Video Gaming in Lithuania - Game Development Industry

Game Development Industry

Lithuania's game development industry is very small, but in recent years there was a substantial increase in small companies and single developers working on games for iOS platforms (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad). Most companies are exporting games to larger foreign markets like UK or US, because local market is still very small and selling only locally for profits is very hard if not impossible. The largest game developer community gathering place is GameDev.lt portal.

There are several events that attempts to gather developers for making connections, to share knowledge or simply to have a good time. Since 2009 local chapters of Global Game Jam were organized each year. In 2009 there was only one chapter in Vilnius city, but in 2010 there were two chapters in Vilnius and Kaunas cities. Several conferences focusing on game development also were organized, but they are not regular and last one was held in 2004. Each year, several smaller informal and irregular meetings are held in Vilnius or Kaunas bars, usually organized from GameDev.lt portal by its community.