, playing indie games in a rustic room.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jun 16

Thanks for joining us at the kickoff! The theme of the Luck Jam is "CALCULATED RISK" Good luck :) itch.io/jam/ssjluck

"CALCULATED RISK"
Cubepig is thinking hard.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jun 8

#summerslowjams is on the horizon, but also keep your eye on events this week! 🤝🌲 This Thursday, hang out with us in E Portland for a Speed Meet to help you meet teammates! 💥🎺 On Saturday, we're crossing the river north to hang with the Vancouver WA Games & Music Festival! pigsquad.com/events

A rustic room full of people playing games, coworking, and chatting at a Portland Indie Game Squad social event.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jun 6

Cannot wait til we get all of these out 😍

Photos from the Portland Indie Game Convention (PIGCON), showing folks playing video games, board games, and installation experiences on an event show floor. One photo shows a speaker giving a presentation in front of a crowd.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jun 5

Summer Slow Jams dates & themes are live for June, July, and August! Learn and collaborate with the community to make games every month this summer 😎 🍀 Luck 💼 Inventory 🔍 Mystery pigsquad.com/summerslowjams Time to make games together 💖 Thanks to @marlowedobbe.com for this year's art!!

Summer Slow Jams 2026
June: Luck - A slot machine scrolls between CubePig, Jamwolf, four leaf clovers, and sevens
July: Inventory - Jamwolf is featured in an item management menu very similar to Resident Evil 4
August: Mystery - The Truffle Hunter Cubepig is startled as a crack of lightning lights up a spooky mansion

"Join us for a Summer of Game Jams! PIGSquad.com"

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Jun 4

Starting to process photos! It’s so amazing to see these moments after our volunteers, sponsors, speakers, showcasers, artists, and supporters came together to make such a special event. More soon, including a form for feedback so that we can make our future events feel even better for everyone <3

Small thumbnails of photos from PIGCON 2026, including folks playing games, speaking on stage, setting up gear, and laughing together.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· May 26

ALSO ALSO We're doing some Friday night meetups before PIGCON, no pass required! If you're interested in Godot & GameMaker, tabletop games, and/or are a woman, femme, or gamedev of color who is interested in meeting folks to chat about making games with, we'll see you soon 🤩 pigcon.pigsquad.com

Friday Meetups at PIGCON on Friday, May 29th
Meet up with likeminded folks to chat and chill before con day starts on Saturday! Godot & Gamemaker Meetup at Ground Kontrol, Women & Femme in Games Meetup at TOTL Games, Gamedevs of Color Meetup at Leikam Brewing, Tabletop Games Meetup at NW Quimby Lucky Lab.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· May 25

Just updated our Saturday Evening schedule, too. Want to make bad games, gamble at the grimdark pit fights, listen to big band, or learn about developers' past projects? Info here :) pigcon.pigsquad.com 🎮👹🎺🌎

Saturday Evening Activities at PIGCON including the Game Jamboree Podcast, Game Funeral, Bloodsport Gambler, Live Music by Beat Rush Big Band + Under the Deku Tree + iiimp, and a One Hour Game Jam.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· May 25

PIGCON WORKSHOPS ARE LIVE 📝 Sign up in replies, we have some incredible stuff here ~ 🎮 PICO-8 Workshop, hosted by Dylan and @lexaloffle.bsky.social 🎮 Youth Game Making Workshop in new software Lil' Bitty Things 🎮 1-on-1 Professional Consulting Sessions (paid or showcase/speaker pass required!)

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· May 19

Starting to see lots of PIGCON flyers about town 😊

A flyer for PIGCON, held by the Portland Indie Game Squad from May 30th - 31st at Norse Hall. “Play games with the people who made them.”

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· May 15

Tonight! We're hanging out in NW Portland at The Hostel Cafe from 6pm-10pm to cowork, chat, play games, whatever! It's our casual monthly Art/Code Night and our LAST EVENT BEFORE PIGCON. Come get some nice hangout time in before the big weekend 😍 pigsquad.com/events-list/...

Game developers gather around a display, watching how a dev is tilting a keyboard to control an in-progress game. Taken at the PIGSquad Build Your Own Game Jam 2026 overnight site!

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· May 12

We were on KOIN 6 AM Extra this morning to talk about PIGCON! Lots of little shoutouts in here :) www.koin.com/am-extra/gam...

