level up is all about
boosting kiwis' games industry experience

Through our cornerstone Level Up series of educational workshops, Level Up is NZGF's way of introducing you to what we do. Level Up events are all about providing an opportunity for non-industry Kiwis to discover what NZ games are all about or gain new skills to help them towards a career in games.

level up professional workshops

NZ Game festival is keen to help industry professionals, and curious supporters to Level Up through a series of Game related workshops. You can skill up in Concept or toy design for games, worldbuilding in unreal or virtual production in an LED volume.

kids & teens workshops

We're dedicated to nurturing the game devs of the future.

Level Up and Massey University provide a program of workshops introducing local children to various game development concepts such as programming, narrative design, digital and traditional art, game design and content creation.

We connect with local industry players and invite them to pass their knowledge down to the next generations of game makers.