Bluebird Studios and Ann Arbor SPARK
Michigan Game Development Conference 2025
March 28-30, 2025
In-Person @ Ann Arbor, MI
Remote Online via Discord
Collaborators and Sponsors
Conference Organizers
Event Organizer
Michigan Startup
Bluebird Studios
Ann Arbor, MI
Title Sponsor
Michigan SmartZones
Ann Arbor SPARK
Ann Arbor, MI
Development Host
University of Michigan
WolverineSoft
Ann Arbor, MI
Game Developer Showcase Host
Ann Arbor District Library
AADL - Downtown Branch
Ann Arbor, MI
Esports Host
Washtenaw Community College
WCC Esports
Ann Arbor, MI and Ypsilanti, MI
Conference Corporate Sponsors
Gold Tier Sponsor: Haptix Studio
Michigan’s First Commercial Motion Capture Studio
Lansing, MI
Silver Tier Sponsor: C3 Technology Advisors
Actionable, Informed Technology Consulting
Byron Center, MI
Silver Tier (Joint) Sponsor: Dhanam Information Systems (DIS) | Vassar Digital (VDA)
Information Technology is What We Do (DIS) | Your Strategic GenAI Partner (VDA)
Greater Boston Area in MA
Michigan Ecosystem
Collaborators and Sponsors
University of Michigan
Center for Entrepreneurship
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Technological University
Husky Game Development
Houghton, MI
Michigan State University
Spartan Innovations
Lansing, MI
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Office of the CIO/ITS
Dearborn, MI
Oakland University
Office of the CIO/UTS
Auburn Hills, MI and Rochester Hills, MI
Michigan State University
MSU GameDev
Lansing, MI
Lawrence Technological University
College of Architecture and Design
Southfield, MI
International Game Developers Association
IGDA Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Eastern Michigan University
Simulation, Animation, Gaming (SAG)
Ypsilanti, MI
Northwestern Michigan College
NMC Esports
Traverse City, MI
Northwestern Michigan College
Office of the President/Executives
Traverse City, MI
Northwestern Michigan College
Office of Possibilities (OOPS)
Traverse City, MI
University of Michigan
MDraw Club
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan
Video Game Music Club
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan
Digital Painting (DigiPaint)
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan State University
Diversity in Games
Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
Gamma Iota Mu
Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
Spartasoft Studio
Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
Spartasoft
Lansing, MI
University of Michigan
Michigan Esports
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan
WolverineSoft Studio
Ann Arbor, MI
Eastern Michigan University
Game Developers Guild
Ypsilanti, MI
Michigan Small Business Development Center
SBDC Tech Team
Grand Rapids, MI (GVSU) and Kalamazoo, MI
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
MEDC
Lansing, MI
Registration
Registration is closed, as the event itself has already happened.
Event Summary
In summary, this weekend event from March 28-30, 2025 included:
48 hour game jam (main event)
2 day Esports tournament (SSBU)
Development workshops (game-dev)
Ecosystem discussion (universities)
Showcase (end of conference)
This first year as a brief weekend series of events was a pilot event.
In future years if this continues we hope and endeavor to collaborate with (and not compete with)
entities such as GDC.
Additionally, if this continues, in future years we currently plan to host this event in late April or early May as opposed to March due to the weather in Michigan.
Bluebird Studios, LLC (Michigan) is the authority of this event
and assumed final responsibility and liability for this event.
If there are any questions, ideas, concerns, or anything else
please feel free to reach out to Paul (Co-Founder of Bluebird) at paul@bluebirdstudios.org