Make It in Brooklyn: Brooklyn Play Jam & Tech Showcase

Join Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) and NYU Tandon School of Engineering for the Make It in Brooklyn Play Jam & Tech Showcase. This evening spotlights the work of current Game Design Future Lab (GDFL) cohort members, giving attendees a rare opportunity to see the program progress at the six months mark. The event will also feature projects from the NYU Game Center Incubator, showcasing Brooklyn’s most innovative emerging game creators. 

What to Expect 

• Cohort Showcases: Short demos from GDFL members, featuring games, interactive projects, and experimental work. 

• Incubator Projects: Selected teams from the NYU Game Center Incubator will showcase their latest work. 

• Interactive Play: Hands-on exploration of projects with the creators, plus opportunities to provide feedback. 

• Community Mixer: Connect directly with designers, industry professionals, and fellow attendees. 

About the GDFL companies

 CYBRLICH Studios – Building CYBRLICH and the Death Cult of Labor, a narrative-driven, hand-animated first-person shooter offering a fresh take on genre classics. 

 Made in Brooklyn Games – Creators of the hit VR game Don’t Look Away, building rich experiences with emerging technology and social commentary. 

 Munity Games – A cooperative studio creating Shootlanzer, an arcade shoot-em-up game. 

 Remixing Reality – Building a no-code platform for creating and deploying AR experiences across any AR device. 

 Sapient Technology – Developing scalable GenAI tools integrated within Unreal Engine to streamline game development workflows. 

NYU Game Center Incubator Participants Include: 

Abigail by Games for my Computer
In this narrative-focused game, Abigail must navigate her splintered friend group and explore vibrant handcrafted neighborhoods, each with their unique way of playing the ubiquitous folk game Azulejo.  

coalescent | tidal rapture by Games for my Computer 
A hypnagogic 3d swimming/entanglement adventure game about harmonizing and want. Dive into a world of merpeople who are transforming and discovering casual relationships through the eyes of a floater who’s just been dumped and refuses to evolve. Told in 3 chapters.  

 Mutagen by organzola
 Explore an alien ecosystem that reshapes itself each time you die. Mutate to reach new areas and adapt to your surroundings. Find your own way to brave the planet’s dangers and unearth its deepest secrets.

DBP’s Make It in Brooklyn is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and supporting Brooklyn’s innovation ecosystem through its series of pitch contests, meet-ups, and panels. These initiatives have united hundreds of entrepreneurs and provided over $100K in seed funding, along with invaluable pro-bono professional services.   

About NYU Game Design Future Labs + NYU Game Center Incubator 

The Game Design Future Lab (GDFL) focuses on digital game design, development, infrastructure for games and emerging media with the aim of increasing video gaming production for the current ecosystem, business growth of indie studios and supporting NYC entrepreneurs and digital game developers moving forward. Since 2025, our incubator program, backed by NYCEDC, has been helping a select cohort of companies in their mission to develop sustainable growth in NYC. 

The NYU Game Center is the Department of Game Design at the Tisch School of the Arts. Since 2014, the NYU Game Center Incubator has helped transform small independent game projects into polished, launched games. With the help of our faculty as well as a dedicated group of industry advisors, the program provides time, space, guidance and resources to help set teams up for success.   

Learn more about NYU Game Design Future Lab and NYU Game Center incubator.