Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The debut of NY Games Week is almost here! We're so proud to be an inaugural partner of this city-wide event series and grateful to the many dev orgs around NYC making this happen. Next Thurs Oct 8, 5:30p, join us for a Special Edition of our famous PLAYTEST THURSDAY, in partnership with GameMaker! 1124
Reposted by Jake WeidnerGame Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 01/10/2026Please congratulate all of our #GDoCExpo2026 Grant winners 🙌🏾 💙Rhea Gupte & Prateek Saxena, Fishbowl - Game Devs of Color Expo Grant, $7,000 💚Hatim Benhsain & Hanwen Xu, coalescent || tidal rapture "Made in NY" Grant, $7,000 💙Ruofu Sun & Alice Yu, Bloomsome - "Made in NY" Grant, $7,000 #gamedev 17929
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happening 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... 074
Reposted by Jake WeidnerBrian S. Chung @brianschung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New 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... 12517
Reposted by Jake WeidnerCarol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 21/09/2026Send 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 06449
Reposted by Jake WeidnerExperimental 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.comexperimentalgamesshowcase.comExperimental Games ShowcaseSUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE 05839
Reposted by Jake WeidnerIGDA NYC @igdanyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Online 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.socialdocs.google.comDeveloper Application :: Games Week Live Kickoff BroadcastGames 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... 0108
Reposted by Jake Weidnerkrysti pryde 🌙 @pryde.bsky.social · 10/09/2026variety.com/2026/digital...variety.comNew York Games Week to Launch in October as First Citywide Video Game Industry EventThe first New York Games Week will take place Oct. 4-11 with video game industry-themed events, 0103
Reposted by Jake Weidnerdrew shapiro ✦ MUTAGEN Demo out now! @organzola.games · 22/08/2026The 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 511433
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We'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! 0214
Reposted by Jake WeidnerChris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 16/04/2026follow 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 165626
Reposted by Jake WeidnerChris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The first three slides. Hope to see folks in Brooklyn on 4/23! 5806
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 08/04/2026NYU 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)gcspringshow26.eventbrite.comNYU Game Center Spring Showcase 2026Join us for the annual NYU Game Center Spring Showcase! Play student games and chat with developers at this enormous display of projects! 0106
Reposted by Jake Weidnerboshi'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... 1209
Reposted by Jake WeidnerZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish is now available on Steam :o) We hope you enjoy <3 store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/...store.steampowered.comSave 10% on The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish on SteamA 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! 26631
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The 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 1203
Reposted by Jake WeidnerExperimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Everyone 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...schedule.gdconf.comExperimental Games Showcase | Agenda | GDC Festival of GamingThe 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... 1148
Reposted by Jake Weidnervibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 13/03/2026GDC 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...schedule.gdconf.comExperimental Games Showcase | Agenda | GDC Festival of GamingThe 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... 0142
Reposted by Jake WeidnerCarol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 06/03/2026Hey 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. 16913
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNicole He @nicole.pizza · 22/11/2025this is TONIGHT!! tickets still available! see you and your face there! 0102
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Finally, 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! 1126
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNat Mesnard @natmesnard.bsky.social · 14/11/2025My @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/...twentysidedstore.comSpotlight | NYU Game Design Days w/ Scryptid Games & Twenty SidedGame 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. ... 033
Reposted by Jake WeidnerExperimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Applications 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.comexperimentalgamesshowcase.comExperimental Games ShowcaseSUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE 12118
Reposted by Jake WeidnerCarol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 01/07/2025In 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/ISbamI5ODNQyoutu.beI Turned My Apartment Into an Escape RoomYouTube video by Carol Mertz 07014
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 29/05/2025We 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/GamesinNYstore.steampowered.comGames in New YorkGames set, published and designed in New York 1214
Reposted by Jake WeidnerLaura Eek!! Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Stop what you’re doing and read this cyber noir about the driving need to see how deep the rabbit hole goes 520373
Jake Weidner @jakeweidner.bsky.social · 15/05/2025It 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 110
Jake Weidner @jakeweidner.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I 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. 110
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025NYU 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 14717
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025I'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...polygon.comThe untold history of Barbie Fashion Designer, the first mass-market ‘game for girls’How Digital Domain and Mattel Media built Barbie’s wardrobe 632189538
Reposted by Jake Weidnerdespelote ⚽ 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. 261398538
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Bundle 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 #godotstore.steampowered.comSave 15% on Bundle of Joy on SteamBundle 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,… 99545
Reposted by Jake WeidnerAP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025also, @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...schedule.gdconf.comExperimental 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. 0182
Reposted by Jake WeidnerNYU Game Center @nyugamecenter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025HUGE 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 05415