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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
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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⬇️
Thank you everyone for a fun and exciting Playtest Night! It's always a pleasure to see what the community has been working on.

We have some exciting things planned for the end of the year so stay tuned and have a happy holiday season! 🎃

#PhillyEvents #PhillyMakesGames #GameDev #IndieGameDev
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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.
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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! 🪙
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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.
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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 👾
October 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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.
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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!
September 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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!
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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!
August 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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!
August 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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
August 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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!
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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
August 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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. 👾
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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.
July 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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.
July 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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! 🍻
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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
June 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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
May 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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
May 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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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
May 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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! 👾
May 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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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....
May 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM