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Connect with game developers throughout the week!

Check out community spaces to relax, play games, and meet new people in themed areas for indie games, retro games, alternative controllers, and more.

Expo Floor Community Spaces

Game Audio

Chill out with video game music and join in on a jam session.

Visual Arts

Show off your art skills and connect with other artists.

Narrative

Collaborate in a story with your peers and relax with unique writing tools.

Game Design

Push the boundaries of game design and engage with your fellow designers.

IGF Pavilion

Play games nominated as finalists in the Independent Games Festival awards.

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Play inventive and innovative games using unique, one-of-a-kind controllers.

GDC Arcade Play

Delve into a selection of arcade games curated by The MADE.

Partner Community Spaces

Day of the Devs by iam8bit and Double Fine

See the greatest indie games, devs and players the universe has ever known.

Shut Up & Sit Down

Play the latest and greatest board games released this past year.

Climate Resilience through Game Technologies

Connecting game developers with life-saving interventions and resources, building community resilience to global climate change.

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