Game Devs of Color Expo
@gdocexpo.com
Our mission is to amplify the creative power held by people of color in games. We do this by organizing revolutionary events, uniting our vibrant community, & building access to knowledge, funding, and opportunities. EXPO: Sept 22-25
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The 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report is here! 📈
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
NYC #indiedev! 👋🏾
We’re bringing together game demos, networking, & community at the NY Tech Meetup: Gaming Edition!
🗓 Feb 9, 2026 (today!) | 6–9:30pm
📍 Civic Hall (14th St, NYC)
✅Play works-in-progress.
🎮Meet local devs + organizers.
🤝🏾 Connect with NYC’s indie game scene.
RSVP: luma.com/8hhnddff
We’re bringing together game demos, networking, & community at the NY Tech Meetup: Gaming Edition!
🗓 Feb 9, 2026 (today!) | 6–9:30pm
📍 Civic Hall (14th St, NYC)
✅Play works-in-progress.
🎮Meet local devs + organizers.
🤝🏾 Connect with NYC’s indie game scene.
RSVP: luma.com/8hhnddff
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
NYC #indiedev! 👋🏾
We’re bringing together game demos, networking, & community at the NY Tech Meetup: Gaming Edition!
🗓 Feb 9, 2026 (today!) | 6–9:30pm
📍 Civic Hall (14th St, NYC)
✅Play works-in-progress.
🎮Meet local devs + organizers.
🤝🏾 Connect with NYC’s indie game scene.
RSVP: luma.com/8hhnddff
We’re bringing together game demos, networking, & community at the NY Tech Meetup: Gaming Edition!
🗓 Feb 9, 2026 (today!) | 6–9:30pm
📍 Civic Hall (14th St, NYC)
✅Play works-in-progress.
🎮Meet local devs + organizers.
🤝🏾 Connect with NYC’s indie game scene.
RSVP: luma.com/8hhnddff
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GDOC rocks 🤭🤘🏾
The 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report is here! 📈
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
February 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
GDOC rocks 🤭🤘🏾
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We just released the 2025 Impact Report for Game Devs of Color. It's 39 pages of what we accomplished in 2025, since founding, and priorities for 2026 and beyond. Grateful to work with such a brilliant team.
The 2026 GDoCExpo is Sep 22 - 25, with speaker & game applications opening late Feb!
The 2026 GDoCExpo is Sep 22 - 25, with speaker & game applications opening late Feb!
The 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report is here! 📈
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
We just released the 2025 Impact Report for Game Devs of Color. It's 39 pages of what we accomplished in 2025, since founding, and priorities for 2026 and beyond. Grateful to work with such a brilliant team.
The 2026 GDoCExpo is Sep 22 - 25, with speaker & game applications opening late Feb!
The 2026 GDoCExpo is Sep 22 - 25, with speaker & game applications opening late Feb!
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LOOK AT THE COOL THINGS WE DID IN 2025!
Y'all ain't ready for 2026 ;D
Y'all ain't ready for 2026 ;D
The 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report is here! 📈
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
February 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
LOOK AT THE COOL THINGS WE DID IN 2025!
Y'all ain't ready for 2026 ;D
Y'all ain't ready for 2026 ;D
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Calling all devs, gamers, & desk dwellers! 🪑
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
Wellness for Geeks Who Sit - Game Developer Fitness (part 1)
YouTube video by Game Devs of Color Expo
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Calling all devs, gamers, & desk dwellers! 🪑
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
The 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report is here! 📈
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The 2025 Game Devs of Color Impact Report is here! 📈
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
🎮 300+ games featured in our Steam sale
▶ 40+ games showcased in our Direct
💰 $34,000 in grants, scholarships, & microgrants given to devs of color
…and so much more!
Dive into our report: www.gamedevsofcolor.org/impact-report
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth from all of us at ENTRY LVL! 🐲💚
We want to take a moment to celebrate Black #gamedevs and the gaming communities promoting Black voices year-round.
Give these communities a follow and tag Black game devs you know below. They deserve visibility, support, and recognition! ⬇️
We want to take a moment to celebrate Black #gamedevs and the gaming communities promoting Black voices year-round.
Give these communities a follow and tag Black game devs you know below. They deserve visibility, support, and recognition! ⬇️
February 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth from all of us at ENTRY LVL! 🐲💚
We want to take a moment to celebrate Black #gamedevs and the gaming communities promoting Black voices year-round.
Give these communities a follow and tag Black game devs you know below. They deserve visibility, support, and recognition! ⬇️
We want to take a moment to celebrate Black #gamedevs and the gaming communities promoting Black voices year-round.
