​​What is Gæmz?

​Gæmz is a community for the people who are into art/experimental games, playful media, and d0peshit founded in 2019 by Nomi (thenomi.com). Our mission is to be a safe and friendly community that can help us have a more exciting and interesting art-things world especially by supporting the artists and the like.

​Gæmz CPH is the spinoff event happening in Copenhagen, organized by Horațiu Roman (horatiuromantic.com / complicatednonsense.com). The idea is to connect with each other and get inspired, support each other with our presence, and hear about what's happening in the local scene.

​This will hopefully be a monthly recurring meetup, every third Thursday of each month - at least for the rest of 2026.

​We have a discord server where we keep in touch with other gaemz locations in Tokyo, London, Berlin, Taipei, etc. and international folks, and we have social media channels.

​You can find the discord and all the social links here (and more): https://gaemz.carrd.co/

​​Program

​We'll introduce ourselves and show/talk about what we're working on, and then we'll just hang out and get to know each other. This time at the former bodega, now smoke-free venue, neighborhood hangout spot Rain Dogs, who kindly offered its space for free.

​Feel free to bring prototypes, minigames, book/canvas/art stuff, or links that you wanna share!

​We won't have a big screen this time, so we will rely mostly on our imaginations (and a small computer screen).

​​Practical

​Feel free to email Horatiu at horatiuromantic [@] gmail [dot] com if you have any questions about the event!

​​Why is it called Gæmz?

​We’re Gæmz and it’s supposed to be pronounced ‘games’ although we’re pretty chill about the pronunciation part but we’re called Gæmz because Nomi (who started Gæmz in ~2019) wanted to say “I started this games meet-up called gæmz meetup” in in-person conversations.

​Although it’s still in the logo, we have kind of dropped ‘meetup’ from the name as we want to emphasise that we are a community and not just events.

​The character Æ/æ is called ash or æsh in English and it represents the Latin diphthong ae. So, gaemz can be an alternative spelling of gæmz.

​​Statement on AI

​Gæmz welcomes everyone but we are against the unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI. It's unethical and sucks. If you agree with us, you can also sign this protest letter Statement on AI Training

​​Safer Space Policy & Code of Conduct

​Gæmz is dedicated to providing a harassment free social experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, faiths, backgrounds, or artistic/game preferences.

​We want Gæmz to be like a dimly-lit film theatre where it’s a bit easier to cry because nobody can see you and even if they see you, they’d usually understand why you’re crying on a physiological level. That’s the space we want. So let’s keep this space nice & safe for everyone!

​​Photo/Video Documentation

​Usually we don’t take photos at Gæmz but someone may want to take some photographs.

​If you don’t want to have photographs of your things taken, please let us know. And if you want to take photos, it’ll be nice if you ask everyone first.

​event cover art by @thenomi.bsky.social