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.
alt.ctrl.GDC
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.
