TONIGHT PLAY MEETS AI Join us for a conversation on contemporary questions around current and past AI implementation in games between Jessica Jung (Supercell), Dr. Mitu Khandaker (NYU Game Center) and Dr. Julian Togelius (Game Innovation Lab) RSVP and more info here: playmeetsai.eventbrite.com

<whimsical reminiscing soundtrack plays> In memorandum of my 4 beautiful years curaring @nyugamecenter.bsky.social's annual No Quarter exhibition I've pulled together an archive of each of the 4 cohorts & the 16 weird & wonderful works they brought into the world www.goodafternoon.uk/four-quarters

Playtest Thursday at the NYU Game Center returns THIS THURSDAY! Playtest Thursday is free and open to the public. Join us for our weekly in-house playtesting event where you can get feedback on your work-in-progress games! External guests, join the guest list here: forms.gle/6qZcPfmMGLfh...

We're BACK for Spring 2026, and one of our first large events this semester is NEXT WEEKEND Join us for the 2026 Global Game Jam! Register at the link below by 12pm on Fri. 1/30 to join our GGJ site and jam alongside hundreds of NYC game devs! globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...

Finally, tomorrow night, it's time again for NO QUARTER 2025! Our annual exhibition presents 4 brand new installation games from inspiring creators, all built for play in a public space. You'll have one of a kind experiences alongside devs from all over! RSVP for a free ticket now before we run out!

We've got 2 amazing events still to come, on Saturday! In the morning, come back to @boshis.place 11am-2pm for a Game Manual Jam! Imagine and co-create a manual for a game that doesn't exist! (yet?) Play & craft, read cool game manuals of history, & contribute to a new speculative manual together!

Game Design Days continues at @boshis.place as we head into the home stretch! TONIGHT: "creatures of light," a curated games gallery show all about angels! Join us ready for live music, visuals, games to play, and singing! Bring your own instruments if you like! game-design-days.com#creatures-of...

Game Design Days part 8! Tonight at 6pm, come visit BumbleBear Games at their Open Studio in DUMBO! The creators of Killer Queen, ZOMBEEZ, and Black Emperor will be there to show off their new prototypes, the hardware they use to build great arcade games, and talk to you about their development!

The next Game Design Days event is back at @wonderville.nyc tonight, where you'll see a live performance from @layerhythm.bsky.social of game based dance & interaction with the audience! Doors at 7pm, performance at 8pm! Please rsvp for free tickets, find links to all events at game-design-days.com

Later this morning & afternoon, for the next part of Game Design Days, join @boshis.place at Fort Greene Park from 11am - 2pm for Outdoor Games! Meet them at the center of the park for: warm, decaffeinated tea (bring a mug!) & field games in the "new games" tradition with props and two parachutes!

Game Design Days continues tonight 5 - 8 w/ School for Poetic Computation at Boshi's Place! Play games that are fun, weird, and personal! Arcade showcase features games made by students of 100 Games Later: Athletic Aesthetics & Shitpost Mechanics taught by @beetleeggblues.bsky.social . Check em out!

And on Sunday at 1pm, to cap off this first weekend's events, Game Design Days is so excited to partner again with @scryptidgames.bsky.social and @twentysided.bsky.social for another amazing panel about the state of Tabletop Roleplaying, and to get you inspired for the writing workshop! Links below

Game Design Days also continues later tomorrow with FREE tickets to Game of 1000 Boxes in midtown! The 8:30pm show is sold out but there are a few tickets left for the recently added 3:30pm show! Go play incredibly rad team based party games in an immersive space, and hear all about the development!

More Game Design Days ahead! Following tonight's kickoff party, tomorrow at 2:30pm, return to @wonderville.nyc where curator Mark Kleback will take guests through the arcade to talk about the history of the games, devs, and show us under the hood! 1 hour of free play to follow, all ages welcome!

Join us tomorrow night for the Game Design Days Launch Party! Kick off the festivities with us this Friday, 11/14, at none other than @wonderville.nyc! The party starts at 8:30pm, event is 21+. Come meet event organizers, play in the arcade, dance, and learn more about the rest of the week ahead!

