Events
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Soup Pitch-in
Soup Pitch–in is a social gathering, micro-funding event, and dinner that aims to provide resources to Chicago artists interested in elevating the Night City community with an interactive project in any medium! Participants donate (suggested $10) for a chance to pitch an idea for an interactive art piece, a bowl of soup, and a ballot to vote on which pitch they liked the most. The concept with the most votes receives all the money donated on the night of the event and will have a platform at Night City in late July to showcase the work and / or present how they used their Soup Pitch-in fund.
This event was inspired by London’s Interactive Soup.
Event info
Friday 05/15/25
7:30PM – 9:30PM
@ Night City
$10 suggested donation
RSVP Required
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THE WEIRD ALGORITHM: robot karaoke
Join us for karaoke night on impossible mode as we host Jamie Brew and THE WEIRD ALGORITHM from New York City!
At this event we will replace the lyrics to any SONG with words from any TEXT, then try to sing the results on the spot. It all happens live, so each song has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
The songwriting system, THE WEIRD ALGORITHM, matches each line syllable-for-syllable, so you can sing along if you know the original tune.
Request any of the 50+ songs and 40+ texts in the catalog. Sign up to sing as an individual or a group…or sit back and watch the karaoke carnage.
Past combos include:
YELP REVIEWS OF PSYCHICS to the tune of TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
CRAIGSLIST VEHICLE ADS to the tune of TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF PROFESSORS to the tune of VAMPIRE
BERNIE SANDERS EMAIL SUBJECT LINES to the tune of DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’
Hosted by Jamie Brew, a tech entrepreneur on a mission to make karaoke harder and worse.
Event info
Friday 04/18/25
8PM – 10PM
@ Night City
Free / suggested donation
RSVP Required
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S.I.C.K. – Super Indie City Konsole Showcase
Game Jam Submission Deadline: 04/19/2025
Developers are invited to create a game for the Super Indie City Konsole (S.I.C.K.) Jam, a phantasy console themed game jam.
Game Showcase: Saturday, April 26
Night City will host an in-person community reception and pop-up arcade showcasing all Officially Selected games from the jam!
Event Info
04/26/2025
6PM – 9PM
@ Night City
RSVP Required
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Accelerating your multiplayer prototyping with Unity 6
Join us for an exciting workshop on enhancing your game development skills using Unity 6. You’ll have the opportunity to network with fellow developers and gain valuable insights into multiplayer game development.
Unity’s Esteban Maldonado will provide a walkthrough of the latest multiplayer tools in Unity 6 to speed up iteration time. Attendees will learn to quickly set up a networked scene and focus more on gameplay, not the repetitive boilerplate code of lobby session management.
This in-person event will be held at Columbia College Chicago’s 916 S Wabash Ave building. Food and light refreshments will be provided.
Don’t miss out on this chance to take your projects to the next level!
Event info
04/02/25 | 6PM – 8:30
@ Columbia College Chicago 916 S WabashRSVP Required – first come, first served
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Virtual Nebula: album listening party
You’re invited to a listening party… in space! Featuring vibey, spacey music from the new album, Virtual Nebula, by dani orizaba, plus a selection of interactive works that evoke the themes of the album, including a new immersive installation by Carolina Reyes created just for the event. Come celebrate music, games, and community with us at Night City!
dani orizaba is a Chicago-based music producer, indie game developer, and pixel artist. Her debut album Virtual Nebula is a collection of synthwave, video-game-core music, that explores mental health and hope via an energetic, spacey sound.
Event info
Friday 03/01/25
7PM – 9PM
@ Night City
Free / suggested donation
RSVP Required
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Artist Salon: Building Community / Activating Storefronts
In partnership with ArtHouse Chicago, we’re hosting an artist salon on February 27th. At the event, we’ll discuss how building a sense of community can help your practice and keep the neighborhood you live and work in vibrant.
Doors open at 6:00PM for light refreshments and the program will start promptly at 6:30.
Event info
02/27/25 @ Night City
Doors: 6PM | Program begins: 6:30PM
RSVP (email)
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Love + War: Bloodrage Summer Fightclub
Bloodrage Summer Fight Club, created by maybe maybe games, is an in-person interactive experience where combatants play a punching bag minigame and general attendees wager in-game money on the outcome. While a victor will emerge in our tournament of fighters, the ultimate winner is the attendee that ends up with the most in-game money, earned by clever bets and stacking the deck by paying to sabotage fighters in key moments.
Also featuring a live DJ set from JUSTAWORM to keep the vibes going between bouts!
Free with RSVP. Donation at the door suggested to support the artists and future events.
- NOTE: This is not real fighting! It is an alternate controller digital game where a punching bag is the controller.
- NOTE: This is not real betting! We will strictly be using in-game currency, allotted to attendees for free when they arrive.
Event info
02/15/25 | 6PM – 9PM
@ Night City
RSVP Required – first come, first served
🥊 Fighter registration
We’re planning to orchestrate a live interactive narrative experience along the lines of professional wrestling, including feuds, factions, baby faces and heels, interviews and promos, cheating, crowd interaction, etc. and we want your help! If you’re interested in creating a persona and participating as a fighter, sign up through our fighter registration form.
Fighter registration closes Friday, February 7th, 11:59PM CST
If you’re simply interested in a fun evening of cheering on the combatants and betting play money, RSVPing on Eventbrite is all that’s required.
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The Weird Algorithm: Robot Karaoke
Join us for karaoke night on impossible mode as we host Jamie Brew and THE WEIRD ALGORITHM from New York City!
At this event we will replace the lyrics to any SONG with words from any TEXT, then try to sing the results on the spot. It all happens live, so each song has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
The songwriting system, THE WEIRD ALGORITHM, matches each line syllable-for-syllable, so you can sing along if you know the original tune.
Request any of the 50+ songs and 40+ texts in the catalog. Sign up to sing as an individual or a group…or sit back and watch the karaoke carnage.
Past combos include:
YELP REVIEWS OF PSYCHICS to the tune of TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
CRAIGSLIST VEHICLE ADS to the tune of TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF PROFESSORS to the tune of VAMPIRE
BERNIE SANDERS EMAIL SUBJECT LINES to the tune of DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’
Hosted by Jamie Brew, a tech entrepreneur on a mission to make karaoke harder and worse.
Event info
Friday 01/17/25
7PM – 9PM
@ Night City
Free / suggested donation
RSVP Required
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Playtest Planet ’24
Explore a galaxy of community-developed games at Playtest Planet, a free public playtesting event.
The spirit of Playtest Planet is to break down gatekeeping and expand our community by highlighting new (to Night City) and unfunded developers. Developers that have shown work at Night City in the past are still welcome and encouraged to submit with the understanding that space will be prioritized for new artists.
Additionally, through the event this year we will raise funds for La Casa Norte to support their mission of providing stable housing to Chicago youth and families confronting homelessness.
Submit your in-development game!
Submissions close Sunday, December 1st, 11:59PM CST
Event info
12/14/24 | 6PM – 9PM
RSVP Required – first come, first served
@ Night City
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Call for Submissions: Playful Resistance
Night City is co-curating a selection of games on playful resistance for a show in Brooklyn, NY organized and hosted by boshi’s place on November 21st, 2024. This show is funded in part by the New York University’s Game Center.
We are currently seeking submissions from local Chicago developers to showcase as part of the exhibition. Developers of accepted submissions will receive a stipend of $100. Submissions are due Tuesday, November 5th at 11:59pm CT.
Submitted games can be already released, works in progress, or made specifically for this event, as long as they are submitted before the deadline. Presence at the showcase is entirely optional. Please see the submission form for complete details!