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Philly Game Mechanics

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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

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Nov 11

Introducing Philly Game Mechanics:

At PGM, our mission is to support and grow Philly's game dev community for everyone from hobbyists and students to seasoned professionals. Learn, Build, and Launch with PGM by joining our community by following the links below⬇️

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · 8d

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.

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · 10d

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 👾

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · 23d

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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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Sep 11

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!

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Sep 11

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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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 30

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!

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 26

We’ll be spotlighting games made right here in Philly by our community, with projects from IGA’s community members and their Foundry teams.

RSVP through the link in our bio and details will be emailed to you on the day of the event!

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 16

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!

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 8

Playtest Night was great as always! We can’t wait to share what we have planned for September. Stay tuned for more events later this month as well.

Join our discord to engage with our community online as well. Link in bio! 🎮

#PhillyEvents #PhillyMakesGames #GameDev #IndieGameDev

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 6

Join us tomorrow for our monthly Playtest Night! 🕹️

We can't wait to catch up and see what everyone has been working on. We'll all pitch in and help our fellow devs get the feedback they need to make their games shine.

Event is sponsored by @majuxmarketing
#Phillymakesgames #PGM #phillyevents

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Aug 1

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. 👾

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Jul 9

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.

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Jul 2

We had such a blast at TooManyGames! We have so much to look back on from this years conference

Whether you are new to our community or a regular member, our mission is to uplift our game developers in the philly community. Thank you for allowing us to do just that this weekend.

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Jun 18

NarraScope 2025 is coming up this weekend at Drexel University. We are proudly sponsoring the event and holding the official after party at The Post!

Join us Saturday at 7pm for an evening of drinks, games, and fun.

See you there! 🍻

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Another fantastic Playtest Night for the books!

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped our fellow developers get important feedback or just came to have a little fun. 👾

We can't wait to see you next month on July 10th.

#PhillyMakesGames #PGM #PhillyGameMechanics #IndieGames

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · Jun 4

Join us tomorrow for another Playtest Night! 🕹️

Show us what you've got! 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! 👾

Event is sponsored by @majuxmarketing
#Phillymakesgames #phillyevents

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · May 30

Join us at 2pm this Saturday at Good Karma Cafe for our second coffee meetup! The event was so nice we had to do it twice! (hopefully more)

Attendees are encouraged to spend at least $5 as Good Karma has graciously donated their space to us. 💜

Hope to see you there! 👾

#phillymakesgames

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · May 15

We are revamping our Patreon with new perks! Your Patreon support goes a long way, and we wanted to highlight some of the most important aspects of PGM that need financial support.

Link is in our bio 👾

#PGM #phillygamemechanics #Phillymakesgames #philly #phillyfundraising

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Tom Sennett @tomsennettgames.com · May 9

Awesome time last night showing off gimme-10.com at @phillygamemechs.bsky.social during @phillytechweek.bsky.social - indie games are growing in Philly, and we keep seeing more and more people making cooler and cooler stuff

Me in a RunMan shirt talking in front of a big screen showing my website

People playing Gimme 10 in the foreground, and other playtesting happening around

Me and other attendees having a good time

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · May 10

We love having you Tom! 🙌

Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · May 10

Thursday night was ELECTRIC ⚡️

Thank you everyone who came out to our monthly playtest night!
We had show-n-tell presenters, local indie games, and a great community of people to share it with.

We'll be back Thursday June 5th to keep the good times rolling. See you there! 👾

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Tom Sennett @tomsennettgames.com · May 9

Donate to support @phillygamemechs.bsky.social on Patreon!! We are trying to hit a goal of $400 monthly! This is an amazing community and worthy of your support! www.patreon.com/phillygameme....

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Philly Game Mechanics @phillygamemechs.bsky.social · May 8

We're working together to create the Soft Pretzel Pack 🥨, a Philly-themed asset pack that people can use in their creations. The Asset Jam is a low-stakes, fun opportunity for you to add a little piece of your creative magic to PGM.

Submissions close 5/31
Join our discord for further details!

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