2026 ROC Game Fest Spring Mini Show: Meet the Exhibitors

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2026 ROC Game Fest Spring Mini Show >> Meet the Exhibitors

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Meet with local video game and tabletop game creators, and play more than 20 games developed right here in Rochester and throughout New York State!

We will continue to update this page as we get closer to this year’s ROC Game Fest Spring Mini Show and please check back often to learn more about our exciting slate of exhibitors!

THE DETAILS
WHEN: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
WHERE: Irondequoit Library
AUDIENCE: All Ages

Aesthetician Labs
Links: Official Website | Bluesky | Discord | Instagram

Australia Did It is a Tactical Reverse Bullet Hell, where thoughtful Turn-Based Tower Defense is enhanced by a unique unit merging system and explosive, pulse-pounding on-rails Reverse Bullet Hell Combat. Carefully strategize to withstand relentless enemy waves, then unleash sensory overload as you become the Bullet Hell, mowing down thousands in dazzling chaos.

Alexis Lipina
Links: YouTube

In Mech Repair, you play as a mechanic who fixes battle mechs. Clean off dirt, replace damaged parts, install upgrades, and more in this very early (and experimental) prototype.

Angry Hammer Games
Links: YouTube

— Apple Picker – Teaches how to use the mouse with click and dragging
— Cat Catcher – Teaches how to use timing and reflexes to catch cats
— Dino Crunch – Teaches how to find letters on the keyboard
— Math Battle – Basic math from addition to division in a multiple choice 1-4 player competition
— More Squares Please – Helps with planning and just relaxing
— Angry Hammer – A twin-stick shooter with space marines
— Fighting Jet Fighters – Jet-themed combat for up to four players
— Railgun Command – A blasting base defense for up to four players
— ROH – A real-time strategy game using only four keys for up to two players
— Arr Ye Pirate – Pirate combat and ship management for up to four players

Blue Token Games
Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram

FIRST APPEARANCE AT ROC GAME FEST
Taxi is a light strategy, route building, tile placement game with a little bit of take that mechanics mixed in. Players play the role of taxi drivers, navigating a growing cityscape. The goal is simple yet challenging: create an unobstructed route from a starting location to an ending location, as shown on your Fare card, using a variety of road segment cards laid out in a shared grid.

But the road to success is filled with unexpected detours! Your opponents are crafty, setting up roadblocks like parades and traffic jams. And if that wasn’t enough, watch out for those special cards that could have you sidelined for speeding or making way for an ambulance. It’s a race to be the first to build an unobstructed path, and maintain it for one round of play. The first player to do that, wins.

Taxi. The game of “Fare” play.

Brickly Games
Links: Official Website | Discord | Facebook | Instagram

Avarice is a fast, turn-based strategy game inspired by the tension and momentum of real-time strategy design. Players expand across a modular hex map, build powerful lairs, and maneuver hidden forces—transforming careful positioning into sudden, decisive conflict. Every unit is both your economy and your army, forcing meaningful choices between growth, defense, and aggression.

Choose an asymmetric starting position and upgrade path, adapt to the evolving battlefield, and outmaneuver rivals through timing, deception, and tactical combat. Victory comes from controlling territory and building a dominant presence—but staying ahead means reading your opponents as much as the board.

Designed for players who enjoy thoughtful strategy with explosive turning points, Avarice delivers the feel of an RTS in a streamlined tabletop experience.

Chits and Chat
Links: Official Website | YouTube

Dirty Money, Neat Game. Squeaky Clean is a solo, in-hand card game about money laundering, where the cards look like little washing machines. But don’t let the laundry puns lull you into a false sense of security. This game is a sharp, unforgiving, push-your-luck experience.

Erik Andersen
Links: Official Website | Discord | YouTube

So to Speak is a puzzle game where you wander around a 2D simulation of Japan and encounter Japanese words in signs and conversations. You must connect them to nearby objects or text with the same meaning.

For example, you can drag a Japanese sign for “entrance” onto an actual building entrance located nearby or the English word “entrance” in the game’s description of the entrance. It has an educational purpose, but it’s also a puzzle game where you use context clues to decipher the meaning of words in a language you don’t know. It doesn’t assume any background in Japanese and you can enjoy it even if you don’t really care about learning Japanese… yet.

Fools with Blades
Links: Official Website

FIRST APPEARANCE AT ROC GAME FEST
In Ember’s Oath, you play as Ember, a fire mage with the rare ability to transform herself into a phoenix. In a world where mages have been hunted to extinction, a tyrant now rules with an army of mechanical beasts, determined to erase magic forever. To fight back, you’ll need to master the synergy between spells and phoenix power, to end his reign and bring a new era of magic back into the world.

