Skip to main content

gamecenter@nyu.edu

646-997-0708

370 Jay Street, 6th Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Follow Us!

Site made in collaboration
with CMYK

Accessibility
  • About
  • Academics
  • Events
  • People
  • Games
  • Blog
  • About
  • Academics
  • Events
  • Faculty
  • Students
  • Games
  • Blog
  • About
  • The NYU Game Center Incubator
  • 2020 Incubator Games
  • 2020 Incubator Games
  • Incubator Curriculum
  • 2014 Incubator Games
  • 2015 Incubator Games
  • 2016 Incubator Games
  • 2017 Incubator Games
  • 2018 Incubator Games
  • 2019 Incubator Games
  • Incubator Advisors & Cohort

2020 Incubator Games

The 7th NYU Game Center Incubator cohort adds four exceptional games to the forty-two games we’ve funded to date. AiliA, The Cheaters, SKIN, and Swordswallower will be supported by the growing ranks of Incubator advisors and alumni, all working together to bring these games to players and to jump start new game development studios in New York.

Working from June to August, this talented group of nine developers will create and execute a strategy for tackling the design, production, financial, marketing, and legal challenges of game development. Below you’ll find more information on each of the games as they begin that journey. We hope that you’ll follow their path from the Incubator to launched game!

logo of the bigglesworth family foundation

The success of the Incubator is made possible by support from many people and organizations. This year, the Bigglesworth Family Foundation will provide $25,000 in follow-on funding to at least one project whose team is composed of one or more developers from under-represented demographics. Increasing the amount of financial support we can provide developers after the Incubator has been a long-time goal of the Incubator, and we’re grateful for the Foundation’s support to make that possible.

new york state esd logo

The Game Center continues to receive substantial support from New York State Empire State Development. New York State is committed to long-term investment in the game development industry in the state. Learn more about how New York state is investing in games here.

Nothing to See Here!

by Eat Melon Studio – Mary A. Georgescu, Rachel Li, and Yuxin Gao

You are caught in a compromising situation with suspicious items. The only thing you can count on is your silver tongue. Nothing to See Here! is a creative storytelling card game where players make up stories to get themselves out of compromising situations.

Newsletter: Nothing to See Here!
Twitter: Nothing to See Here!
Discord: Eat Melon Studio
Twitch: Eat Melon Studio


hero image for SKIN game

SKIN

by Sarah Doukakos and Theo Doukakos

SKIN is a divination hunting game that mixes third person action and exploration with themes of pagan gods, horror, self discovery, and revenge.

You are Artemis, goddess of the hunt, stalking those who haunt your woods, and exacting a blood price for their transgressions. Players will solve puzzles in the form of blood magic/divination, speak to strange creatures with hidden motives, and discover new abilities as they fight macabre beasts and cruel gods in a moonlit forest.

TWITTER 


AiliA

by Chenwei Jin & Runyu Zhong

AiliA is a 3D perspective puzzle game where you use the reflected images in mirrors to alter the game world and solve the puzzles.  

TWITTER | ITCH.IO


poster for despelote game

Swordswallower

by Julia Del Matto & Uti Azulay

Swordswallower is a psych-goth action platformer where players traverse and fight only by throwing their massive enchanted sword. The player can’t jump, instead launching their sword into the environment and pulling themselves toward it with tremendous force. Around this unique mechanic is built a mysterious and hostile fantasy world that unfolds in every direction.

TWITTER | ITCH.IO


Featured Content

event

Global Game Jam 2021

  Kick-off 2021 by making a new game and meeting new game makers! This year, the Global Game Jam ...Read More

Launches, Awards, and Accomplishments – 2020 Highlights from the Game Center Community

news

Q&As with BFAs – Isiah & Maddy, Fall 2017

Isiah and Maddy are two of the NYU Game Center’s newest BFAs. Both started the BFA program in Fall ...Read More

event

Game Center at IndieCade East

IndieCade East is the premier gathering of game developers on the East coast. This year’s festival will feature an ...Read More

MFA Info Session

news

Watch Practice 2018 on YouTube!

If you missed out on PRACTICE 2018 June 21-23, you can now watch nine lectures from the conference on ...Read More

event

Beers and Betas at Brooklyn Brewery

  Join us in the Brooklyn Brewery tasting room to play our 2019 Incubator games! Sip on Brooklyn Brewery’s ...Read More

news

NYU Game Center Alumni Profile: Jenny Jiao Hsia

  This is a brief excerpt from an article by Eileen Reynolds for NYU News. Read the full article ...Read More