Game Devs of Color Expo highlights the diversity already in gaming

The Game Devs of Color Expo (GDOC) gathered in Harlem for the second year in a row this weekend to celebrate and showcase diversity in games. The one-day event coincided with LGBT Pride weekend in New York City, which seems fitting because GDOC’s mission statement is to create an inclusive safe space where people of color from all intersections of identity can share their work.

Chris Algoo, one of the organizers, said that the idea of hosting a conference sprang from the conversations and experiences the team was sharing with each other. Algoo is also a co-founder of Brooklyn Gamery, a small development studio, which hosts the GDOC. Brooklyn Gamery has released titles like Breakup Squad, an asymmetrical multiplayer game that’s still in development but available to play in early access on the indie game store Itch.io.