Will Lewis from PIGSquad sits with hosts Emily Burris & Mia Villanueva of KOIN 6 News AM Extra to talk about PIGCON, the Portland Indie Game Convention.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· May 7

Oh by the way! If you're already in town and wanna hang out next week, we have an Art/Code Night on Friday the 15th! We're hanging out at NW Portland Hostel this time, coworking & playin games & chilling: our last event before PIGCON 😱 pigsquad.com/events-list/...

PIGSquad folks are standing or sitting, chatting with each other or coworking, some gathered around laptops. Event attendees are masked.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 14

You can now preview tickets for the Portland Indie Game Convention & sign up for a notification to pick yours up when they go live this Thursday, April 16th at 9am PT! Take a look at ti.to/pigsquad/pig... Here we go! 🤩

A screenshot of the PIGCON website. Two featured guests shown on the site include Mike Bennett & Mike Lorenzo working on a Mystery Project and Olivia Haines with her game Surf Club.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 13

Today is the last day for PIGCON game & talk submissions! Details all right up top at pigcon.pigsquad.com 📝 We're super stoked to start sending out acceptances - attendees are in for a REAL treat 😍

A flustered Cubepig looks up at the text "Last Chance to Submit!" with a little alarm clock going off.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 9

Don't forget that this Sunday, we're hosting a tabletop & board game day at Black Water from 4pm-9pm! Folks are bringing out their games from the recent Tabletop Jam, plus other bigger projects in the making that need playtesting! Join us this Sunday ☀ pigsquad.com/events-list/...

Four masked PIGSquad event attendees play board games together.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 8

We're starting to send some early acceptances, and submissions for PIGCON games & talks closes on April 13th! Get ur stuff in to be a part of the coolest lil con in town... or just pop by and have a good time this May 30th & 31st :) pigcon.pigsquad.com

Cubepig worries while papers fall around them over a purple confetti background.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 6

Huge thanks to everyone for celebrating our 15 Year Anniversary on Friday! So cool to see new and old faces from MANY YEARS hanging out and sharing their games in the same place, and we almost raised $2,000.00 for PIGCON with our fundraiser stuff! Love you all :)

A rustic room full of people playing games and chatting during the Portland Indie Game Squad's 15 Year Anniversary.

Qristy poses in front of auction items during the PIGSquad anniversary event. She has pink hair and is wearing a necklace made of large rainbow stars.

Shane poses in front of his game "Hyper Derby," cosplaying as game character Manny Horsecaller.

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 4

It’s starting to heat up! Only took 15 years 🙄

A man who founded PIGSquad selfies with a smile at the 15 year anniversary party

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 3

HEY look at that, two more items coming in hot from @ragonia.bsky.social. We are truly catching them all today.

A 4"x6" original piece by Ragonia, made using colored pencils & posca & jelly pen, framed, and signed! The perfect spooky little buddy with which to celebrate your Spring :)

A 4"x6" original piece by Ragonia, made using colored pencils & posca & jelly pen, framed, and signed! The perfect big spooky buddies with which to celebrate your Spring :)

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 3

OH, and old logo! 👀

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 3

Part of this evening's 15 Year Anniversary will be a silent auction to help raise funds for the nonprofit! We have some rad items that are VERY local and VERY gamey, and the auction site is up now if you'd like to check it out and bid early >:) tinyurl.com/pigconauction

A special, two-of-a-kind 8.5"x11" riso designed, printed, and signed by Marlowe Dobbe. You get one, PIGSquad gets the other one <3

A 2020 Playdate handheld with silly pizza cover. The Playdate is in new condition, factory reset, and ready to play weird little indie games! Donated by our wonderful pals at Gas Station Story GB.

A 12"x30" original hand painted cabinet door featuring an aloof wizard zapping a content frog. Hand painted on wood recycled from Portland's ReBuilding Center by Marlowe Dobbe, signed. Has hardware on the back to display it on a wall!

MDO prints of the Kanto Starter Pokemon by Mike Bennett, made as a part of his quest to paint the first 151 Pokemon from his studio by the end of the year! These are one-offs made for and donated to PIGSquad, signed by Mike. Thanks Mike! The prints are posed outside of "Mike Bennett Studios."

Portland Indie Game Squad@pigsquad· Apr 2

Celebrating our 15 Year Anniversary tomorrow, check out this throwback to 2011? 😂 Anniversary details: pigsquad.com/events-list/... Bring a game for feedback, play games, and participate in WEIRD FUNDRAISER ACTIVITIES (weird & fun) - might even be able to get the silent auction site up early tonight