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w00t – Copenhagen Play Festival 2014
May 30, 2014 - June 1, 2014
w00t Copenhagen Play Festival 2014
From the website:
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The w00t festival is a long happy weekend for everyone who loves games and play. A festival presenting new games and thoughts from known, and especially unknown, genres.Themes @ w00t 2014
w00t has pointed out five main themes for the 2014 edition of the festival. The festival encourages game designers, thinkers, players and who else could be interested in applying the open call to reflect upon the themes.
Water
W00t searches for new and experimental thoughts and designs combining water, play and games.
W00t encourages game designers; board game designers and those who would like to give a Game Talk to reflect upon water as an element in games and play.
W00t encourage applicants to view “water” as a concrete element in games, or more abstract, as a concept, symbol or as a source of inspiration.
Open call – water games in Frederiksberg Swimmingpool
Saturday the 31st of May w00t occupy the beautiful and classicistic Frederiksberg Swim Hall. W00t call for games for the swim hall program.The Swim Hall has a huge pool for swimmers only, a smaller pool also for non-swimmers and a wonderful waterslide. Please check out more details on the swimmingpool’s webpage (link)
Open call will be launched soon
Experimental Sport
W00t searches for experimental takes on traditional sport.
W00t encourages game designers; board game designers and those who would like to give a Game Talk to reflect upon the relationship between sport, games and play.
Open call for physical experimental sport games will be launched soon
Performance games – games of role play and performance
W00t encourages game designers; board game designers and those who would like to give a Game Talk to reflect upon the relationship between performance, games and play.
W00t searches for new Performance games
W00t is looking for alternative, subtle and urban alternatives to orcs and elves. A separate call for new games and plays where role-play and performance are central elements in the game play will soon be launched.
Games in public spaces – games on specific public locations in the city
W00t encourages game designers; board game designers and those who would like to give a Game Talk to reflect upon the relationship between urban space, site specificness, location basedness, public space and games and play.
A separate open call for games in public spaces connected to w00t 2014 will be launched soon
Cyborg games – technology enhanced physical games
W00t encourages game designers; board game designers and those who would like to give a Game Talk to reflect upon the relationship technology and physical activity in games and play.
A separate open call for cyborg games will be launched soon
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Events for the Dutch industry:
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