Dawson College Independent Video Game Design Program

IVGD Fest 2026 IS THIS THURSDAY!!!

Grab a free ticket, and join us to celebrate a new generation of game makers.

See you Thursday, June 4!

Dawson College, Room 3C.1
6 pm to 9 pm

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IT'S THIS THURSDAY!

Join us to play games and chat with other devs.

Applications for Fall 2026 will start very soon, the IVGD team will be available to answer questions about the program.

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The Fall 2025 IVGD Indie Game Playtest night is coming up this Friday (new date).

Come play games from IVGD students and local developers. And celebrate the end of the year with us. 🙂

Games on showcase:
- Idle Coaster by Pixels n Parallax
- CitaDrill by Studio Moka
- Diorama Break by Studio Massimo Gauthier
- SCOPECREEP by Foolbox Studio
- ASTROBURROW by bacon interactive
- Trapped on the FlipSide by Time Moth Games
- Guitar Ego by Raphaëll Maïwen
- Hunter Clash
- Dino Zone by Mike Ren
- Necronomignon by Catpricorn Studio

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The IVGD Fall Indie Game Playtest is coming up next week (new date).

Grab a free ticket and join us for a night of fun, gaming and friendly chats!

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IVGD Fest 2025 IS TODAY!!!

Grab a last minute free ticket, or just stop by (we'll accept walk-ins!).

See you tonight!

Dawson College, Room 3C.1
6 pm to 9 pm

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It's tonight! Play local indie games from 6 pm to 9 pm at Dawson College (Room 3C.1).

The IVGD program coordinators will be onsite to answer any questions about the program just in time for the application deadline on November 17th!

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IVGD INDIE GAME PLAYTEST - FALL 2024 EDITION
It's this Friday, November 8 from 6 pm to 9 pm at Dawson College (Room 3C.1).

Playtest local indie games and learn more about the Independent Video Game Design AEC program.

See you there!

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Hi all! With the new semester starting soon, we're also preparing our next playtest event for 2024! Join us Friday, February 23rd from 6-9PM to check out cool indie games and hang with fun gamedev folks.

Full details and sign-up form at the link below. We hope to see you there!

Playtest Night @ IVGD - February 2024 | Humanitix Playtest indie games from local developers! FREE and all ages!

We're happy to announce our next playtest!!

Join us Friday, December 1st from 6-9pm to play new games from local indies and students. As always the event is free and open to all ages!

If you're interested in exhibiting, we still have tables available! Fill out the form in the description to sign up for the event a.s.a.p.

IVGD Playtest - December 2023 Play indie video games from local game developers - free and all ages!

Thank you to everyone who attended our indie game playtesting event last Friday!!

The evening was a huge success, with a dozen teams showing their games, and players enjoying it so much they stayed past closing time!

We're looking forward to hosting another event like this very soon.
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