A live game show, a game manual jam, game-based street dance & live music, networking and gallery shows… a few highlights from our packed week of Game Design Days 2025! The fun kicks off this Friday, 11/14, leading up to No Quarter on 11/22. Free events all week — most requiring RSVP! Link in bio!

NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents: Alumni Developers Panel Next Thurs. Nov. 13th 7pm - 8:30pm In-person & live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a panel discussion with the developers behind Consume Me, despelote, and Baby Steps! RSVP Here: alumnideveloperspanel.eventbrite.com

Excited to be working w/ @tigershungry.co.uk & the NYU crew to make an intramural, bsports tournament for NO QUARTER 2025! To recruit teams @chouxsalad.bsky.social & I will show the HEXADECIPAD, a 16-player NES controller, at @nyugamecenter.bsky.social 11/6 @boshis.place 11/7 @wonderville.nyc 11/8

Game Design Days is also returning November 14-22! This event series highlights the underground independent game design communities of NYC, creating additional opportunities for anyone curious about game design to connect with local studios, collectives, and spaces. game-design-days.com

No Quarter is back! On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition! No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com

Local high school student interested in game development? The application to our FREE Future Game Designers program is now live! Join us tomorrow, Saturday 10/25 at 1pm on Zoom for the virtual open house + Q&A. Deadline to apply is Nov 10. More info here: tisch.nyu.edu/future-artis...

Announcing: NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Dimma Davidoff "Minimum Viable Mystery" Thursday, October 23rd, 7:00pm - 8:30pm IRL and at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a conversation with Dimma Davidoff, the creator of the Mafia game! RSVP: dimmadavidofflectureseries.eventbrite.com

ahh good shit in this indiana jones game dev talk by Zeke Virant. talking about their "hand shapes" and grip system... they made all these box / cylinder / 1h / 2h presets, "we used small cylinder a lot" (screenshots from the live twitch right now -- www.twitch.tv/nyugamecenter )

We're going live with our FIRST Lecture Series event of the Fall 2025 semester in just 15 minutes! Featuring Game Center alum Zeke Virant discussing his work on "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" Join us at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

A friend of the org is in search of specialized tech support for Kodansha House's event in SoHo, 10/4-10/19! They need someone who can pop in to check on the exhibit a few times, and be on call in case of technical issues. *Arcade repair experience REQUIRED* www.kodanshahouse.com

Our first Lecture Series event is happening NEXT THURSDAY! Featuring alum Zeke Virant - "Picking Up Things in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" RSVP Here: zekevirantlectureseries.eventbrite.com Cool new poster by Eva Sterrett - find more of her work here: sterretteva.myportfolio.com

Announcing: NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Zeke Virant Picking Up Things in Indiana Jones & the Great Circle Thurs. Oct. 2nd 7pm - 8:30pm IRL & at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for our first Lecture Series of Fall 2025 feat. alum Zeke Virant! RSVP: zekevirantlectureseries.eventbrite.com

Announcing: How to Play the Sondheim Way w/ Barry Joseph Thurs. Sept. 25th, 7pm-8:30pm Join us for a lecture/workshop! Discover how the playful approach to parlor games of the famed lyricist/composer Stephen Sondheim can inspire our own creative practices. RSVP: barryjosephworkshop.eventbrite.com

Playtest Thursday RETURNS next Thursday, Sept. 11th at the NYU Game Center! Our weekly in-house playtesting event where you can get feedback on work-in-progress games is back for the Fall 2025 semester! External guests of NYU who wish to join, please fill out this form: forms.gle/3EdgXVDe95P7...

We are LIVE NOW with a special edition of Game Center Live! twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

We are live NOW with the 2025 NYU Game Center Incubator Showcase! On Steam: store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesinNY And on Twitch: twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

We will be LIVE in just one hour with our showcase kicking off the Games in New York Steam Sale event! Featuring faculty (@halfrobot.com, Shawn Pierre), and indie scene friends @holywowstudios.bsky.social, @halfmermaid.co, @bysameng.com, and more! store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesinNY

Announcing: Games in NY Steam Sale event! A selection of more than 100 games made, set, or published in New York, on sale for one weekend! Join us Thurs 5/29 at 1pm EDT with a showcase on Twitch (twitch.tv/nyugamecenter) coinciding with the Sale page launch! More info at linktr.ee/nyugamecenter

