Monrivergames

Monrivergames We are a nonprofit 501 (c) (3), community game design and development studio. We hold session congruent to the academic calendar: Spring, Summer, and Fall.

MonRiverGames is a game design, development, and publishing non profit community studio run by faculty, alumni, students, and friends of West Virginia University. We are in close partnership with the Game Design and Interactive Media program at West Virginia University. The views expressed in this work are not representative of WVU, or the College of Creative Arts and Media. They are hybrid, in pe

rson, and remote. Membership is free and open to students, as well as community members passionate about game development. Go to our website or discord for more information on joining or following our studio.

Support local game makers
05/13/2026

Support local game makers

Next Pittsburgh Playtest is Sunday May 17th! This month we'll be hosted at Carnegie Mellon University! Come play game prototypes by local designers.

We have room for 3 more designers and we always welcome more playtesters. Bring a friend and come play!
Signup at http://pittsburghplaytest.com

A few more updates:
In July we'll be back at Ruckus Cafe!
In October, Pittsburgh Playtest will be collaborating with the Meaningful Play conference to host our monthly playtest on Tuesday evening of the conference (October 13th)

Thank you everyone for coming and supporting this year's showcase! It was great to see your developments since last time...
04/26/2026

Thank you everyone for coming and supporting this year's showcase! It was great to see your developments since last time and meet new devs. We hope you all had fun!

Not all game designers work/play on the screen. Playtest work in progress physical games as well today, starting at 1 pm...
04/25/2026

Not all game designers work/play on the screen. Playtest work in progress physical games as well today, starting at 1 pm. There will also be several indie game devs with completed games ready to purchase! Support locally made 🎲 games 🎲 This work in progress game is "Masquerade Murder" by student Jasper Roberts.

04/24/2026

Thank you to our sponsors!

We wanted to thank our Bronze-Tier Sponsor for our Spring Indie Showcase: Design Thinking Games! 🦇You can pre-purchase T...
04/24/2026

We wanted to thank our Bronze-Tier Sponsor for our Spring Indie Showcase: Design Thinking Games! 🦇You can pre-purchase Tim's upcoming competitive vampire board game Thirst! on Kickstarter right now! 🦇Tim will be bringing a show copy of Thirst! this year to demo at our showcase alongside his competitive dungeon sprawling game, Your Move Hero!

Browse his podcast and other projects here:
https://www.designthinkinggames.com/

Pre Purchase Tim's Game here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/designthinkinggames/thirst-3/

Tim helped us greatly in the past year with our ongoing collaboration for local playtesting events in Morgantown. His support, generosity, and enthusiasm for the game design community in West Virginia is immense and it is his help in organizing these events that has kept us going for as long as we have.

04/24/2026

Tomorrow is the Spring Indie Game Showcase on the 4th floor of the Evansdale Crossing Building in Morgantown. Come join us to play and win prizes in our raffle!

04/24/2026

One of our newest projects, Game Design at WVU Arcade, had a great year! They figured out a system that works for launching a selection of student games, to celebrate the first 5 years of the program. Come playtest it on Saturday, or wait for the summer when we enable playtesting on Steam.

04/24/2026
Heading to Baltimore on Saturday for   conference with members of our capstone class that have been working on   and  . ...
11/10/2025

Heading to Baltimore on Saturday for conference with members of our capstone class that have been working on and . We'll be hosting a talk on alternative studio structures at 12:00 pm!

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364 Patteson Drive #274
Morgantown, WV
26506

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