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

Students, staff, and faculty of the NU system and general public community members are invited to the in-person showcase event on Friday May 1st. 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 and in-progress games made right here in Nebraska. New developers and students with games in-progress are encouraged to sign up for the "Upcoming Masterpiece" category to show off their future work. Developers are invited to submit both free-to-play and commercial games completed or published in the past year for the "Award Showcase" category.

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 by Friday April 24th to confirm a spot to show their progress to attendees.

• Submit games to the Upcoming Masterpiece segment through THIS FORM.

Award Showcase Games must be submitted by Friday April 3rd for consideration for awards and to be invited to the showcase event.

• Submit games to the Awards Showcase segment through THIS FORM.

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 1st 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, in-progress projects, or game-directed media assets (audio, visual, music, narrative, etc) 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 3rd - Submission Deadline for Awards Showcase Games
• Sunday April 24th - Submission Deadline for Upcoming Masterpiece category
• April 4th through April 30th - Judging of Submitted Awards Games
• Friday May 1st - Public Expo in PKI Atrium
  • 4:00pm - 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