Ilgar Alirzayev
Chapter Lead, IGDA Azerbaijan
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Ecosystem
Programmes, events and community work we run to grow the games industry in Azerbaijan — most of it alongside IGDA Azerbaijan.
Team
IGDA Azerbaijan mentors
The mentors who give their time to the programmes we run together.
Murad Mammadzada
Project Manager, IGDA Azerbaijan
Aidan Aliyeva
Unreal Authorized Instructor
Azad Baghirzada
Unity Developer
Farid Mammadov
3D Artist
Maharram Gurbanov
Game Designer
Movlud Karimov
3D Artist
Rustam Rzayev
Game Designer
Shahmur Khalilov
Unreal Engine Developer
Programme
OYU GameDev Bootcamp
A bootcamp at Odlar Yurdu University that closed with a two-day, $16,000 game jam.
Event
Turkic Game Jam — Azerbaijan stage
Co-organising the Azerbaijan leg of the pan-Turkic game jam, two years running.
Event
GanJam 2025
Courses and a game jam taken out of the capital, to Ganja.
Event
NakhchivanJam 2025
The same programme, run in Nakhchivan.
Community
Community event series
The ongoing run of meetups, talks and jams that keeps the scene in contact with itself.