Our 2026 Spring Showcase is TOMORROW at 6pm! Additional tickets were added and are going fast. Come check out over 50 student games, including projects from graduating students as well as a selection of games from our wide range of courses! RSVP Here: gcspringshow26.eventbrite.com

TOMORROW! Reggie Fils-Aimé in conversation with Joost Van Dreunen 7pm - 8:30pm RSVPs are sold out, but you can catch this event LIVE at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Watch former Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aimé, in conversation with esteemed NYU Stern professor Joost Van Dreunen

Late-breaking announcement: Reggie Fils-Aimé in conversation with Joost Van Dreunen Thurs. April 30th, 7pm - 8:30pm 370 Jay Street, Room 202 Join us for a special event from two experts in the business of video games! Ltd. public tix available at 11am EST TODAY! RSVP: reggienyu.eventbrite.com

This Thursday! Tickets are still available!

Want to make an analog game but don’t know where to start? Join us this Sunday for a FREE, all-ages workshop led by expert faculty. Learn principles of game design & build your own game! 📍 David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center ⏰ Sunday, April 19 @ 1pm 🎲 Just show up! More info: bit.ly/4dSmM9O

Tonight’s Playtest Thursday will have FREE PIZZA!! Come test new game ideas, grab a slice and hang out. Thanks to Medal.tv for making it happen. Catch their booth in the playtest room from 5:30–7:30p. NYC-based Medal is the fastest way to clip, save, and share PC gameplay. More info: medal.tv

NYU GAME CENTER SPRING SHOWCASE 2026 Wed. May 13th 6pm - 10pm 370 Jay St. 2nd Floor From Capstone & Thesis grad projects and beyond, play 50+ student games and chat with the developers at our annual end of year celebration! RSVP here: gcspringshow26.eventbrite.com Poster by Ava Pom (avapom.com)

Announcing: NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Chris Plante Thurs. Apr. 23rd, 7pm RSVP: chrisplantelectureseries.eventbrite.com (also live streaming at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter) @plante.bsky.social will provide a guided tour through 50 years of games media! Poster by @vor-bokor.bsky.social

Congratulations to ZIPIT! Games for their release of The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish! This game was part of the NYU Game Center's 2024 Incubator Program cohort and we're thrilled to see how far this project has come. Support the developers and check out the game on Steam!

This Thursday at the Game Center! Lili Ibrahim Lecture Series - 7:00pm Join us beforehand for Playtest Thursday, running from 5:30pm to 7:00pm! Please note PTT ends 30 minutes early to accommodate for the Lecture Series event. RSVP info for both events can be found here: linktr.ee/nyugamecenter

NEXT THURSDAY NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Lili Ibrahim Apr 2nd, 7pm - 8:30pm RSVP: monumentvalleylectureseries.eventbrite.com (Also live streaming at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter) Join us for a talk and Q&A with the Art Director for Monument Valley 3! Poster by @upongoblinhill.bsky.social

THIS SATURDAY! The Game Center is hosting the Independent Labor Club of NYC at 370 Jay Street for a panel on labor organizing in the game industry, moderated by Game Center instructor @literallyaking.com RSVP and more info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-fight...

The NYU Game Center would like to extend huge congrats to members of our community for their wins & nominations at the IGF and GDCA Awards this week at GDC! Including: Baby Steps - Excellence in Audio Titanium Court - Excellence in Design, Seumas McNally Grand Prize Consume Me - Social Impact Award

And just like that, it’s the last day of GDC. If you’re sticking around, there are some exciting final sessions from alumni and more great games to play. Congrats to everyone who gave a talk, demoed their game, first-time and returning attendees! We hope you had a wonderful time. Safe travels home!

⚠️ PSA for our community in New York ⚠️ Reminder that there is NO Playtest Thursday this evening due to most of our staff being at GDC! Next week there is also no Playtest Thursday due to Spring Break. Our next Playtest Thursday will be on March 26th - see you then!

GDC Day 4! A new round of exciting workshops, talks, student & incubator demos are happening all over Moscone Center today! Check out the poster for highlights from the Game Center family, but don’t forget to look through the official GDC app for the larger list of talks.

Here's a look at the New York State booth (Booth 1349) in the GDC Festival Hall! Come check out Game Center and RPI games here from 10:30am - 4:00pm!

GDC Day 3! In addition to all of the great conference sessions, today the show floor opens in the Festival Hall! Support student and Incubator games being demoed in the South Hall, booth 1349 until 3:00pm. Several groups will also be displaying their games all day at WERQWISE so stop by!

At GDC? Want free snacks, coffee, a place to rest and take meetings? Come check out the New York Business Lounge at WERQWISE SF, and play some indie games from NY! Just one block northeast of Moscone. Open all week and open to all, no GDC pass required! See you there!

Tuesday at GDC continues with more sessions and games! Check out the schedule to see where Game Center friends and alumni are speaking, and where you can catch student games being demoed.

Welcome to GDC 2026! See the attached schedule for highlighted sessions where Game Center friends & alumni are speaking, and where you can catch student games being demo’d. Stay tuned for more sessions & events this week! (RSVP for the NYU Game Center meetup here: forms.gle/qTTfMC1gjnRc...)

We'll be at GDC next week! Join us at the NYU Game Center meetup next Monday, March 9th from 5 - 8pm at WERQWISE (149 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor) Meet Game Center devs, catch up with alumni and friends of the department, and enjoy some refreshments! RSVP Here: forms.gle/qTTfMC1gjnRc...

THIS THURSDAY! On evenings with Lecture Series events, *PLAYTEST THURSDAY ENDS EARLY AT 7:00PM!* We will still have Playtest Thursday this week, but it will conclude 30 minutes early to accommodate for the lecture. To join the PTT guest list, fill out this form here: forms.gle/fPSCj9UE47YJ...

This event has reached capacity! We have opened up a Waitlist on Eventbrite which you may join. If tickets are freed up, they will be manually released to the Waitlist. If you can no longer attend and have an RSVP, please return it via Eventbrite! The Twitch stream does not require an RSVP!

NEXT THURSDAY "Why did I make this?" NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Bennett Foddy March 5th 7pm - 8:30pm RSVP: bennettfoddylectureseries.eventbrite.com (Also live streaming at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter) Join us for a career retrospective with @foddy.net! Poster by @cromsferatu.bsky.social

Join the NYU Game Center faculty! We're searching for artists, educators and scholars whose work reflects world-class creative research with global impact, and a profound commitment to teaching, mentorship and artistic leadership. More info here: gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...

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