Give these communities a follow and tag Black game devs you know below. They deserve visibility, support, and recognition! ⬇️
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(5/6) Game Devs of Color Expo (@gdocexpo.com) — a nonprofit celebrating and empowering developers of color in gaming through showcases, panels, talks, and opportunities to connect and get noticed.
🔗 www.gamedevsofcolor.org
🔗 www.gamedevsofcolor.org
Game Devs of Color Expo
Amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games.
www.gamedevsofcolor.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
(5/6) Game Devs of Color Expo (@gdocexpo.com) — a nonprofit celebrating and empowering developers of color in gaming through showcases, panels, talks, and opportunities to connect and get noticed.
🔗 www.gamedevsofcolor.org
🔗 www.gamedevsofcolor.org
Calling all devs, gamers, & desk dwellers! 🪑
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
Wellness for Geeks Who Sit - Game Developer Fitness (part 1)
YouTube video by Game Devs of Color Expo
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Calling all devs, gamers, & desk dwellers! 🪑
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
This workshop is designed to help you with those aches and pains we develop from being hunched over the latest project or finishing a campaign for fun.
Turn on this workshop and get some reps in💪🏽
youtu.be/tLF30gc5v0E
#GDoCExpoTalk #gamedev #fitness
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Happy 1 year anniversary to our debut game, Spirit Swap!
To celebrate we’ve teamed up with the incredible @noroadhome.itch.io to make a tarot based solo TTRPG where you too can be a spirit swapping witch!
We’re launching it very soon on Kickstarter for #ZineQuest💕
To celebrate we’ve teamed up with the incredible @noroadhome.itch.io to make a tarot based solo TTRPG where you too can be a spirit swapping witch!
We’re launching it very soon on Kickstarter for #ZineQuest💕
Coming soon: Spirit Swap: A Slice of Life TTRPG
A solo tabletop adventure using Tarot cards.
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Happy 1 year anniversary to our debut game, Spirit Swap!
To celebrate we’ve teamed up with the incredible @noroadhome.itch.io to make a tarot based solo TTRPG where you too can be a spirit swapping witch!
We’re launching it very soon on Kickstarter for #ZineQuest💕
To celebrate we’ve teamed up with the incredible @noroadhome.itch.io to make a tarot based solo TTRPG where you too can be a spirit swapping witch!
We’re launching it very soon on Kickstarter for #ZineQuest💕
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Don't forget to check out some amazing Black Femme Devs this Black History Month!!! 👩🏿💻🖤🎮
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Don't forget to check out some amazing Black Femme Devs this Black History Month!!! 👩🏿💻🖤🎮
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
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Coworking and The Spirit Lift!
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Coworking and The Spirit Lift!
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
Come hang out for some chatting and morning productivity, then let's show some love for @drmikachu.bsky.social and the @prettysmart.bsky.social team by playing their new game The Spirit Lift!
Game starts at 11:30a PT! Stream's live: twitch.tv/intelligame
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This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM
It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
Never thought you'd see yourself represented? Enter tabletop RPGs, a uniquely collaborative storytelling medium that can push the boundaries of what we expect from a genre through character & narrative creation.
Watch the #GDoCExpo talk: youtu.be/PNlZd2Nr04M
#ttrpg #gamedev
Watch the #GDoCExpo talk: youtu.be/PNlZd2Nr04M
#ttrpg #gamedev
Genre Remix Collaborative Storytelling Beyond Stereotypes
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February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Never thought you'd see yourself represented? Enter tabletop RPGs, a uniquely collaborative storytelling medium that can push the boundaries of what we expect from a genre through character & narrative creation.
Watch the #GDoCExpo talk: youtu.be/PNlZd2Nr04M
#ttrpg #gamedev
Watch the #GDoCExpo talk: youtu.be/PNlZd2Nr04M
#ttrpg #gamedev
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Thinking about all the fabulous @blackingaming.bsky.social developers I am so lucky to know and call my colleagues and community 🖤
Celebrate and uplift your fave blacks #gamedev this month and always!
#bhm
Celebrate and uplift your fave blacks #gamedev this month and always!
#bhm
February 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Thinking about all the fabulous @blackingaming.bsky.social developers I am so lucky to know and call my colleagues and community 🖤
Celebrate and uplift your fave blacks #gamedev this month and always!
#bhm
Celebrate and uplift your fave blacks #gamedev this month and always!
