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New Zealand's very own celebration of gaming, for all ages ✨ 2026 NZ Games Festival starts from May 1 - 13! 🎉 Tickets on sale now! | tinyurl.com/NZGF-Tickets2026 Our website! | www.nzgamesfest.com

NZ Games Festival

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PB & Jam starts today, marking the start of our 10th Games Fest! 🍰🎉 We encourage anyone to join our free 48 hr game jam! 🫵 We want to see ✨️your✨️unique skills & ideas in a game dev environment! ‼️ Registrations close May 2, 10AM 👉 Participants must be 18+

1️⃣ more sleep until PB & Jam kicks off our 10th games festival! 🎉 Our free, 48 hour Game Jam welcomes all to sign up! 🍞✨️ 🫵 We want to see your unique skills and ideas in a game dev environment! Participants (18+) have 48 hours to work in teams to create a game based on a surprise theme!

✨ Keen to jam? Registrations still open! Register via link in bio or in the comments below! 👇 #NZGamesFestival #NZGF2026 #NZGameDev

📍Old Museum Building, Massey University 🗓 May 1st 6PM ~ May 3rd 6PM ✨ Keen to jam? Register via this post! Register for PB & Jam here: events.humanitix.com/nz-games-fes... #NZGamesFestival #NZGF2026 #NZGameDev

🙌 We’re extremely thankful to the New Zealand Game Developers Association for supporting us as a 2026 Pavs event partner! ✨️ NZGDA is a not-for-profit organisation created to support, nurture, and grow our local games industry both inside and outside Aotearoa! 🇳🇿 #NZGamesFest #NZGameDev #NZGF2026

Beginners Godot workshop: sessions.tuhuratech.org.nz/sessions/019... 🎮 Advanced Godot workshop: sessions.tuhuratech.org.nz/sessions/019... 🎮 Register for Toy Design or TTRPG workshops: events.humanitix.com/nz-games-fes...

💁 Come along for Sunday Game Day this weekend at the Michael Fowler Centre. There’s heaps of free events to get stuck in at the Michael Fowler Centre! #NZGamesFestival #NZGF2026 #NZGameDev

🍰 Play this year's nominated games for The Pavs Awards 🎮 Try out the games at the Platformer exhinition! 👩‍💻 Register yourself or the kids for workshops! ‼️ Register for workshops in the following post! #NZGamesFestival #NZGF2026 #NZGameDev

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Play by Play, The Pavs Game Awards and NZ Games Festival are back from the 1st May – 10th May 2026 at the Michael Fowler Centre, and the wider Pōneke city.

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NZ Games Festival, Play by Play, and the Pavs Game Awards 2026