Welcome to our Connecticut Game Industry Directory – the most complete list of game developers, game tech companies, freelancers, researchers, and community organizations on the interweb. Do you see anyone who’s missing? Contact us!
Freelancers and Unincorporated Game Developers
| Name | Location | Website | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Brickner | Norwalk, CT | https://amanda.graphics/about-me/ | Specializes in rigging and animating for video games as well as for animations. |
| Closed Umbrella Games | Meriden, CT | https://www.closedumbrellagames.com | Creating indie games while exploring different genres |
| Philip Levine | West Haven, CT | https://www.linkedin.com/in/philiplevine1/ | Indie VR Game Developer |
| Reclaim Interactive | Northwest Connecticut | https://twitter.com/reclaimint | Duo dev team working on their first title in which you take control of a lethal hovercraft in 'DEATHGRIP', a hardcore combat-racer. |
| Web Trench Studios | https://www.webtrenchstudios.com/ |
Game Developers
| Name | Location | Website | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabolical Games | Bridgeport, CT | https://www.diabolical.games | Board game developer behind "Boba Boss", a fast-paced, brain twisting, color and word association card game that is sure to stir up insanitea! |
| Forever Stoked Creative | New Haven, CT | https://foreverstokedcreative.com | A design & development studio primarily focused on making rad games. Their bread and butter is game design. They concept, prototype, design, develop, playtest, write, creative direct, and deploy. They mostly work on analog games, but they also do large scale gamified activations, creative consulting, and art direction. |
| Hintersight Studios | Windham, CT | www.hintersight.com | R&D for digital hybrid tabletop games and other "new media" games |
| Improvised Entertainment LLC | West Hartford, CT | https://www.improvisedent.com/ | A close-knit group of creative types, remote contractors, consultants, students, and above all else - avid gamers. They make games as well as tools and assets for people to make their own games and media projects. |
| KpixGames | Madison, CT | https://www.kpixgames.com | Developer of brain teasing mobile puzzle games. |
| Megaspace Industries LLC / Venan Entertainment | Middletown, CT | https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/megaspace-industries-llc/id1267455407 | Mobile Game Developer (inactive) |
| Opposite Lock Games | Shelton, CT | https://oppositelockgames.com | They create fun economic sandbox games for players all over the globe. |
| PreviewLabs | New Haven, CT | www.previewlabs.com | Rapid Game Prototyping. They advise you and turn your vision into playable prototypes. |
| Pyrebug Studio | Stamford, CT | https://pyrebug.com | Pyrebug Studios is made up of a diverse and skilled group of designers, artists, programmers, and composers. Together, they work toward a common goal of creating games they love - and hope you'll love. |
| Solest Games | Cromwell, CT | https://www.solestgames.com | Solest Games is a small indie game studio comprised of Mark Conforti and Rob Glidden. |
| Solitonz Games | Hamden, CT | http://www.solitonzgames.com | Designs and develops serious games. Develops solutions to problems that are difficult to solve using traditional methods. Their games combine compelling game play, embedded learning, and real time data collection. |
| Telefrag Entertainment LLC (Christopher Blake) | Hamden, CT | https://twitter.com/TelefragEnt | Telefrag Entertainment is a two man game development team of brothers from Connecticut. |
| The Game Agency | Stamford, CT | https://thegameagency.com | Offers custom game-based Learning and pre-built gamified software solutions. |
| Yaya Play Games | West Hartford, CT | http://yayaplay.com | Yaya Play is a media company dedicated to parenting and games, created by parents who are excited about raising their kids in ways as game-filled as possible. |
Game Tech Companies
| Name | Location | Website | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARSOME Technology | Manchester, CT | https://www.arsome.com | Builds solutions for businesses, educators, and story-tellers with immersive technology, custom software development, and cross-platform mobile development. |
| Pleiadian Systems | Trumbull, CT | https://www.pleiadiansystems.com | Dedicated to increasing the safety and preparedness of our first responders via cost-effective training and education. They research, develop, and implement cutting-edge computer hardware and software training systems that maximize training budgets, reduce injury, and save lives. |
| SphereGen | New Haven, CT | https://www.spheregen.com | Microsoft Application development and Extended Reality development for Microsoft HoloLens. |
| Ongo Health | Stratford, CT | https://www.ongobreathemore.com/ | Develops health-based games where breathing is your input. |
Game Tech Researchers
| Name | Location | Website | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| NeXReality Lab | Fairfield, CT | https://www.shuihub.com/shu-labs | SHU’s 1,500-square-foot augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (XR) lab. Support experience-based learning and applied research across disciplines from gaming to marketing to history. |
| Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media | New Haven, CT | https://ccam.yale.edu | Yale’s media laboratory for everyone, investigating intersections of art, science, and technology through research, programs, and exhibitions. A unit of Yale College Arts, CCAM guides students, faculty, and collaborators in expanding and exploring all manner of projects. |
| Yale play2PREVENT Lab | New Haven, CT | https://www.play2prevent.org | Develops and evaluates videogame interventions focused on behavior change, education, health, well-being, and social intelligence, using the most rigorous scientific methods and metrics available. |
| Yale play4REAL Lab | New Haven, CT | http://play4rlab.org | Creates evidence-based learning and behavior change experiences through the use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR). |
GameDevCT Enthusiasts and Friends
| Name | Location | Website | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Unity Group (BUG) | Cambridge, MA | https://www.meetup.com/B-U-G-Boston-Unity-Group/ | A monthly gathering of Unity developers in the Boston area |
| Entrepreneurship Foundation | Fairfield, CT | https://entrepreneurshipfoundation.org | Our mission is to provide effective resources for educators and entrepreneurs: training, networking events and competitions in Connecticut! |
| Real Art Ways | Hartford, CT | https://www.realartways.org | Real Art Ways is an alternative multidisciplinary arts organization that presents and supports contemporary artists and their work, facilitates the creation of new work and creatively engages, builds and informs audiences and communities. |
| New Haven.io | New Haven, CT | https://newhaven.io | Our mission is to provide effective resources for educators and entrepreneurs: training, networking events and competitions in Connecticut! |
| New Haven Free Public Library | New Haven, CT | https://nhfpl.org | Our pre-pandemic home base for the GameDevCT Mixer |
| Collab | New Haven, CT | https://collabnewhaven.org | Investing in entrepreneurial leaders for Connecticut’s future |
| CTNext | New Haven, CT | https://ctnext.com | When an innovation-based startup needs help in Connecticut, CTNext is the place to turn. Mentoring. Talent. Capital. Skill development. Networking. Training. Access. Whether you’re starting, building, or scaling a business, CTNext has the programs and partners to move you forward. |
| IGDA NYC | New York, NY | https://igda.org/chapters/us-ny-nyc/ | IGDA NYC aims to support and promote growth in the NYC game industry, encouraging the development of sustainable businesses and attracting and retaining talent locally. |
| Digital Media Connecticut | Stamford, CT | https://digitalmediact.com | A collaborative of CT higher education institutions working to support a talent pipeline in digital media and content production. |
| DMCT | Stamford, CT | https://digitalmediact.com | Digital Media Connecticut (DMCT) has emerged as a collaborative of CT higher education institutions working to support a talent pipeline in digital media and content production. Working in partnership with the Connecticut Office of Film, Television, and Digital Media, the DMCT collaborative provides a platform to connect high school and university students toward a successful career in Connecticut's growing digital media industry. |
| MassDiGi | Worchester, MA | https://www.massdigi.org | The Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) is a statewide center, designated by the Commonwealth, for academic cooperation, entrepreneurship and economic development across the Massachusetts digital and video games ecosystem. |