Game for America pairs designers, developers, producers, and researchers with nonprofits and public agencies to build tools, programs, and experiences that help people learn, decide, prepare, and participate.
Each program connects game-industry talent to public-interest problems through a different mechanism, with a different time commitment, for different kinds of partners.
A 12-month paid program for cohorts of 10–20 designers, developers, producers, and researchers, embedded with host nonprofits or public agencies to ship a real product.
ApplyMulti-year collaborations with private game studios that contribute pro bono engineering and design time, sponsor fellow seats, or co-develop projects.
Partner with usPlanned: volunteer chapters in major industry hubs that would run hackathons and prototyping sprints with local nonprofits. No brigades are running yet.
Tell us you’re interestedAn openly licensed toolkit of reusable systems, evaluated mechanics, accessibility components, and research instruments so successful work can be replicated.
Open Library — coming soonWe start with hosts and end-users to understand the real need.
Fellows co-design with partners and the people they serve.
We build, iterate, and test for impact, accessibility, and equity.
Real users, real evaluation, then hand off and open-source.
The scope rules that govern every project we accept — and why those rules make our work more effective, not less.
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Why systems design, motivation modeling, and accessibility patterns from games matter as much for civic UX as they do for entertainment.
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We are gathering interest from six to eight possible founding hosts for a planned first cohort, subject to funding. Here's what we're looking for, and how to start a conversation.
Read the noteWe are in the planning stage and have not yet been formed as an organization. A first cohort is planned, subject to funding. These are the targets we’re organizing the inaugural year around.
Apply as a fellow. Host a fellow team. Become a partner studio. Or tell us you want to follow along.