NYU GAME CENTER SPRING SHOWCASE 2025 NEXT WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH, 6PM - 10PM Play at least 50 demos of student work made over this past year from a wide range of Game Center courses. Meet and chat with the devs at this huge end of year celebration! RSVP Here: gamecenterspringshowcase25.eventbrite.com

I remember playing this lil fungus when it was just a funny little spore that would reassemble its lil cel-shaded limbs at the @nyugamecenter.bsky.social and now it's grown up into an enormous co-op FPS shroom colony that ALL OF YOU CAN TRY

TOMORROW! 🔥NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Karina Popp🔥 Karina has a problem. Her problem is with game design and with the way we talk about games and what games have become in this century. Her only solution is to burn it all down. RSVP here: karinapopplectureseries.eventbrite.com

Join us online this Wednesday, April 30th at 4:00pm for the NYU Game Center Incubator Q&A! We will share more about the Incubator program, what do we offer and what is looks like to participate, the application dates and selection process. RSVP here to get the zoom link: bit.ly/3RGcixY

Announcing: NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Karina Popp Thursday, May 1st, 7:00pm - 8:30pm, 370 Jay Street and live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a talk and Q&A with Visiting Assistant Arts Prof at the Game Center, Karina Popp! RSVP Here: karinapopplectureseries.eventbrite.com

This is TONIGHT! It's not too late to RSVP to this Lecture Series talk with Christine Love and attend in person! RSVP here: christinelovelectureseries.eventbrite.com Can't make it IRL? Watch LIVE at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter See you there!

THIS THURSDAY! Game Center Lecture Series Presents Christine Love 7:00pm - 8:30pm 370 Jay Street & live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a talk and Q&A with @christinelove.bsky.social about building a game engine! RSVP: christinelovelectureseries.eventbrite.com Poster by www.xanthebouma.com

This talk with Christine Love is NEXT THURSDAY! RSVP here: christinelovelectureseries.eventbrite.com

Announcing: NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Christine Love Thurs. April 3rd, 7pm - 8:30pm, 370 Jay Street and live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a talk and Q&A with @christinelove.bsky.social about building a game engine! RSVP here: christinelovelectureseries.eventbrite.com

HUGE congrats to these NYU Game Center alumni for their wins at the 2025 IGF Awards last night! EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO Julián Cordero (BFA '19) for @despelote.game WINGS AWARD NUOVO AWARD SEUMAS MCNALLY GRAND PRIZE @qdork.bsky.social (BFA '16) and @apthomson.bsky.social (MFA '15) for playconsume.me

We are LIVE now with Nathan Grayson and Jordan Minor! www.twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

This is tonight! 7:00pm at the NYU Game Center Nathan Grayson in conversation with Jordan Minor about STREAM BIG RSVP to join in person: streambig.eventbrite.com Or watch LIVE on Twitch at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

come see @jordanwminor.bsky.social and me talk about video game books! this thursday!

In ONE WEEK - Stream Big - A Book Talk with @nathangrayson.bsky.social in conversation with @jordanwminor.bsky.social www.simonandschuster.com/books/Stream... Thurs. March 13th, 7pm - 8:30pm, 370 Jay Street RSVP to join in person: streambig.eventbrite.com Or watch live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

Incredibly flattered that @nathangrayson.bsky.social invited me to have this conversation on his awesome new book STREAM BIG and gaming books in general. Join us at NYU Game Center on Thursday 3/13 at 7pm EST! RSVP: streambig.eventbrite.com

Bonus announcement! In discussion with Nathan Grayson at this event will be @jordanwminor.bsky.social, author of "Video Game Of The Year" Nathan and Jordan will be discussing Nathan's new book "Stream Big" in addition to books on games & gaming culture. RSVP Here: streambig.eventbrite.com

Announcing: Stream Big - A Book Talk with Nathan Grayson Thurs. March 13th, 7pm - 8:30pm, 370 Jay Street AND live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a talk and Q&A with @nathangrayson.bsky.social about his book Stream Big, the definitive story of Twitch. RSVP Here: streambig.eventbrite.com