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The first three slides.

Hope to see folks in Brooklyn on 4/23!

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NYU Game Center Spring Showcase 2026 Join us for the annual NYU Game Center Spring Showcase! Play student games and chat with developers at this enormous display of projects!

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)

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[04/25 1-3 PM] Handcrafting Your world: A Photogrammetry & Godot Workshop in collab with @hapshapen.bsky.social !

RSVP on eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.com/e/handcrafti...

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Save 10% on The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish on Steam A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant, flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!

The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish is now available on Steam :o) We hope you enjoy <3

store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/...

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MFA alumni Jack Schlesinger accepting the Excellence in Audio Award for Baby Steps on stage at the IGF Awards, alongside Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and the award hosts and presenters.

MFA alumni Jack Schlesinger accepting the Excellence in Audio Award for Baby Steps on stage at the IGF Awards, alongside Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and the award hosts and presenters.

AP Thomson accepting the Seumas McNally Grand Prize award for Titanium Court on stage at the IGF Awards, alongside award presenter Jenny Jiao Hsia

AP Thomson accepting the Seumas McNally Grand Prize award for Titanium Court on stage at the IGF Awards, alongside award presenter Jenny Jiao Hsia

Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson accepting the Social Impact Award for Consume Me at the Game Developers Choice Awards, alongside the award host and presenter.

Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson accepting the Social Impact Award for Consume Me at the Game Developers Choice Awards, alongside the award host and presenter.

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

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Experimental Games Showcase | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming The Experimental Game Workshop Showcase, which featured games like 'Baba Is You', 'The Longing', 'Braid', 'Untitled Goose Game' and 'Katamari Damacy', is back for its 24th year at GDC! In this fast-pa...

Everyone attending @officialgdc.bsky.social, don't miss out on this year's Experimental Games Showcase today at 12:30pm (Room 2006)!

Plus, for the first time, an extra demo session at 2:50 (Room 3002) where you can play the amazing lineup of showcased games!

schedule.gdconf.com/session/expe...

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Experimental Games Showcase | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming The Experimental Game Workshop Showcase, which featured games like 'Baba Is You', 'The Longing', 'Braid', 'Untitled Goose Game' and 'Katamari Damacy', is back for its 24th year at GDC! In this fast-pa...

GDC folks: come to the Experimental Games Showcase in a few hours at 12:30pm! it's going to be another great year schedule.gdconf.com/session/expe...

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Hey y'all, reminder that I'll be at GDC giving two (2) talks!

Monday at 11:50, I'll be talking about how we can make board games better for the planet.

Friday at 12:30 (new time!) I'll be at the Experimental Games Showcase talking about how the escape room in my apartment made my friends cry.

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this is TONIGHT!! tickets still available! see you and your face there!

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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!

4 months ago 12 6 1 1
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Spotlight | NYU Game Design Days w/ Scryptid Games & Twenty Sided Game Design Days is a week-long NYU Game Center sponsored event highlighting indie game design and production, connecting students and game enthusiasts with professionals to inspire creative futures. ...

My @nyugamecenter.bsky.social Game Design Days event is gonna be so much fun. Just finished outlining the playstorming plan, and we'll be writing TTRPGs that take inspiration from TV and video games (like the delightful @sccreatives.bsky.social game Campanions!)

twentysidedstore.com/collections/...

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Experimental Games Showcase SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

Applications to be included in the 2026 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are now OPEN through October 24, 2025! Please send us the weird shit you're working on!

Learn more and apply on our NEW website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

6 months ago 21 18 1 2
I Turned My Apartment Into an Escape Room
I Turned My Apartment Into an Escape Room YouTube video by Carol Mertz

In case you missed it, I made an escape room in my apartment, and it ended up being a really powerful way to reconnect with my creativity, sense of self, and love for my friends.

It would mean a lot if you take the time to watch and share my development video about it! ♥️ youtu.be/ISbamI5ODNQ

9 months ago 70 14 0 2

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

10 months ago 21 4 1 2

Stop what you’re doing and read this cyber noir about the driving need to see how deep the rabbit hole goes

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It is not, I don't think it even has a name or any store pages yet, it's closer to what you mentioned wanting, and much more physics / player action focused. Polished unique art style too. Haha so not an actionable recommendation yet, just mentioning/teasing that something like this is coming

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I saw a decently polished/progressing demo of exactly this at a playtest night last week. Probably needs another 6mo to cook and no announcement yet afaik, but has a lot of what you'd expect from the genre and plenty of unexpected stuff & build variety already in there.

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Poster art by Michael DeForge featuring a large, skeletal illustration scratching its head and playing with a joystick, reading "NYU Game Center Showcase 2025, Wednesday, May 14th, 6pm - 10pm EST"

Poster art by Michael DeForge featuring a large, skeletal illustration scratching its head and playing with a joystick, reading "NYU Game Center Showcase 2025, Wednesday, May 14th, 6pm - 10pm EST"

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

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The untold history of Barbie Fashion Designer, the first mass-market ‘game for girls’ How Digital Domain and Mattel Media built Barbie’s wardrobe

I'm getting more sad about getting laid off. My work means so much to me. I'm a really good reporter. I've been getting scoops every single week lately, while also doing in-depth, award-winning reporting. I have good ideas!

New email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com

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⚽ despelote is OUT NOW on Steam, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Coming soon to Switch.

A bittersweet and sometimes dreamy semi-autobiographical tale of youth taking place in 2001 Quito, Ecuador.

Hecho con pasión.

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Save 15% on Bundle of Joy on Steam Bundle of Joy is a lighthearted, story-rich, minigame romp about becoming a parent during the pandemic. Complete all your child-rearing tasks, manage your stress, find time to rest, survive the day,…

Bundle of Joy is OUT NOW!

🎉 🎉 🎉

I can't believe it. I don't really know what to say. What a day.

Please go check it out on #Steam and @itch.io

store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...
essaygames.itch.io/bundle-of-joy

#indiegames #godot

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Experimental Games Showcase | 2025 Schedule | Game Developers Conference (GDC) Attend 750 sessions for game designers, programmers, artists, producers, audio, business, and marketing professionals over 5 days at GDC.

also, @qdork.bsky.social and i are gonna be talking about Consume Me at the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC! If you're in the right place (GDC) at the right time (during GDC), come check it out!! schedule.gdconf.com/session/expe...

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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

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Thanks Ted!

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