Nicholas Fortugno is a game designer, professor, artist, and entrepreneur. Nick has worked in games and interactive narrative for over 20 years, designing, producing, and writing dozens of digital, analog, and real world games as well as live and virtual immersive theater experiences, including genre-defining titles and award-winning blockbusters.
Nick is the Director of Gaming Pathways at City College of New York. He is a co-founder of the game development studio Playmatics and the Come Out & Play street game festival.
Nick’s work has been showcased at the Sundance Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, the Venice Biennale, Indiecade, and the Game Developers’ Conference, and featured in the New York Times, the Village Voice, Gamasutra, and Time Out NY.
