The Game Center Booth Jam
At this year’s Game Developers Conference Expo we’re making a game!
At the Game Center booth, our MFA students will create an entire game from scratch within the twenty-one hour duration of the Expo. Stop by and talk with our students, who will be demonstrating what working at the Game Center looks like. Booth visitors will be given opportunities to vote on and shape the direction of the game.
Our booth will also feature student work that includes second year MFA thesis games, digital projects from our studio and prototyping classes, and MFA games that were created at jams we’ve hosted.
Play other Game Center student work at the IGF Showcase! IGF Student Finalist Foiled! by NYU undergraduate Gabe Cuzzillo was developed with advisement by Game Center Professor Bennett Foddy.
If you’re at the GDC Expo, visit our booth to play what’s being made in NYC, see our design students at work, and talk with students, faculty, and staff about the program!
Talks, Workshops, and Panels
Our faculty and students will be at GDC presenting on a range of topics from education, to narrative, to experimental game play across the various conference tracks. Click on the session title to learn more about it.
Frank Lantz
Rant Apocolypse: 10th Anniversary Mega Session – Thursday, March 20, 11:30AM
Game Design Workshop – Monday & Tuesday, March 17 & 18, 10AM
Hearts and Minds – Thursday, March 20, 4PM
Eric Zimmerman
Rant Apocolypse: 10th Anniversary Mega Session – Thursday, March 20, 11:30AM
Bennett Foddy
Experimental Gameplay Workshop – Friday, March 21, 2:30PM
Katherine Isbister
Teaching Games with Games: 7 Exercises in Play – Monday, March 17, 11:15AM
Game Design Education 10+ Years In: Where to Take the Field From Here – Monday, March 17, 5:05PM
Robert Yang
Game Educators Rant – Tuesday, March 18, 4:30PM
Phoenix Perry
Teaching Games with Games: 7 Exercises in Play – Monday, March 17, 11:15AM
Naomi Clark
Teaching Games with Games: 7 Exercises in Play – Monday, March 17, 11:15AM
MFA Students
Student Narrative Analysis Posters – Monday & Tuesday, March 17 & 18, 12:30PM
We’re proud to announce that out of hundreds of talented applicants from game design schools across the country, MFA student Pierre Depaz was selected as a Platinum winner and MFA Shoshana Kessock was selected as a Gold winner. Both will present their papers at the Student Narrative Analysis Posters.