See us at GDC 2019!
Faculty, staff, and students from the NYU Game Center will be in San Francisco for the 2019 Game Developers Conference! Play our games, see talks from our alumni and faculty, and stop by our booth to chat with staff, students, and faculty!
Meet Us in Our Expo Booth!
North Hall, Near the IGF Pavilion
Wednesday & Thursday 10AM-6PM, Friday 10AM-3PM
Playtesting: 5-6PM, Wednesday & Thursday
Stop by our booth to play a rotating selection of games made by our students, faculty, and alumni, talk with students and staff about the program, and enjoy a slice of New York City in the Expo hall.
We’re also bringing our Playtest Thursday to GDC! For the last hour of the Expo on Wednesday and Thursday, anyone and everyone is welcome to set up their games in our booth. There, NYU Game Center faculty, students, and fellow conference-goers will give feedback on your games. Free and open to all!
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- Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
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- Beglitched
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- Cibele
See Talks & Play Games
From Our Faculty, Students, and Alumni
We’ve got a busy week at GDC, be sure to swing by a talk or check out our games at the IGF Pavilion, the Intel Student Showcase, and the Indie Megabooth!
Monday
- WORKSHOP: Game Design Workshop Day 1 – Frank Lantz (Department Chair)
- PANEL: The Narrative Innovation Showcase 2019 – Clara Fernandez-Vara (Faculty) & Matthew Weise (Adjunct Faculty)
- PANEL: Teaching Puzzle Design – Naomi Clark (Faculty, Interim Co-Chair)
- PANEL: Been There, Done That: Lessons from Developing >1 Game Program – Eric Zimmerman (Faculty, Interim Co-Chair)
- PANEL: Personal Experiences as Games – Jenny Jiao Hsia (BFA ’17)
- CO-TALK: Put Your Name on Your Game, a Talk by Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage – Bennett Foddy (Faculty)
- TALK: Stone Soup: Procedurally Mixing Student Projects to Teach Flexible System Design – AP Thomson (MFA ’16, Adjunct Faculty)
- TALK: How to Teach Game Design: A Fundamentals Class – Eric Zimmerman (Interim Co-Chair)
- TALK: Extreme Makeover Game School Edition: Do it with or without a Grant – Toni Pizza (MFA ’14, Project Coordinator)
- TALK: Board Game Design Day: Why Indirect or Zero Player Interaction Can Be Great – Gil Hova (Adjunct Faculty)
- TALK: One Hundred Versions of ‘Losswords’ – Eric Zimmerman (Faculty, Interim Co-Chair)
- POSTER SESSION: Narrative Summit Poster Session – Featuring 2019 Winners Rachel Moeller (MFA ’19) and Nicholas Carbonara (BFA ’19)
- PLAY: Visit Sig Gunnarsson (MFA ’15), Vanessa Briceno (MFA ’15), and more of our alumni and students at the Shut Up & Sit Down Board Game Lounge!
Tuesday
- WORKSHOP: Game Design Workshop Day 2 – Frank Lantz, Department Chair
- PANEL: Mobile Game Designers Notebook 2019 – Eric Zimmerman (Faculty, Interim Co-Chair), Alexander King (MFA ’17, Adjunct Faculty)
- POSTER SESSION: Narrative Summit Poster Session – Featuring 2019 Winners Rachel Moeller (MFA ’19) and Nicholas Carbonara (BFA ’19)
- PLAY: Visit Sig Gunnarsson (MFA ’15), Vanessa Briceno (MFA ’15), and more of our alumni and students at the Shut Up & Sit Down Board Game Lounge!
Wednesday
- ROUNDTABLE: The Future of Narrative Design & Game Writing Roundtable – Alexander Bevier (MFA ’16)
- MICROTALKS: Advocacy Microtalks: 20 Slides for Healing and Growing in 2019 – Mitu Khandaker (Faculty)
- PLAY: Hellcouch @ alt.ctrl GDC
- PLAY: Losswords @ the Indie Mega Booth
- PLAY: Circle0 & levedad @ the IGF Pavilion
- PLAY: Visit Sig Gunnarsson (MFA ’15), Vanessa Briceno (MFA ’15), and more of our alumni and students at the Shut Up & Sit Down Board Game Lounge!
Thursday
- MICROTALKS: Sexy Microtalks: Making Intimacy, Romance, and Sex in Games – Naomi Clark (Faculty, Interim Co-Chair) & Robert Yang (Facutly)
- PLAY: Moncage @ the Intel University Showcase
- PLAY: Hellcouch @ alt.ctrl GDC
- PLAY: Losswords @ the Indie Mega Booth
- PLAY: Circle0 & levedad @ the IGF Pavilion
- PLAY: Visit Sig Gunnarsson (MFA ’15), Vanessa Briceno (MFA ’15), and more of our alumni and students at the Shut Up & Sit Down Board Game Lounge!
Friday
- PLAY: Losswords @ the Indie Mega Booth
- PLAY: Hellcouch @ alt.ctrl GDC
- PLAY: Circle0 & levedad @ the IGF Pavilion
- PLAY: Visit Sig Gunnarsson (MFA ’15), Vanessa Briceno (MFA ’15), and more of our alumni and students at the Shut Up & Sit Down Board Game Lounge!