Tons of NYU Game Center faculty, adjuncts, alumni, and students are speaking and showing games at the 2022 Game Developers Conference! Game designers from all over the world annually gather for GDC to discuss, play, and learn about the future of the game industry. This year GDC returns to an in-person event, and you can find folks from the NYU Game Center community all over the conference.

Wednesday night, be sure to tune into the annual IGF Awards to cheer on the nominated games from the NYU Game Center! This year, two of the five nominees for Best Student Game are made by NYU Game Center students and alumni, as well as one honorable mention. Throughout the GDC Expo, stop by the IGF booth to play the nominated games and say hi to Ethan, Mai, and Fan!

All times listed below are pacific.

TALKS

GAME NARRATIVE SUMMIT: THE NARRATIVE INNOVATION SHOWCASE 2022 featuring Clara Fernandez Vara (Faculty) – Monday March 21, 9:30-10:30am

EDUCATORS SUMMIT: TEACHING GAMES WITH GAMES 7: CHANGING THE GAME featuring Shawn Pierre (Faculty) – Tuesday, March 22, 10:50am – 11:50am

INDEPENDENT GAMES SUMMIT: INDIE GAMES AND OUR QUEER, SEX-POSITIVE REVOLUTION featuring Sharang Biswas (Adjunct Faculty) – Tuesday, March 22, 3:00 – 3:30pm

LEVEL DESIGN SUMMIT: TORCHBEARERS: NEW GENERATION IMMERSIVE SIM DEVELOPERS featuring Paris Stacy (BFA ’23) – Tuesday, March 22, 5:30 – 6:30pm

THE FUTURE OF GAME WRITING AND NARRATIVE DESIGN ROUNDTABLE (PRESENTED BY THE IGDA featuring Alex Bevier (MFA ’16) – Thursday, 2:00 – 3:00pm

EXPERIMENTAL GAMEPLAY WORKSHOP: 20TH ANNIVERSARY featuring Carol Mertz (MFA ’19) – Friday, March 25, 10:00am – 12:00pm

IGF

A huge congratulations to all of the NYU Game Center students and alumni nominees and honorable mentions for IGF awards this year! Watch the ceremony on Wednesday, March 23, 6:00pm PST / 9:00pm EST at twitch.tv/gdc.

Letter Lattice by Ethan Zarov (BFA ’22) 
Best Student Game, Finalist 

Nainai’s Recipe by Fan Fang (MFA ’21) & Mai Hou (MFA ’21)
Best Student Game, Finalist 

dumpling.love by the parks staff (MFA ’22)
Best Student Game, Honorable Mention 

Last Call by Nina Freeman (NYU ’14) & Jake Jefferies 
Excellence in Narrative 
Nuovo Award, Honorable Mention 

EXPO

Check out the Exploding Kittens booth in the Expo floor which features new work from the Exploding Kittens team including two alumni designers: Carol Mertz (MFA ’19) and Mary Gorgescu (MFA ’20)!