Philly Game Mechanics

@phillygamemechs.bsky.social

A meetup of game developers, hobbyists and players in the city of Philadelphia. Game Jams! Tournaments! Show & Tell! All are welcome! #PhillyMakesGames https://linktr.ee/phillygamemechanics

Join us TONIGHT for our monthly Playtest Night! Along with our usual Playtest Night, we will be honoring our Global Game Jawn participants with various awards! Come play the 19 stunning games that came out of Philly's section of GGJ 2026. Join our discord for more information! Link in bio 👾

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Super Magfest 2026 was filled with some of Philly's finest games! Deluge, Boast Guards, Hugby (Arcade), of the Devil, Little Nemo and the Nightmare Feinds, Pizza Kidd, and Below the Stone were some of the games featured in Magfests Indie Game Showcase this weekend.

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Join us TONIGHT for our monthly Playtest Night! We will be changing this months event due to the holidays and Magfest! 🕹️ Bring the games you've been working on! We'll all pitch in and help our fellow devs get the feedback they need to make their amazing games shine.

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2025 Philly Game Mechanics WRAPPED!! Our mission is to support and grow the game development and enthusiast community in Philadelphia and we'll continue to do just that. We've seen amazing growth this year and we don't plan on slowing down anytime soon.

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Join us TOMORROW for our LAST monthly Playtest Night! (of the year) We are back at Indy Hall for a night of games and some good old chat. Bring the games you've been working on! We'll all pitch in and help our fellow devs get the feedback they need to make their amazing games shine.

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Thank you everyone for coming to our 3rd annual Holiday Potluck. We had tons of food and even more board games to choose from! 🎄 A big thank you to everyone in the community who brought a game or some tasty food and drink. Join us Thursday 12/11 at 7pm for our last Playtest Night of the year!

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Join us TONIGHT for our monthly Playtest Night! 🕹️ Last month was a blast at Indy Hall so why not keep the fun times rolling? Bring the games you've been working on! We'll all pitch in and help our fellow devs get the feedback they need to make their amazing games shine.

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Join us Monday 10/27 at 6pm for a Postmortem Extravaganza with no other than PGM member: Heather Flowers! At this event she will be discussing the development and release of Fish Fear me and Unfair Flips. To join our discord channel check out the link in our bio. Hope to see you there! 🪙

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Thank you everyone for coming to Playtest Night. It's always a blast seeing old and new faces each month. We got to vote and demo the submissions from our Autumn 2025 Jam. Congrats to Supernova Speedway for receiving 1st place!! You can play their game on our Game Jam Itch page in our bio.

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Join us for our monthly Playtest Night! 🕹️ Playtest night is in a NEW LOCATION! @indyhall is a beautiful co-working space that will fit more of us. Majux has been fantastic but it's time to expand. (Don't worry its just down the street) Join our discord for more information! Link in our bio 👾

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Join us TONIGHT at the Drexel ExCITe Center OR online in our Discord server for the kickoff to the PGM Autumn Jam! Come as you are! No experience or team is needed to join this jam! Link in bio to join our discord or check out the Itch jam page.

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Join us on Saturday, September 13th at 2pm in the Wissahickon for another ~3 mile hike. This is a slow-paced, 2-2.5hr hike with plenty of breaks, open to outdoor enthusiasts of all skill and endurance levels. We'll be meeting at the Bells Mills Road West trailhead. More details in our Discord!

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Playtest Night is always a pleasure! One of our community members Brandon showed off his arcade cabinet he made for Hugby, a cute football game developed by Tom Sennett. Come to our next Playtest Night to give it a spin. We still have a few more exciting events planned for September!

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I know you guys might be busy with Silksong..... BUT make sure to join us next week for another Playtest Night! 🕹️ Bring the games you've been working on! We'll all pitch in and help our fellow devs get the feedback they need to make their amazing games shine. Join our discord for more information!

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This past Tuesday we teamed up with IGDA's Philly Chapter to help host their annual Summer Hang and Networking event. It was a pleasure to help plan this event and see everyone have a blast! We'll see you all at our next Playtest Night on Sep 4th! 📍 Spruce Street Harbor Park

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Our May Soft Pretzel Asset Jam was a success! Our goal with this jam was to create free assets for any developer to use to represent our great city of Philadelphia! With 19 submissions we have put together a pack all types of assets. All of these are free to use. Link in bio!

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This July was the busiest month in PGM history! We are so happy to be supporting more and more game developers in the Philly area. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help run these events and to everyone who came out and participated. We can't wait to see whats in store next month. 👾

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Join us tomorrow for another night of playtesting! 🕹️ We are looking forward to seeing some new faces from TooManyGames. Show us what you've been working on! We'll all pitch in and help our fellow devs get the feedback they need to make their games shine.

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