Attention all game makers, designers, and developers: University of Nebraska at Omaha's Maverick Meadow Indie Game Studio is proud to announce the inaugural Nebraska Indie Games Expo hosted on UNO’s campus in partnership with the College of IS&T at the Peter Kiewit Institute.

Students, staff, and faculty of the NU system and general public community members age 19+ are invited to the in-person showcase event on Friday May 9th. Meet the developers, grab some swag, and be part of the crowd for the awards ceremony. 

The Nebraska Indie Games Expo is a celebration of new games made right here in Nebraska. Developers are invited to submit both free-to-play and commercial games completed in the past year for the "Award Showcase" category. New developers with games in-progress are encouraged to sign up for the "Upcoming Masterpiece" category to show off their future work.

UPDATE: The deadlines for submission have been EXTENDED and EXPANDED! In-progress games (such as class projects) can now submit their game to showcase at the in-person event on May 9th in the "Upcoming Masterpiece" category.

Award Showcase Games must be submitted HERE by Friday April 4th for consideration for awards and to be invited to the showcase event.

Upcoming Masterpiece games can be any tabletop or digital game that is currently in-progress, but might be playable by the in-person events. Incomplete games in this category must be submitted HERE by Sunday April 20th to confirm a spot to show their progress to attendees.

Awards Showcase Games can be submitted in three categories: Free Games, Commercial Tabletop Games, and Commercial Video Games. 

• Free Games can be either tabletop/board games or video games freely available online for anyone to download and play.
• Commercial Tabletop Games can be any standalone game available for purchase as a complete physical product or as a digital download. Expansions to, or modules for, wholly separate existing products will not be considered. 
• Commercial Video Games can be any complete digital game available for purchase and download from any publicly accessible site or platform-specific store. Expansions to, or DLC made for, existing products will not be considered.

Awards Showcase Games submitted will be played and judged by students, staff, and faculty of the Maverick Meadow Indie Game Studio. After a period of submission and judging, developers of submitted games and the general public are invited to UNO’s PKI building on Friday May 9th at 5pm for an awards and a showcase event in celebration of your hard work and contributions to the growth of the Nebraska independent game development scene.

Tips and Help:

• Students, hobbyists, and professionals at any level are welcome to submit complete games to this expo.
• Games available through itch.io are easily accessible, and game pages are free to make. Consider using itch.io for your game's page if one does not already exist.
• Free-to-play tabletop games should be provided as print-and-play with full documentation for needed components, or provide printable elements.
• Commercial Tabletop Games must be in-print and available for immediate purchase to be considered for awards.
• Commercial video games should be provided as a link to the official public-facing product page on a portal such as itch.io, Steam, or Amazon.

Key Dates:

• Friday April 4th - Submission Deadline for Awards Showcase Games
• Sunday April 20th - Submission Deadling for Upcoming Masterpiece category
• April 5th through April 30th - Judging of Submitted Awards Games
• Friday May 9th - Public Expo in PKI Atrium
  • 4:30pm - Setup for Developer Showcase
  • 5:00pm - Public Expo of Games
  • 6:00pm - Announcement of Awards

For questions, email cfisher@unomaha.edu or ada-rhodesshort@unomaha.edu