Monthly 2 Hr GameJam Club: ZZT
This month we are using ZZT to make action adventure games in under 2 hours. Bring a computer and come out! Good for beginners and experts. Bring a computer and […]
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Official GDoCExpo 2025 Watch Party
Expect GDoCExpo conference sessions broadcast live to the big screen, game stations, and dedicated space available for attendees to mingle and network in-person. We've partnered with OS NYC, the home for […]
Playtest Thursday at NYU Game Center
NYU Game Center 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNOTE: THIS PLAYTEST THURSDAY ENDS EARLY AT 7:00PM DUE TO AN EVENT DIRECTLY FOLLOWING PLAYTEST THURSDAY! If you’re making a game, you need to playtest! Bring your work-in-progress game and […]
How to Play the Sondheim Way – A Lecture & Workshop with Barry Joseph
NYU Game Center 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin us for How to Play the Sondheim Way: A Parlor Game Workshop, a 90-minute lecture/workshop designed for game designers to discover how the playful approach to parlor games of the […]
Playframes – How Do We Know We Are Playing? A Lunchtime Talk with Celia Pearce
NYU Game Center 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesPlayframes (MIT Press) builds on the work of Gregory Bateson and Erving Goffman to take a deep dive into Bateson's primary question: How do we know we're playing? In this book, Celia […]
NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Zeke Virant
NYU Game Center 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesPicking Up Things in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Join us for a talk on how MachineGames developed a first-person game focused on simulating hands-on experiences and adventure over action. […]
The State of NYC Indie: Developing a Better Games Community
NYU Games Center 370 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNew York City has become a hotbed for pioneering independent game developers whose unique artistic expression rarely gets the spotlight it deserves. We can change this by finding new ways […]
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Game-A-Palooza
Hana House 345 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNYC’s biggest indie game showcase is here—and it’s your chance to play games before anyone else in the world. On Saturday, October 18, 2025, IGDA NYC takes over Hana House for Game-A-Palooza, a one-day festival built to celebrate and spotlight local game developers. Proudly sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, this event puts the city’s creative talent front and center.
🕹️ Play 50+ New and Unreleased Games
From 12–5 p.m., get hands-on with over 50 brand-new and unreleased games from NYC’s most inventive developers. This is your chance to discover the next big thing before it hits Steam, consoles, or anywhere else.
Don’t just play games. Play them first.
$5
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