Arcade Commons

Thank you everyone who came to our Nightmare Kart Launch party this past Thursday! Builds & events like this are only possible with community support. We would be delighted if you consider joining us at arcadecommons.org/fundraising patreon.com/arcadecommons Just $1 or $5/month goes a long way!

🍕🕹️ HELLO HELLO, it's time for an ALT CTRL GAMEJAM 🕹️🍕 itch.io/jam/get-tilted Join us this year and make a game for our motion-based tiltbox controller! This is our 3rd annual jam, and a great way to get started in alternative controller game design! No hardware experience required so COME ON IN

Here I am talking about Rocket Dog with @arcadecommons.org at MoMI yesterday! The arcade launch will be at @wonderville.nyc Saturday afternoon! (photo by @construct.goblinmo.de)

Thank you to all who came out to our Arcade Science event @movingimagenyc.bsky.social Open Worlds! We built circuits, playing games, and explored how the sciences inform play. Thank you also to our brilliant speakers, @mattfryed.bsky.social, @andymakes.itch.io, karimakes.com & robysoft.io!

Come build circuits with us on the first floor!

Hello, @movingimagenyc.bsky.social !

Today's the day!

Want to come out to any of these cool events? Here's the info! Museum of the Moving Image tomorrow: movingimage.org/event/arcade... Arcade launch on the 24th at 2pm: pools.events/event/LLkwap...

In anticipation of my MoMI talk with @arcadecommons.org tomorrow and the Rocket Dog arcade launch at @wonderville.nyc next weekend, I've released a new beta build of Rocket Dog on @itch.io! Lots of new obstacles and hazards in this build! Play here: andymakes.itch.io/the-indomita...

We hope to see all you gamers at this free event this Saturday! You can experiment with arcade hardware, talk to folks doing innovative work in the space, and play around with some unique alt.ctrl games coming from NYU ITP students! RSVP now to join us at the (open bar) reception 👉😎👉

We're setting up and excited to see you all @movingimagenyc.bsky.social this Saturday! Come by and join us for Arcade Science as part of Open Worlds! feat @chatgptcruiser.bsky.social and @mattfryed.bsky.social

I'm helping @arcadecommons.org with this event at The Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday! As part of a stacked lineup I'll be talking about using sine waves in games and art using examples from Rocket Dog to demonstrate, and the game will be playable after! movingimage.org/event/arcade...

On Saturday, Oct 17th, As part of MoMI's Open Worlds 2026, Arcade Commons will be presenting a day in celebration of the science of building arcade games! We hope you'll join us @movingimagenyc.bsky.social for a free look at the intersection of science, play, and DIY movingimage.org/event/arcade...

On Saturday, Oct 17th, As part of MoMI's Open Worlds 2026, Arcade Commons will be presenting a day in celebration of the science of building arcade games! We hope you'll join us @movingimagenyc.bsky.social for a free look at the intersection of science, play, and DIY movingimage.org/event/arcade...

QUALIA returns to MAGFEST this (next??) Jan 2027!!!!!! come touch it!!!!!!

Overjoyed to see @arcadecommons.org showcasing a sea of new games, including @b0tster.yeag.gay Nightmare Kart >< Happy to see Long Island rejoining with the RetroCon, had fun with the photos and gf got to meet Kinger! Also Pennywise:)

We had a blast being a part of @liretro.bsky.social last weekend! Thanks to all the friendly folk that came by, played our games, chatted, joined our discord, picked up merch, and shared the joy of the arcade with us!

We're starting this lovely weekend at #CEO2026 with the debut of Ladybug-on-Legs! Huge shout out to @construct.goblinmo.de for the original poster that inspired the side art!!!

We passed the initial goal in 4 days! So we've upped it - let's push forward to $200k!! Thanks to everyone for buying the bundle and sharing wherever you can.

proud to include Dyebreaker in this bundle. seen so many talented peers lose their jobs and what strikes me is how often these people are the BEST at what they do, which draws them onto important new projects that need their skill, which are then vulnerable to cuts or cancellation. it's so backwards

I'm giving a talk at Brooklyn Web Workers this upcoming Monday, come on out and say hi!

