Once again a quite exciting week if you are interested in game development, game culture and events surrounding it. Wild Rumpus, Bit of Alright, ‘Play in the Park day’ are all happening this week!
Below I collected a couple of events that will take place this week. First up is the Netherlands with three events: a talkshow, a network lunch and a playful day in the park with (folk) games. At the end of the post there are a couple more conferences and events from around the world.
More events can be found on zo-ii’s event calendar and on Jurie Horneman‘s Gameconfs.com site.
Netherlands
Tuesday May 7:
- What: Control Gamelab #8 – Storytelling
- Hosts: Control Magazine
- Time: 20:00 – 22:00
- Description: Live talkshow about game development. This edition will revolve around storytelling in games. With Lennart Sas & Michiel van den Bos, CCP, Kars Alfrink & Niels ‘t Hooft, Jurriaan van Teunenbroek and Niki Smit
- Where: Pakhuis de Zwijger
- City: Amsterdam
- Costs: Free
- Language: Dutch
- Registration: http://www.dezwijger.nl/page/68634/nl
- Links: Announcement, ‘Warm-up‘, Event page, FB
Wednesday May 8:
- What: DGG Network Lunch
- Host: Dutch Game Garden
- Time: 12:00 – 13:30
- Description: Casual network lunch organized by Dutch Game Garden. Meet people from the game industry, creative professionals, educators or your next intern. Game developers will show exciting prototypes and new games.
- Where: Dutch Game Garden
- City: Utrecht
- Costs: Free
- Invitation: Get in touch with Martine
- Website: DGG Lunch 8 May
Saturday May 11:
- What: A Day in the Park, pt.2 – Special guest from Australia: Chad Toprak
- Host: zo-ii
- Time: 14:00 – late
- Description: Join us for a day in the park with games, play and fun with as special guest Chad Toprak! Chad Toprak is an experimental game designer and organizer for Hovergarden, a outdoor local multiplayer party in Melbourne, Australia. He is visiting the Netherlands and if the weathergods are with us we will play different games (folk games, local multiplayer iOS games) in Wilhelminapark in Utrecht. Everyone is invited. Bring food, drinks, games, blankets and friends!
- Where: Wilhelminapark
- City: Utrecht
- Costs: Free
- Event page: Day in the Park (FB event)
Elsewhere
- May 8: Drifter Workshop – Adam Saltsman – Tech talk. Organized by Babycastles. New York. Website
- May 8: UCLA Game Art Festival showcasing ‘the year’s most cutting-edge videogames and interactive arts’. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Website.
- May 9 – 12: The Comics Vs. Games 2 Gallery: cartoonists/ illustrators explore the world of games via their medium comics.Organized and curated by Attract Mode. Toronto. Website.
- May 10: Conference: Inventing the Future of Games: Interactive Storytelling, Center for Games and Playable Media at UC Santa Cruz. Website
- May 10: Bit of Alright: Event about Game Design. Organized by David Hayward. London. Website
- May 11: Wild Rumpus. Local Multiplayer indie games party. Organized by Wild Rumpus. London. Website
- May 11: Twofivesix: Games and Culture conference. Organized by Kill Screen. New York. Website