Grifkuba Gaming Services is a group of people who host websites, work on game projects, and help out at local and regional gaming events (including Tech Valley Game Space, 1UpState, Lake George Games Expo, and other events).

Jackl Games
Links: Official Website

FIRST APPEARANCE AT ROC GAME FEST
Heirs To Olympus is a strategic tabletop game of clashing Heroes and scheming Gods.

Play as Hercules, Achilles, Theseus, or Macaria — divine-blooded champions sworn to defend their parent’s sacred relic while seeking to shatter those of their rivals.

Fight alongside your loyal Companion and devoted Acolytes as Gods shape the battlefield and Heroes wield legendary powers. Through tactical combat and asymmetric play, only one Hero will prevail — and ascend to Olympus to claim a place among the gods.

Jacob Yaple

Ahh, Spring! Spring is all about rebirth, but it’s also about the changing weather and melting ice, which players encounter when crossing the board in Cold Quest. Other obstacles include the Polar Bear and Thin Ice, which can be avoided with Snow Shoes, Kayaks, and Fish. I hope you can make Cold Quest a part of your Spring experience!

Neon Deity Games
Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

The nefarious Jerkwad pilfered your lunch while you were grabbing napkins and it’s up to you to get it back! Bump, jump, dash and crash through him and his minions in Bruisin Cruisers, a top-down car combat smash-a-thon!

Northbot Studio
Links: Official Website

Rope Grabber is a twin-stick shooter and pet walkin’ sim.

Olivia Pita
Links: Official Website

FIRST APPEARANCE AT ROC GAME FEST
For many years, Adventure Cats have used their innate magic to protect themselves from monsters. But now, a magical surge throughout the land is causing monsters to spawn more frequently, overwhelming the cats’ defenses. There is only one way to save the world. Deep underground, where the monsters spawn, powerful runestones can be found. With Runes of Protection, the cats can cast wards around their home. Two of the strongest Adventure Cats have stepped forward to spelunk: Queen Rainbow Flash and her best friend Sir Lightning!

OM Games
Links: Official Website | Bluesky | Discord | Instagram | Twitter

Duck and the Land of Flightless Birds is a 2D platforming adventure. Bright and charming, it’s a wacky affair full of whimsy and fun. Eat bread, run away from (or fight at your preference) enemies, and venture through perilous challenges as you take on Duck and the Land of Flightless Birds.

Tristan Otto

Little One is a side-scrolling RPG with platforming elements where you explore a strange and unusual world in search of food for your dog. All the while meeting peculiar residences, making friends, and fighting off nightmarish creatures along the way.

Usiak Games and Designs
Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Skeptics and the Haunted Theater Expansion is a cooperative tabletop game for 1-4 players where you play as paranormal investigators. Form a team trying to prove the existence of ghosts that haunt an environment by gathering evidence of the paranormal.

Players race against the clock rolling dice to match icons to Search, Reveal, and Solve Clues. Each Clue will lead one step closer to revealing the Ghost. Environment Cards are drawn at the stroke of midnight which may have hazards and conditions that will impede the players’ progress. Investigators win if the existence of the Ghost can be proven in time, but fail if time runs out.

Villa Maria College
Links: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

From pre-production, to development, to modeling and texturing, Villa Maria College’s Game Design program immerses you into every phase of the game design process, molding you into a strategic and creative individual who is prepared to take your talent to the professional playing field. Faculty and students will share information about Buffalo’s only Game Design program! Learn more about our hands-on program that guides students as they learn to create all kinds of games from concept to completion.

Zonware
Links: Official Website | Discord

FIRST APPEARANCE AT ROC GAME FEST
WELCOME TO THE LEGENDARY REMOTE MOUNTAIN TOP RETREAT KNOWN AS GRUM HALL.

Described as “Scooby-Doo Horror”; Grum Hall is a tabletop roleplaying game set in a resort plagued by a creeping dread that snakes its way through the Hall’s very bones. The Hall has been run by a decaying supercomputer named Mora for decades now, and the once curious computer is becoming more chaotic and controlling by the day. Take up the mantle as a Maintenance Crew, accept jobs from the gaunt Bartender, and accompany sparking computer consoles throughout the endless halls of Grum. Your job is to upkeep Grum Hall, but the Hall may not like your meddling here. Please enjoy your stay.

Grum Hall is a Hack of the Ennie nominated Roleplaying Game Dead Halt. Both Games use the Halt System and many of their Adventures, Items, and Monsters are compatible with both games.