NYU Game Center

Announcing: NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents AP Thomson & Kenny Sun Thursday, Nov 5th, 7:00pm - 8:30pm 370 Jay Street, Lecture Hall 202 Join us for a conversation with the creators of Titanium Court and BALL x PIT! Poster by @planetsmudge.bsky.social thomsonsunlectureseries.eventbrite.com

🚨 We're extending our submission deadline to October 31! 🚨 One more week to submit your innovative, weird and experimental games to the 2027 Experimental Games Showcase at @officialgdc.bsky.social! Find the submission form and more info here: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

LIVE NOW on Twitch! NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Warren Spector www.twitch.tv/nyugamecenter

Game Design Days Event Proposal deadline extended to next Friday 10/23! There's still time to put together an application for $3,000 in event production matching funds for this year's edition of Game Design Days! Check out more details in the application link here: forms.gle/GAh7u7fCHLUb...

JAMKADIUM: Casual Game Jam Competition Oct. 23rd - 25th 370 Jay Street, 2nd & 6th Floors We've partnered with Arkadium to host a game jam focused on casual games with cash prizes for the top three games, & an opportunity to publish your game on Arkadium.com! Register here: itch.io/jam/jamkadiu...

NEXT THURSDAY! NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Warren Spector Thurs. Oct. 22nd, 7pm - 8:30pm 370 Jay Street, Room 202 Join this industry legend to help celebrate his retirement from games! More info and RSVP here: warrenspectorlectureseries.eventbrite.com

Game Design Days is a week of playful pop-up events and programming about game design, culminating in No Quarter! We are looking for Non-Profit Organization partners, and providing selected partners $3000 in matching funds to host an event. Application Due EOD Oct 16: forms.gle/qLQMeWBwHGVE...

'Play Like A Fan Girl' Book Launch! Tues. Oct. 13th, 12:30pm - 2:00pm Live at www.twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a lunch talk with Prof Ashley Guajardo! How do cosplayers, modders, fan artists, fan fic authors, & content creators build communities for marginalized & underserved fans of games?

'Play Like A Fan Girl' Book Launch! Tues. Oct. 13th, 12:30pm - 2:00pm Live at www.twitch.tv/nyugamecenter Join us for a lunch talk with Prof Ashley Guajardo! How do cosplayers, modders, fan artists, fan fic authors, & content creators build communities for marginalized & underserved fans of games?

Happening now! The @gdocexpo.com is hosting their NYC in-person watch party at OS NYC (50 Bowery, New York City) from 12pm - 10pm! Special thanks to Brian Chung ‘20 who is offering the NYU Game Center and community free tickets: use code "gdocNYU". Register for tickets at ti.to/GDoCExpo/202...

We're here at PLAY.NYC all weekend showing games from the Game Center Incubator 2025 cohort, debuting amazing demos from local teams that have just completed the program! Come say hi and ask us anything about game design, our programs, and our free public events, all running weekly!

We're open for the Summer Fun Fair! 370 Jay Street, 6th Floor 1pm - 6pm Tickets are still available until 5pm today! The event is completely free and welcome to all ages. Peruse our Library, play some retro games, and walk away with some board games! RSVP: gcsummerfunfair.eventbrite.com

Here's a sneak peek of just a small selection of games you could walk home with THIS SATURDAY at the NYU Game Center Summer Fun Fair! 🎲 Video games 🕹️ Board games 🎟️ Raffles 💜 All donations support the Library 📅 August 8 | 1–6 PM RSVP Here: gcsummerfunfair.eventbrite.com

Announcing: NYU Game Center Summer Fun Fair! Saturday, August 8th, 1pm - 6pm 370 Jay Street, 6th Floor Join us for an afternoon of free to play games & community! We will be accepting donations in exchange for board games from the Game Center Library's surplus. RSVP: gcsummerfunfair.eventbrite.com

NYU Tandon School of Engineering opened applications today for the second cohort of the NYC Game Design Future Lab (GDFL), the Brooklyn-based incubator for New York City's digital games industry. #NYUTandonMade engineering.nyu.edu/news/nyu-tan...

Applications for the 2026 - 2027 NYU Game Center Incubator are open NOW! Since 2014, the NYU Game Center Incubator has helped transform small independent game projects into polished, launched games. More info here: gamecenter.nyu.edu/apply-for-th... Apply here: forms.gle/4cKs8bcdRzCK...

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

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...

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!