Sep 18–21, 2024

Help us level the playing field for creators of color.

Game Devs of Color Expo is a labor of love, organized by a small handful of volunteers. We can’t do it alone. Sponsorship helps us make bigger, better events that reach more people — which ultimately provides a larger platform for our diverse community.

Make your mark with a broad, diverse audience

The Game Devs of Color community features international creators and garners attention from attendees around the world. We are supporting and uplifting voices in games that are creating interesting and powerful work but do not have the same level of access to reseources as those with more privilege. You have the opportunity to align with and learn from the future of our globalizing world.

Some of the 2020 Sponsors
Xalavier Nelson giving a talk
We are growing

Over six years, the Game Devs of Color Expo has transitioned from a single-day event to a 4 day festival featuring the work and voices of creators of color. In 2020 we highlighted 31 speakers and 36 games across talks, panels, game developer interviews, trailer reveals, and a Steam event called Gradient Convergence. Over 1500 people attended the ticketed portions of our event, and 700k viewers checked out Gradient Convergence.

Crowd of beautiful people at the Schomburg Center in Harlem

Help us level the playing field for creators of color.

Game Devs of Color Expo is a labor of love, organized by a handful of passionate creators. We can’t do it alone. Sponsorship helps us make bigger, better events that reach more people — which ultimately provides a larger platform for our diverse community.

Sponsor the event

Make your mark with a broad, diverse audience

The Game Devs of Color community features international creators and garners attention from attendees around the world. We are supporting and uplifting voices in games that are creating interesting and powerful work but do not have the same level of access to resources as those with more privilege. You have the opportunity to align with and learn from the future of our globalizing world.

We know talent

The industry is only improved by those who are willing to push it forward. Game Devs of Color is an active part of the change. We have a proven track record of investing in talented creators of color. Games shown at this event are high-quality and bring a fresh perspective to design thinking. Creators who have spoken and participated in our games showcases have gone on to win awards at other well-known industry events.

We keep growing

Over eight years, the Game Devs of Color Expo transitioned from a single-day event to a 4-day festival featuring the work and voices of creators of color. In 2022 we highlighted 75+ games and 80+ speakers across talks, panels, game dev interviews, trailer reveals, and our Steam event called Gradient Convergence. Over 1,150 people attended the ticketed portions of our event, and 600k+ viewers visited Gradient Convergence.

Thanks to our 2023 sponsors

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Grants and scholarships

We invest in makers

Funding is a major issue for most developers, especially developers of color. Incredible games have failed or gone unreleased from a lack of funds. We’re partnering with games industry leaders to help game creators of color make innovative games in a sustainable way.

We want to thank you for the opportunity to get this grant … This grant will help us make Love Shore as good as it can be, and also help us continue making narrative games in the future.
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Son M. and Emmett Nahil of Perfect Garbage, 2020 grant recipient
Last year I was really blown away by the caliber of the exhibitors and the unique talks on game design, so it’s really humbling to accept this grant among so many amazing developers in this community.
Sisi Jiang, 2020 grant recipient
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We open doors for our community

Game Devs of Color Expo partnered with the Game Developers Conference to bring amazing creators of color to GDC. GDC can be a career-defining conference, but ticket prices can place it out of reach for many developers. Our 2023 scholars were provided All Access passes. We aim to create an intersectional group and include scholars of different experience levels.

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Media partners

For over 7 years, Game Devs of Color Expo has been a venue for minority developed titles that might get lost in the shuffle.

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Game Devs of Color is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Financial contributions to the Game Devs of Color Expo are charitable and tax-deductible.

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Game Devs of Color is run by a diverse team of game creators and gaming enthusiasts who believe that games are for everyone. We actively work to increase the number of successful games made by people of color.

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