The NYU Game Center is proud to congratulate the following Game Center alumni and former instructors for their wins at the 2026 IGF Awards last night!
Baby Steps
Gabe Cuzzillo (BFA ’15), Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy (Former Game Center Associate Arts Professors) – Award accepted by Jack Schlesinger (MFA ’19)
Excellence in Audio
Titanium Court
AP Thomson (MFA ’15, pictured above)
Excellence in Design
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Titanium Court was also nominated for Excellence in Narrative, with special thanks to Jess Haskins (current Adjunct Instructor)
With this award, AP Thomson is the first person to win two consecutive Seumas McNally Grand Prize awards!
The Independent Games Festival is the premiere global awards show recognizing the best and brightest that the medium of games has to offer. We are so proud of our community, the quality of their work, and for our program to have been recognized on this stage in the forefront of the industry.
Additional congratulations are due to the following nominees from the Game Center community who were nominated for this year’s awards:
Kiloton
Jack Morehart (BFA ’25)
Best Student Game
BALL X PIT
Kenny Sun (NYU Game Center Incubator Alumni ’14)
Excellence in Audio
Honorable Mention – Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Click here to watch the full live stream of last night’s IGF Awards ceremony.