#bhm
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Very grateful for my team @gdocexpo.com and @theyetee.com for making this merch collab happen for our 2025 Expo! It was an honor to be able to pioneer this project for our 10th annual event and as always work with incredibly talented artists of color. 💚
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Very grateful for my team @gdocexpo.com and @theyetee.com for making this merch collab happen for our 2025 Expo! It was an honor to be able to pioneer this project for our 10th annual event and as always work with incredibly talented artists of color. 💚
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Shout out to all the amazing Black game developers, media, and creatives across every part of making games. I’m rooting for y’all year-round.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
February 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Shout out to all the amazing Black game developers, media, and creatives across every part of making games. I’m rooting for y’all year-round.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
Go follow Black folks making games. We’re often ignored, then imitated. Tag some Black devs below and follow the ones you don’t know yet.
According to the 2026 #GDC State of the Game Industry report, most game workers support unionization, & many are navigating layoffs, crunch, & uncertainty.
Community care, shared knowledge, & collective power matter!
Game Devs of Color Expo is proud to be part of improving the ecosystem💙💚 #gamedev
Community care, shared knowledge, & collective power matter!
Game Devs of Color Expo is proud to be part of improving the ecosystem💙💚 #gamedev
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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Escape into a haunted hotel filled with cute monsters and 90s nostalgia.
👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT is out now on Steam!
▶️ store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#newgame #indiegames #deckbuilder
👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT is out now on Steam!
▶️ store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#newgame #indiegames #deckbuilder
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Escape into a haunted hotel filled with cute monsters and 90s nostalgia.
👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT is out now on Steam!
▶️ store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#newgame #indiegames #deckbuilder
👻🏨 THE SPIRIT LIFT is out now on Steam!
▶️ store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#newgame #indiegames #deckbuilder
Congrats to the @prettysmart.bsky.social team, who released The Spirit Lift this week! We're so proud of the team! 🥳
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight!
Get it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight!
Get it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev
Save 10% on THE SPIRIT LIFT on Steam
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!
store.steampowered.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Congrats to the @prettysmart.bsky.social team, who released The Spirit Lift this week! We're so proud of the team! 🥳
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight!
Get it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight!
Get it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#gamedev
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Interdisciplinary artist and designer @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social goes into the development of The End of the Day, an award-winning interactive narrative that started as a solo RPG & turned into a deeply hopeful public audio installation.
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
From Digital to Physical Adapting a solo RPG into an IRL installation
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January 30, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Interdisciplinary artist and designer @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social goes into the development of The End of the Day, an award-winning interactive narrative that started as a solo RPG & turned into a deeply hopeful public audio installation.
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
Interdisciplinary artist and designer @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social goes into the development of The End of the Day, an award-winning interactive narrative that started as a solo RPG & turned into a deeply hopeful public audio installation.
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
From Digital to Physical Adapting a solo RPG into an IRL installation
YouTube video by Game Devs of Color Expo
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Interdisciplinary artist and designer @aprilsoetarman.bsky.social goes into the development of The End of the Day, an award-winning interactive narrative that started as a solo RPG & turned into a deeply hopeful public audio installation.
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
Watch this #GDoCExpoTalk: youtu.be/2N-3HxpZAi4
#gamedev
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THE SPIRIT LIFT is finally out!
If you need a chill horror roguelike deckbuilder in your life, we got you!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#indiegame #gamedev #horror
If you need a chill horror roguelike deckbuilder in your life, we got you!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#indiegame #gamedev #horror
Save 10% on THE SPIRIT LIFT on Steam
A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!
store.steampowered.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
THE SPIRIT LIFT is finally out!
If you need a chill horror roguelike deckbuilder in your life, we got you!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#indiegame #gamedev #horror
If you need a chill horror roguelike deckbuilder in your life, we got you!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727590/...
#indiegame #gamedev #horror
What can videogames can learn from their analogue counterparts? After all, some scholars argue that modern videogames owe their design & aesthetic trappings to old-school D&D.
Give @sharangbiswas.bsky.social's #GDoCExpoTalk a watch: youtu.be/t-szAZnkKGs?...
#gamedev
Give @sharangbiswas.bsky.social's #GDoCExpoTalk a watch: youtu.be/t-szAZnkKGs?...
#gamedev
What videogame designers can learn from analog RPGs
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January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
What can videogames can learn from their analogue counterparts? After all, some scholars argue that modern videogames owe their design & aesthetic trappings to old-school D&D.
Give @sharangbiswas.bsky.social's #GDoCExpoTalk a watch: youtu.be/t-szAZnkKGs?...
#gamedev
Give @sharangbiswas.bsky.social's #GDoCExpoTalk a watch: youtu.be/t-szAZnkKGs?...
#gamedev