Recap of Day 1 of #G4C2025! 🚀

What an amazing start to the 2025 Games for Change Festival! From thought-provoking panels and dynamic keynotes to hands-on workshops and our game arcade, Day 1 was filled with energy, insight, and inspiration.

Last night, we honored the winners of the 2025 Games for Change Awards. These visionary creators produced impactful projects that helped push the medium forward and showcase all that games can do.

The winners of the 2025 G4C Awards are:  

In addition to games and immersive media, we also celebrated organizations and individuals making a positive impact in the games space:

🌟Dr.Rachel Kowert, Vanguard Award Recipient
🌟PRELOADED, Industry Leadership Award
🌟Amir Satvat, The Giving Award
🌟Asi Burak, Hall of Change Award
🌟Gilson Schwartz, International Leadership Award

Make sure to check out all of the nominees and winning games at the G4C Arcade by clicking the button below!

🎉 Get excited for Day 2 of #G4C2025 featuring panels, talks, and workshops with industry experts and innovators sharing and discussing cross-sector applications of immersive tech, XR, and games for social impact. Take a look at some sessions you won't want to miss:

🎮 Ten Years of the G4C Student Challenge: Youth Empowerment at Scale
Panel | The Spark Room
A celebration of a decade of student-led social impact games. Featuring Maria Burns Ortiz, Vince Siu, Tatiana Skliarenko, Lisa Pak, and Jess Boyce.

🌿 Gaming for a Greener Tomorrow
Panel | Main Stage
Explore how casual games are being used to fight against climate change with leaders from PlanetPlay, CleanPlay, Dots.eco, and GamesForest.Club.

🕹️ Building a Better Digital World: How Youth are Shaping a Positive Future on Roblox and Beyond
Fireside Chat | Main Stage
Get inspired to design a more positive future by learning about the games that young innovators created in 36 hours at LA Hacks 2025 through the Roblox Civility challenge.

👥 Today is the last chance to network at the Festival! Connect with changemakers from around the world in dedicated sections for speed networking, matchmaking, and meet-the-funder sessions featuring leaders from Agog, Unity, and other notable organizations.

We’re deeply grateful to all of our Festival partners — including our Hero, Champion, Ally, and Community partners — whose generous support made this year’s event possible. Your commitment helps us celebrate and amplify the power of games to drive meaningful change in the world.|

📺️ Can’t make it in person? We’ve got you covered! We are live streaming on Twitch! Click here to tune in at: https://www.twitch.tv/games_for_change