IGDA NYC

I drew the inside of a car, please clap #NYMakesGames

Coming soon: Culture Cue The Experience Sharing Board Game! Culture Cue puts the focus on the players and their stories!

Today is the day! Culture Cue is officially LIVE on Kickstarter!

After years of work to get here Culture Cue is now up on our Kickstarter page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pau...

#boardgame #gaming #gamer #game #games #boardgames #gamenight #boardgame #kickstarter #tabletopgames #dice #cardgame

This #screenshotsaturday, check out a rendering of Nogales, Mexico (a border town) in Take Us North. TUN follows migrants and asylum seekers crossing the US-Mexico border. Learn more and back our KS here: shorturl.at/E3gMR
Join our movement to humanize migrant stories.
#indiegamedev

Help Borderless Studios out by playtesting their game! 🙌🏾

#gamedev

Thanks to the support of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, GDoCExpo will award up to $15,000 in no‑strings development grants to creators of color.

Since 2019, GDoCExpo has awarded a total of $405,000 in grants to game creators of color ! 💪🏾

NYC Watch Party: Sept 19 at OS NYC (Lower East Side), 12-10 pm ET

With the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, hosted by DaPurpleSharpie

12pm - 10pm (ET)

RSVP: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/watch-partie... #gdoc

GAconf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Archer Hotel, Redmond. September 29th - 30th 2025. TIGA awards winner, CIPT awards winner, MCV Develop awards finalists, EN awards winner, Business Awards UK winner.

Speaker announcement! 📢

@alexstrook.bsky.social & @lukathemouse.bsky.social with a look at their approaches to accessibility in indie nonogram puzzler Squeakross

Sept 29th - 30th, registration & line-up at gaconf.com
#gamedev #indiedev

Progress of #Unparalleled:Zero is smashing along

#screenShotSaturday #indieDev #Unparalleled #NYmakesGames

Tickets for the Aug 13 Low Res Showcase are free: www.eventbrite.com/e/ima-low-re...

Aug 13: IMA Low Res Show & Tell at 370 Jay St locale, 6-8 pm ET

Each MA student in this summer intensive Interactive Media Arts program will share one thing they made that highlights something they learned.

The IMA MA is rooted in a maker culture of “learning by doing."

@itp-ima-nyu.bsky.social

YouTube video by Game Devs of Color Expo Dev Interview: DARKWEBSTREAMER

We Have Always Lived In The Forest talks with @sharpiepls.com about darkwebSTREAMER in this Dev Interview!

Become an occult streamer on a 90s-era internet in this psycho-horror RPG streaming sim.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQX...

#gamedev

Tickets: 10% of sales will go to the panelist's orgs, and further profits (minus operational costs) will help fund Tim Rattray's docuseries about the NYC game scene.

📽️ His team will present the first sneak peak of footage from the series and will take questions, hear idea from the community.

Oct 9: NYC Game Industry Panel

@timrattray.bsky.social hosts NYC game leaders Yiyi Zhang, Jess Haskins, Kyra Wills-Umdenstock, Mattia Sicuro.

What makes NYC a great place to develop games? How can we support NYC #gamedevs?

🎟️ Tickets on sale NOW: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-state-...

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NYC area game devs! When you have news about your local-made game, reminder to use the hashtag #NYMakesGames.

It draws our attention (so we can boost your signal) and also helps promote the NYC game industry and community.

The Unnerving Future of A.I.-Fueled Video Games

Unnerving Future of AI-Fueled Video Games. NPCs demonstrate self-awareness.

Citizens of a simulated city based on The Matrix were told they were simply lines of code meant to embellish a virtual world. The characters responded in panicked disbelief." Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

A #NYMakesGames fantasy adventure game, THE LONGEST TALE takes you on a magic carpet ride across The Shattered Kingdom.

This small indie studio could use a wishlist on Steam to help boost awareness.

pondlife: discone (a videogame) on Steam jump around a giant, imponderable world with affecting characters, at first alone. discone is a climbing game, a 3d platformer, a massively-multiplayer online experience to share with friends. discone...

Game Showcase 1

pondlife: discone by PondLIfe is an open-explore, multiplayer 3D world where players can find a far-off spire, play tag, dance, or chat about their day. "No bosses, no ladders."

Trailer, details, wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2888670/...

#NYMakesGames

RSVP to NYC Indie Games August Social | Partiful Come find us at our home in the rooftop biergarten at Tavern 29! The NYC Indie Games social is a monthly gathering for indie game devs of all stripes to mix and mingle in a casual, relaxed setting, o...

Aug 6: The next monthly NYC Indie Game Dev Social!

Join the crowd, come and go, starting at 7 pm on the rooftop bar at Tavern 29 in Midtown.

Mark your calendar: First Wednesdays of the month.

partiful.com/e/8jwMWP5uqL...

#NYMakesGames

Meow Wolf is staffing up!

Including at its emerging New York City location. Jobs are remote at 7 geographic centers, FT with benefits and project based.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR listed below but check out the full slate.

meowwolf.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MeowWo...

#Gamejobs #gamejob

Itch staff are trying to fight things amidst delisting fiasco. Help them (and all the amazing devs affected) by filing a complaint with Stripe.

Our IGDA NYC Level Up Tuesday for July opened up a discussion about a docuseries on the local indie game dev scene, with Tim Rattray.

Want to be a future speaker? Or showcase your NYC area-made indie game? Reach out.

(third Tuesdays of the month at Coexist Gaming in midtown)

Our next Level Up Tuesday: August 19!

Speaker, two indie game spotlights to be announced.

Join us on third Tuesdays at Coexist Gaming in Midtown.

Photo: Vikash Kumar

#nymakesgames

Level up Tuesday Game Submission form Want your game featured at IGDA NYC’s Level Up Tuesdays at Coexist GameHouse? Each month, we highlight two games from local developers to be shown on the venue’s screens during the event. This is a gr...

Interested in showcasing your NYC indie game? Apply for one of two monthly slots here:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#NYMakesGames

Level Up Tuesday is our monthly gathering that features a speaker, two NYC indie games to play, and plenty of time to network, chat, and enjoy Coexist GameHouse in midtown.

Join us on the THIRD TUESDAYS of the month.

Want to be a future Level Up speaker? Apply here:
discord.com/channels/699...

Happening NOW (below). We hope to post a video on our YouTube channel.

Here's last month's talk about Working as a Remote Develoer: youtu.be/-MsXgbfoZ90?...

IGDA International is one of the sponsors of this #gamesforgood #seriousgames GAME JAM that cross-pollinates journalists and #gamedevs.

a screenshot of the Game Devs of Color donation website.

✨ We just donated to Game Devs Of Color! ✨

It's always been hard to find the right fit for 1000xRESIST and Steam Events. @gdocexpo.com is where we feel the most at home. They have been an inspiration to us.

If you are able, support this team + community! SIX TO ONE.

givebutter.com/GDoCExpo2025

Founder Game Night @ Fractal · Luma We’re back with another Founder Game Night — this time with a rooftop twist. If you’re building something new, like to win, and want to meet other sharp minds…

July 24: Founder Game Night at Fractal

"Board games, card games, social games, drinks and snacks provided. Tell us your favorite game—we’ll try to bring it. Bring your +1 founder friends."

Fractal Tech is a meeting hub in Williamsburg.

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Here's a starter pack of some worker-owned game studios if it helps.

go.bsky.app/AAozyan