Quality of Life SIG

International Game Developers Association

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The Quality of Life SIG advocates fair, healthy working conditions for game developers.

Overview

[This is a draft version submitted for approval]

QOL issues are often daunting. There are many facets, no easy answers and many opinions. However, QOL is not something we can just ignore and hope it gets better on its own. This Special Interest Group looks to address the tough questions related to the issue and strives to make a real difference, championing good quality of life solutions that work for all parties.

Goals

[This is a draft version submitted for approval]

• Keep abreast of current QOL trends in the industry by:

1. keeping a collection of links to current writing about QOL in blogs or publications
2. conducting a yearly IGDA QOL survey and publishing the results.

• Research and publish papers about QOL best practices within the game industry and related industries
• Provide feedback to developers on QOL-related legal issues
• Provide feedback to the game industry community on the QOL status of as many specific studios as possible.
• Reach out to and educate developers on QOL issues, providing them with tools to help improve their own QOL and the overall QOL of their own organization.
• Provide a grievance committee to manage complaints from IGDA members about employer policies that are in contravention to IGDA standards. More details about the grievance committee.

Resources

Please check the Resources page for news items, reports and research into Quality of Life topics.

Projects

• IGDA Code of Ethics
• ECQC

Contact and discussion

You can join in the discussions on the formation of the Quality of Life SIG at this mailing list, and contribute to the general Quality of Life discussion on the forums.

Membership and Organisation

To be updated when fully decided