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No Quarter

Each year the No Quarter Exhibition premieres a selection of games commissioned by the NYU Game Center from independent game designers and developers at a free, public event.  For more videos of No Quarter Exhibitons, check out our Youtube channel. Since it began in 2010, No Quarter has helped fund the production of dozens of games in total, including award winners like Nidhogg and Hokra. Developers who have premiered new work at No Quarter include Terry Cavanagh, Zach Gage, Margaret Robertson, Ramiro Corbetta, Sophie Houlden, Bennett Foddy and Jan Willem Nijman. Each new work was created for the specific, social gallery setting of the Exhibition which brings out hundreds of people and is one of the anchoring events of the New York City independent game community.



A mountain of furry multicolor cats looks up to a moving red claw. The text No Quarter is on top (white color against a grey background) 2023

Motor Away Trip

Blake Andrews

Untitled (tbd)

Ben Blatt

Flora OS

Everest Pipkin

Untitled (tbd)

You+Pea


2022

Leisurely Eatery

AP Thomson + Jenny Jiao Hsia

Between

Claire Kwong

Factions: the Podcast (season 0)

Melissa Mcglensey + Douglas Wilson

Gol-E-Gol

Videogamo, Inc.


2019

Quinzena

Michael Brough

Follow

Marie Claire LeBlanc Flanagan

An Airport For Aliens Currently Run By Dogs

Xalavier Nelson Jr. 

Party Baby

Karina Popp

 


 

2018

Good Drawer

Brianna Lei

R.N.D

Ivan Safrin

MURDABOYZ

Ethan Redd

Arpongi

Ayla Myers

 


2017

Minorith

Auriea Harvey

Inconsiderate Climbers

Droqen (Alexander Martin)

Garden, Eternity, Shape

Kitty Horroshow

Asta Grande

Pietro Righi Riva

 


 

2016

Drawing Games

Holly Gramazio

SpaceChat

Brendon Chung

Witchball

Stephen Lawrence Clark

Breakup Squad

Catt Small


 

No Quarter 20152015

Beads of Orange Glass 

Loren Schmidt

Lesberation

Leah Gillman

Bum Rush

Nina Freeman

الموعود Al-maw’oud (The Promised)

Ramsey Nasser

 

“Each game boasted a sociopolitical element, not in the least bit overbearing but instead thought-provoking without obscuring the inherent entertainment element.” – Polygon 


 

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2014

Dog Park

Kevin Cancienne

Slam City Oracles

Jane Friedhoff

Consentacle

Naomi Clark

Corporate Vandals

Shawn Allen

“No Quarter games all had one thing in common: Each emphasized collaboration just as much, or more, as it did competition.” – Tom’s Guide


 

No Quarter 2013

2013

Bennett Foddy’s Speed Chess

Bennett Foddy

Killer Queen

Nikita Mikros & Josh DeBonis

There Shall Be Lancing

Sophia Houldon

Split Tree

Matthew LoPresti

“At [No Quarter], the communal comforts of yesterday’s game spaces live on apart from the commercial arena they once occupied, acting as a testing ground for new titles from some of the world’s top independent developers.” – The Verge


 

3rd Annual No Quarter

 

2012

Guts of Glory

Zach Gage

TENNNES

Jan Willem Nijman

Drunk Dungeon

Margaret Robertson

BaraBari Ball

Noah Sasso

“Play the next indie game sensations before everyone else.” – Kotaku


 

No Quarter 20112011

At a Distance

Terry Cavanagh

Hokra

Ramiro Corbetta

Clock

Luke O’Connor

A Good Player is Hard to Find

Charley Miller

“NYU Game Center isn’t the first place to accept games as they are, but as a well respected institution, it brings legitimacy to the whole field. ” – Kill Screen


 

No Quarter 20102010

Deep Sea

Robin Arnott

Niddhogg

Mark Essen

Recurse

Matt Parker

16 Tons

Nathalie Pozzi & Eric Zimmerman  

Read about No Quarter in the press:

  • “No Quarter Dares You to Look At Games as Sociological Artifacts” – Polygon
  • “Games in the Museum: How Do You Put Play on Display?” – Alphr
  • “No Quarter: Building Modern Arcade Games at NYU” – The Verge
  • “No Quarter for Old Men” – Kill Screen
  • “To-Do in New York: Play the Next Indie Game Sensations Before Anyone Else” – Kotaku

 

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