Vector Narrative Games Festival

Vector Narrative Games Festival is a premier one day game development conference presented by RunJumpDev, in partnership with the Lexington Public Library. Focused on crafting interactive narratives, the festival brings together writers, designers, and game developers to explore how we tell stories through interactive media.

Designed for genuine, one-on-one connections, we’ve traded the chaotic expo floor for intimate, high-value networking. Meet your next collaborator, mentor, or peer in a relaxed, focused environment. You’ll spend less time pitching and more time building real relationships with peers and industry leaders.

This year’s event will have keynote speaker, Jake Elliott. Jake is co-founder of indie game studio Cardboard Computer, and writer of the game Kentucky Route Zero. He has taught courses in new media art & game design at DePaul University, Northwestern University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and IULM University in Milan. He lives in Elizabethtown, KY.

Whether you are a solo indie developer, a seasoned narrative designer, or just starting your journey, this unique narrative event is the place to be. Learn from industry leaders through talks, interactive workshops, and collaborative roundtables focusing on narrative design, world-building, and game writing.

Lexington Public Library – Central
Sept. 19th, 2026 10am-4pm
Vector Festival

Free Workshops

Run Jump Dev hosts free workshops throughout the year.

From making your own game in Unity, to animation in Spine, we bring in experts from a variety of game making fields to teach you how to develop video games!

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Monthly Meetings

RunJumpDev is a people-powered nonprofit created to grow and cultivate the local game development community in Kentucky. We help people create games, host meetups, talks and game jams as well as other super awesome gaming activities. We’re a non-profit that works on raising local awareness of game industry concerns. We also are working to help bring greater video game education to the area through local initiatives and are working with video game art. We are committed to educating, promoting, and retaining local talent, as well as bringing new people to the area. We want to create a strong game development community that will make lots of cool games and create successful companies.

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LexPlay Returns: May 2026!

LexPlay is a free showcase of video games made in Kentucky. It’s a family friendly event, located at The Hill, 100 Midland, Ave. in Lexington, KY. There will be indie games from local developers and students, table top games, flight and police car simulators, cornhole, giant Jenga, cosplay, food trucks, and free on-site parking. Learn about the game development program for high school students at The Hill and talk with the game developers.

LexPlay some games!

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MAGFEST

Short for “Music And Gaming Festival,” MAGFest is a four day-long event dedicated to the appreciation of video game music, gaming of all types, and the gaming community. The event runs 24 hours a day, and offers consoles, arcades, tabletop, LAN, live video game cover bands, chiptunes, vendors, guest speakers, and much much more.

Visit MAGFEST!

Local Game Harvest

IT IS AUTUMN. That means it is time once again to harvest our local and organically-made video games and interactive artworks, and you are invited to come and play them all!

Local Game Harvest is an event by Louisville Makes Games in partnership with RunJumpDev and features local artists, game developers, and musicians!

Local Game Harvest Facebook

Follow Events on Meetup

We have some really amazing events that happen regular, from LAN parties to monthly meetings with industry leaders. The best way to keep track of these events is through Meetup.

Join the Conversation

The Kentucky Games Discord is a great place to network with other developers from the state

Become a Member

Help support us and become a member of the RJD organization through Patreon! Organizations and individuals can become members of RJD, and there are free as well as paid tiers for membership.

How can we help?

Need help teaching students about game development? Looking for an internship? Not sure where to start? Reach out to us!