At first blush, you might assume that games are our primary focus at CGDC, given that "Game Developers" is in our name. Nevertheless, as the leadership has continued to seek the Lord's direction and purposes for this community and its role in gaming, a subtle yet important distinction has become clear: games are our fruit, not our focus.

As we step into 2026, the Christian Game Developers Community (CGDC) remains a place where faith, creativity, and community come together. Here are some ways you can get involved this year.

The 2025 Conference videos are available now. Create a free account at connect.cgdc.org and enjoy all the conference talks and bonus interviews.

Today, we’re excited to share a meaningful step forward. We’re launching CGDC Connect, our new private community at connect.cgdc.org, built on the Circle platform.

CGDC is partnering with Reach Conference for 2026! Join us November 5-7 in Orlando, Florida. Tickets on sale now.

Early this month, the Gloo AI Hackathon gathered nearly 700 innovators from 27 countries for three days of building, praying, and dreaming.

Christianity Today wrote about our 2025 conference!

As a community, we've been at this for twenty-three years, and I'm confident God has prepared some new things that we haven't seen before. It's part of a broader work God is doing in our world. One pastor described what he is seeing as a "surge of the spirit."

In this follow-up to "Created to Create: World-Building," Wesley Cone will be speaking to the idea of engaging culture with Kingdom-based entertainment, the value and importance of theme and message, and finding the interplay of existing game mechanics, creativity, and theology.

Today, we get to celebrate a major milestone within the community. For the first time, the dots have connected. The Christian Game Developers Conference (CGDC) has teamed up with the ministry, The Salvation Poem, to co-develop minigames launching ahead of the theatrical release of ‘Light of the World’, a beautiful, 2D-animated story of Jesus told through the eyes of his beloved young friend, the Apostle John.

Community Spotlight on long-time community member Raul Rivera. Raul is an indie developer with a pastor's heart. He is a lifelong learner with two master's degrees, the owner of Burnerknight Studios, and the organizer of the CGDC Speedgame.

In this conversation, Brock Henderson interviews Zach Sullivan and Chris Darnell, the founders of Grazing Bear Games, a new board game publishing company. They discuss their journey of starting the company, their friendship, the design process of their games, and how their faith influences their work. They share insights on teamwork, playtesting, and the importance of community in game design. The conversation also touches on the challenges and lessons learned in their first year of business and their aspirations for the future.

Game designer and worship leader Adam Dalhaus discusses his journey in making The Unseen tabletop game.

Ken Franklin is an accomplished tabletop game designer and retired family practitioner. He is the designer of The Mansky Caper, Imagineers, Back To The Future: Dice Through Time, and more! Ken is a man full of wisdom and experience in publishing games and living a life of faith.

Jaclyn S. Parrish, Director of Marketing at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, explains why the church needs game developers. This talk is based on Jaclyn's upcoming book about a theory of fun.

Jack Dunbar is a pastor, former CGDC board member, and the founder of New Kingdom Gaming. New Kingdom: Gardeners is the first title published by his company and was designed by Jack over the course of three years. New Kingdom's second title, New Kingdom: Sowers, was recently funded on Kickstarter and will be out later this year.

Scott Kabel is a Hawaii-based tabletop game designer, entrepreneur, education consultant, and scholar with a PhD in education from the University of Buffalo.

Chera Meredith, lead game developer at So Peculiar, shares her story of going from a hobbyist to a full-time game developer and the important lessons she has learned along the way.