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Jake Weidner

@jakeweidner.bsky.social
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#Gamedev Jake of All Trades! Admin & Industry Liaison at NYU Game Center Advisor for Experimental Game Workshop team at GDC Formerly a Producer at: Pontoco, Pixelberry, Funomena

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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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...
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Brian S. Chung @brianschung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New York City has a #GDoCExpo Watch Party! - Hosted by @sharpiepls.com - The conference and the Direct on a huge screen - Structured networking / games - Awarding thousands in development grants - Community Arcade (show your game!) Giving away 10 free tickets (normally $10) - ti.to/GDoCExpo/202...
Game Devs of Color Expo 2026 Watch Party in New York City. Group photo of maybe 40 or so people crowded on a stage in front of a huge screen. A few people are holding giant checks for the grant funding they won.
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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 21/09/2026
Send us your experimental game — we wanna help you show it off! Get a chance to share your project onstage at GDC next spring, and help us inspire more people to make strange and experimental projects that change how we think about games. <3
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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 Applications are now OPEN for the 2027 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC! 📣 You have until October 23rd to send us all the weird, innovative and unique things you are working on. More info and apply here: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
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Experimental Games Showcase
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IGDA NYC @igdanyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Online showcase opportunity for NYC / East Coast USA devs. Games Week Live is October 4 on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok, and kicks off NYC Games Week. Applications due Sep 18 with final video assets due Sep 25. /ht @brianschung.bsky.social
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Developer Application :: Games Week Live Kickoff Broadcast
Games Week Live is the kickoff broadcast for NYC Games Week, streamed live October 4 on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok. For two hours, the show spotlights New York and East Coast game studios and develop...
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krysti pryde 🌙 @pryde.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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New York Games Week to Launch in October as First Citywide Video Game Industry Event
The first New York Games Week will take place Oct. 4-11 with video game industry-themed events,
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drew shapiro ✦ MUTAGEN Demo out now! @organzola.games · 22/08/2026
The demo for MUTAGEN is out NOW! 👾 Explore a lush, interconnected alien ecosystem that reshapes itself each time you die. Absorb mutations from your fallen kin to reach new areas and adapt to your surroundings. Find your own solutions, and unearth the planet's many secrets. #gamedev #indiegame
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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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!
NYU Game Center Booth at the PLAY.NYC convention, showing demos for Mutagen and coalescent || tidal rapture, with additional information about university and public game center programsNYU Game Center Booth at the PLAY.NYC convention, showing demos for Paper Rook's The Midas Archive and Ventreville: A Cure For Sorrow
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
follow up! Please share links to where you get original games reporting. Someone got a quote, did an interview, dug up new information, broke news. Can be individual reporter, newsletter, magazines, sites, video channels, podcasts, anything Bonus: share a recent reported story you liked
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The first three slides. Hope to see folks in Brooklyn on 4/23!
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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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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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!
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 10/04/2026
[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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ZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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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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!
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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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
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 HsiaJenny 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.
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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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...
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vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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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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...
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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 06/03/2026
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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Nicole He @nicole.pizza · 22/11/2025
this is TONIGHT!! tickets still available! see you and your face there!
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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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!
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Nat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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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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. ...
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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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
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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 01/07/2025
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
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I Turned My Apartment Into an Escape Room
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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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
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Games in New York
Games set, published and designed in New York
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Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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
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"
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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 www.polygon.com/23776996/bar...
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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
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despelote ⚽ OUT NOW! @despelote.game · 01/05/2025
⚽ 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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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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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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,…
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AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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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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.
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NYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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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