CNY Game Dev Meetup (September)

Schedule

Thu Sep 18 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

326 Broad St | Utica, NY

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Game Dev Meetups are Back! This month we'll have guest speaker Richard Dansky (Ubisoft Red Storm, Crytek and Romero Games).
About this Event



🎮 Let's Meet Up Again! 🎮

Join us for our 1st fall meet up!

Expert Insights coming your way....


This month we're excited to kick off our Fall Meetup Series with Richard Dansky as our guest speaker (former Central Clancy Writer at Ubisoft Red Storm, Narrative Director at Crytek and Romero Games). Read more below


About The Meetup Series


The Game Dev Meetups are a partnership with Cyborg Interactive, Polyhedron Productions, and MVCC’s thINCubator—starting this March.

Join us at MVCC's thINCubator for a fun and interactive event where you can meet fellow game enthusiasts, share your latest projects, and more.

Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, this meetup is the perfect place to connect with like-minded individuals and learn from each other.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to network, collaborate, and level up your game dev skills


Light refreshments will be served!

âś… Meet fellow game creators

âś… Show and Tell! Bring a demo or a game you're working on and share!

âś… Connect, collaborate, and level up your skills


Whether you’re a pro, a hobbyist, or just game dev curious, you’ll find your people here. Let’s build something amazing together.


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We’re excited to welcome a veteran game writer and narrative director Richard Dansky whose career spans more than 60 video game titles across AAA blockbusters, experimental indies, VR, tabletop RPGs, and LARPs. With over two decades of experience at Ubisoft’s Red Storm Entertainment—where they served as Central Clancy Writer for the Tom Clancy franchise—they’ve since led narrative teams at Crytek on Hunt: Showdown and most recently at Romero Games. Their work has shaped worldbuilding, storytelling, and transmedia strategies for some of the industry’s biggest titles and franchises.

Beyond games, they’re also an accomplished author with publications ranging from fiction to nonfiction, including the upcoming The Video Game Writer’s Guide to Surviving an Industry That Hates You, the novel Nightmare Logic, and the graphic novel Bridgewater. A frequent industry speaker and advisor, they’ve served on the Game Narrative Summit advisory board for nearly 20 years and regularly judge at GDC. Their passion lies in advancing the craft of narrative design and sharing their expertise with the next generation of creators.

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326 Broad St, 326 Broad Street, Utica, United States

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