Rocket Dog v0.06 Beta is available now on @itch.io! There's been so much cool stuff added to make the game look and sound like a real thing in the last few months, it was killing me that the beta didn't reflect all of it! A lot of new art and music. Full credits on the page! indomitablerocket.dog

Experience the most original and unique arcade titles by the most dynamic collective of artists, developers, designers, and fabricators merging gaming and art in a special @arcadecommons.org showcase exhibit at LI Retro this August 7-9! LIRetro.com

We have a brand new website! It's chock-full of information about each one of our cabinets along with pictures, ways to get in touch, and more! arcadecommons.org

*New game* release event for @molleindustria.org's upcoming Future? No Thanks! Next Monday, July 20th at boshi's place RSVP here: pools.events/t/accw2dqp/

NYU's Game Design Future Lab: Apply for Incubator! For Creative Tech/Platform Co's or Game Studios Up to 8 slots, start Nov 2, at least one founder must live FT in NYC July 30: Info Session Aug 7: Deadline to apply #NYMakesGames @nyutandon.bsky.social @mitukhandaker.com

at wonderville playing the transgender indie arcade racing machine @b0tster.yeag.gay

happy birthday, Dyebreaker! we got you this digital soundtrack release with original art from Dyebreaker character artist Ramsey Haefner Devin Curry composed such a kickass OST and i’m beyond psyched to have it available on Bandcamp (more platforms soon) junglebirdrecs.bandcamp.com/album/dyebre...

dyebreaker anniversary tomorrow 😈

Come help finish this amazing documentary! We need help from an amazing editor:

If you're curious about Hypnogenesis, a video feedback space shooter, @allenriley.com edited our @exgs.bsky.social talk from @officialgdc.bsky.social into a clean video with lots of game footage! #indiegames #videofeedback www.youtube.com/watch?v=n38C...

hey if you're in Austin come play my arcade game next Friday, July 10th, for the release anniversary don't worry if you've never played, seems like every tournament we have at least one finalist who had never played the game before. we'll have some fun prizes too. come through and bring a friend 🤝

📣🕹️SUBMISSIONS ARE LIVE FOR MAGFEST 2027🕹️📣 Do YOU have an alt ctrl game? Or an art installation? Or somethin else cool? - Go here: super2027.reg.magfest.org/showcase/apply - Tell us bout your thing that you made and you want to show to people (form closes July 31st!) - See you @magfest.org, Jan 7-10

for an alternate take on 90's nostalgia, you guys should check out the video of my talk i did earlier this year at @boshis.place if you haven't www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6wg...

Namco's exercise bike-powered flying contraption is almost 30 years old, so we tracked down the game's director to look back.

📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

we're hosting a watch party for @gameworkerscon.bsky.social may 22-23! it's a free, online conference by & for workers organized by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. please use the qr code to rsvp! there will be snacks, swag, park hangs during breaks, & we can learn how to build worker power together.

Hypnogenesis has a wishlist page on Steam! After the response that @allenriley.com and I got at GDC we decided to make a home version! I think we're the only game on Steam that mentions Nam Jun Paik in the description. store.steampowered.com/app/4545390 #indiedev #videofeedback #indiegames

You all once again proved that your love of Nightmare Kart is too powerful for our humble contraption. The shifter base broke right off! So @mattfryed.bsky.social busted out the big guns. The new console has an all metal interior, soon to be welded together. Now it'll really be able to take a hit 🤘

Come help us make arcade games! I’m hype as hell that we’re making a cab for Ziggurat and we want to give new people an opportunity to make handcrafted arcade machines! bsky.app/profile/arca...

As part of a brand new build for Super Rad Arcade in Lynchburg, VA, @mattfryed.bsky.social and Michael Consoli bring you a second version of Nothing Good Can Come Of This! Who says you can't make your own spray booth in a pinch? Refreshed art by @chriscariot.bsky.social :)

"Icarus Proudbottom's Typing Party," our two-player typing arcade cabinet, will be in the lobby of the Museum of the Moving Image (@movingimagenyc.bsky.social) for the next six months! Thanks to the museum for this opportunity and for @wonderville.nyc for making it happen!

in 2017, I saw @arcadecommons.org at MAGFest and said "I could probably do that" Today marks 9 years since my very first project teaching myself to solder

After the Experimental Gameplay Showcase we’ll be bringing Hypnigenesis to Boshi’s Place x Syzygy! checkout.square.site/merchant/ML1...

Andy Wallace and I showed and discussed Hypnogenesis at a video game concept art exhibition curated by Steph Ng and Meha Murthy at Little Raven Gallery in San Francisco on March 12, 2026. The show also featured microtalks by game designers including Richard Lemarchand and Bridget Winn.

Doom Drop arcade cabinet release party at @wonderville.nyc in one week, on Friday the 13th! 🤘 www.wonderville.nyc/events/doom-...

The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential! gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...

This is TOMORROW!

The refurbishment of Nothing Good Can Come Of This is complete, thanks to @chriscariot.bsky.social, @alexpanait.bsky.social, @mattfryed.bsky.social and developer Michael Consoli! Come through @wonderville.nyc on Sat. Feb 21st for a celebration featuring new game modes, tournament, and prizes!