ROC Game Dev is an organization dedicated to fostering a community of game creators in Rochester, NY. Our mission is to provide a local platform for game creators at beginner, amateur, and professional levels to learn, share, and collaborate in all aspects of building games.

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3	4	5	6 RGD: Project Presentation Night RGD: Project Presentation Night November 6, 2025 12:00 am - 2:00 am RIT MAGIC Spell Studios, 300 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623, USA RGD returns to MAGIC with pizza! We meet up on the first Wednesday of every month to do show-and-tell of our projects, discuss game development techniques, art, or music and otherwise hang out and chat! This event is free and open to the public. We will be meeting downstairs in the lobby. Join and follow ROC Game Dev: https://www.facebook.com/rocgamedev/ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/j6sS2hy Twitter: twitter.com/rocgamedev Web: http://rocgamedev.com/ Parking: Park in Lot E. The MAGIC building is straight ahead. It's the building with a glass front and large MAGIC sign off to the left. http://maps.rit.edu/ Special thanks to MAGIC for hosting us! https://www.facebook.com/ritmagic/ See more details esc to leave: games by droqen + live demos esc to leave: games by droqen + live demos November 6, 2025 11:00 pm - November 7, 2025 2:00 am Visual Studies Workshop, 36 King St, Rochester, NY 14608, USA From VSW: VSW will host a two-night pop-up arcade with droqen (Alexander Clair Tseu Martin), a Toronto-based experimental video games artist. droqen’s work often takes the form of the 2D platformer, mixing action, puzzles, performance, and poetry to interrogate games and play. This interactive installation of games from across droqen’s career will be fully playable, and the artist will be present. On Thursday November 6, the arcade will be open from 6-9pm, with a live demo/artist talk with droqen and VSW Assistant Curator nilson carroll at 8pm. For folks who can’t make it on Thursday or want more time to play in the arcade, esc to leave will also be open on Friday November 7 (First Friday), 6-9pm. $10 suggested donation/pay-what-you-can/members free https://www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/salon-fall-2025/nov-6-7-esc-to-leave-games-by-droqen/ See more details • •	7 esc to leave: games by droqen + live demos esc to leave: games by droqen + live demos November 6, 2025 11:00 pm - November 7, 2025 2:00 am Visual Studies Workshop, 36 King St, Rochester, NY 14608, USA From VSW: VSW will host a two-night pop-up arcade with droqen (Alexander Clair Tseu Martin), a Toronto-based experimental video games artist. droqen’s work often takes the form of the 2D platformer, mixing action, puzzles, performance, and poetry to interrogate games and play. This interactive installation of games from across droqen’s career will be fully playable, and the artist will be present. On Thursday November 6, the arcade will be open from 6-9pm, with a live demo/artist talk with droqen and VSW Assistant Curator nilson carroll at 8pm. For folks who can’t make it on Thursday or want more time to play in the arcade, esc to leave will also be open on Friday November 7 (First Friday), 6-9pm. $10 suggested donation/pay-what-you-can/members free https://www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/salon-fall-2025/nov-6-7-esc-to-leave-games-by-droqen/ See more details esc to leave: games by droqen pop-up arcade open esc to leave: games by droqen pop-up arcade open November 7, 2025 11:00 pm - November 8, 2025 2:00 am Visual Studies Workshop, 36 King St, Rochester, NY 14608, USA From VSW: VSW will host a two-night pop-up arcade with droqen (Alexander Clair Tseu Martin), a Toronto-based experimental video games artist. droqen’s work often takes the form of the 2D platformer, mixing action, puzzles, performance, and poetry to interrogate games and play. This interactive installation of games from across droqen’s career will be fully playable, and the artist will be present. On Thursday November 6, the arcade will be open from 6-9pm, with a live demo/artist talk with droqen and VSW Assistant Curator nilson carroll at 8pm. For folks who can’t make it on Thursday or want more time to play in the arcade, esc to leave will also be open on Friday November 7 (First Friday), 6-9pm. $10 suggested donation/pay-what-you-can/members free https://www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/salon-fall-2025/nov-6-7-esc-to-leave-games-by-droqen/ See more details • •	8 esc to leave: games by droqen pop-up arcade open esc to leave: games by droqen pop-up arcade open November 7, 2025 11:00 pm - November 8, 2025 2:00 am Visual Studies Workshop, 36 King St, Rochester, NY 14608, USA From VSW: VSW will host a two-night pop-up arcade with droqen (Alexander Clair Tseu Martin), a Toronto-based experimental video games artist. droqen’s work often takes the form of the 2D platformer, mixing action, puzzles, performance, and poetry to interrogate games and play. This interactive installation of games from across droqen’s career will be fully playable, and the artist will be present. On Thursday November 6, the arcade will be open from 6-9pm, with a live demo/artist talk with droqen and VSW Assistant Curator nilson carroll at 8pm. For folks who can’t make it on Thursday or want more time to play in the arcade, esc to leave will also be open on Friday November 7 (First Friday), 6-9pm. $10 suggested donation/pay-what-you-can/members free https://www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/salon-fall-2025/nov-6-7-esc-to-leave-games-by-droqen/ See more details •	9
10	11	12	13 Get in the Game! @ The Strong Museum of Play Get in the Game! @ The Strong Museum of Play November 13, 2025 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Dr, Rochester, NY 14607, USA Get In The Game! This program introduces underserved children to the video game industry and seeks to take their love of games to the next level - envisioning futures for themselves as creators, makers, and other roles in the video game industry. The event takes place from 9:30am-1pm. See more details Women in Games! @ The Strong Museum of Play Women in Games! @ The Strong Museum of Play November 13, 2025 11:00 pm - November 14, 2025 2:00 am The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Dr, Rochester, NY 14607, USA This event celebrates the contributions of women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ communities, people with a disability, and other under-represented groups to the world of video games! This event takes place from 6pm-9pm. See more details • •	14 Women in Games! @ The Strong Museum of Play Women in Games! @ The Strong Museum of Play November 13, 2025 11:00 pm - November 14, 2025 2:00 am The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Dr, Rochester, NY 14607, USA This event celebrates the contributions of women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ communities, people with a disability, and other under-represented groups to the world of video games! This event takes place from 6pm-9pm. See more details •	15	16
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24	25	26	27	28 RGD Social Night! RGD Social Night! November 28, 2025 12:00 am - 2:00 am The Playhouse // Swillburger, 820 S Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14620, USA Join us for food, drinks, games, and chats about games! The social night meetup is a casual gathering and a great place to meet members of the Rochester game dev community. Free and open to the public! Dice Versa: https://www.diceversagames.com/ Join and follow ROC Game Dev: https://www.facebook.com/rocgamedev/ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/j6sS2hy Twitter: twitter.com/rocgamedev Web: http://rocgamedev.com/ See more details •	29	30

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