NEW GAME · LOADING THE NEXT GENERATION
Empowering the next generation of game designers —
regardless of where they start.
501(c)(3) United States◆Nonprofit · Nationwide programming
Empowering the next generation of game designers —
regardless of where they start.
The games industry generates over $200 billion a year. Its workforce doesn't look like its audience. That's not a talent problem. That's an access problem.
The pipeline into game design runs almost entirely through expensive universities, well-resourced schools, and self-funding. The result is a workforce that is disproportionately white, male, and middle-class — not because talent is distributed that way, but because opportunity is.
And the ground is shifting fast. Emerging AI tools are rendering much of the traditional six-figure university curriculum near obsolete — leaving even the current workforce scrambling to retrain on skills that can't be automated: human craft, creative direction, and performance.
Respawn is recreating this lost pipeline from grassroots.
The industry needs more than coders. Respawn trains the next generation across the three disciplines that actually ship games — developers, artists, and voice talent — and meets learners wherever they start. Through our partnerships across the industry and a core learning module founded in MIT courses, learners of all backgrounds and levels of opportunity can begin their careers with Respawn.
Respawn holds an exclusive educational partnership with True Indie Voice Art (TIVA) — a collective of professional voice actresses whose credits span the biggest titles in video games. TIVA was founded on one principle: human creativity, made by human hands, no exceptions.
Ten-year targets. Measured publicly. Reported annually.
Respawn operates all across the United States nonprofit so donors can give tax-efficiently and learners can access programming wherever they may live.
Educational nonprofit incorporated in Delaware. Tax-deductible giving for US donors. Sister LLC operates the production studio that pays mentor stipends.
Cohorts, mentorship, and workshops run remotely across all 50 states, with in-person partner events hosted alongside US studios and schools.
Whether you fund the work, hire the graduates, or are the next generation we're building this for — there is a way in.
Multi-year giving, scholarship sponsorship, named modules, capital campaign.
Request the deck →Studio partner program, internships, mentorship hours, and direct hiring pipeline.
Become a partner →Apply for the next cohort. Free, online, no prerequisites. Rolling admissions.
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