About Game Devs of Color Expo
Our mission is to amplify the creative power held by people of color in games.
Originally founded in 2016, the Game Devs of Color Expo took shape when the two game developers set out to showcase games made by creators of color. The first event, a showcase with roundtable discussions, received rave reviews from attendees. Some even drove to New York City from out of state! Attendees asked when there would be another event, so the team expanded and kept going.
In 2019, we offered our first grant to a game developer of color in the form of the Humble Bundle Game Creator of Color award. Ethan Redd, our first grant winner, received $15,000 to build a Humble Original game. Since then, we have given over $390,000 to game developers of color.
Game Devs of Color, Inc is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and the Game Devs of Color Expo is now a multi-day virtual festival and set of initiatives to evolve the gaming industry. We’d love for you to be a part of that change.
