Ever thought of your body as a game controller? The alternative controller movement is picking up steam in the independent game developer community. A game where your clothing functions as a controller to a chicken simulation that has you peck corn off of a computer screen; Incubate Arcade invites the worlds most inventive and creative game developers to show you how their non-traditional games can bring people together and foster intimacy. 

This year Incubate offers a broad range of interactive installations, games and workshops from game developers all over the world. During Incubate Arcade theater De NWE Vorst will be transformed into a playable exhibition with a selection of the best creative indie games.

The themes of this year will be Women in Games and The New Intimacy. The New Intimacy focuses on the rise of alternative ways to interact with the screen and experimental approaches to experience a game while playing together. With Women in Games we are inviting women who have contributed to the games industry to show their work and tell about their experiences with making games.

Incubate Arcade is curated by Zuraida Buter (zo-ii) and Martijn Verhallen (Reverse Landfill).

INCUBATE ARCADE:

Theatre De NWE Vorst Willem ll straat 49, Tilburg
Thursday September 8th – Sunday September 11th

Opening Hours:
Thursday 16:00 – 22:00
Friday 12:00 – 22:00
Saturday 12:00 – 22:00
Sunday 12:00 – 20:00

Price:
Adults: €5,-
Childeren up to 11: Free
Free entrance for ticket holders of the Incubate festival.

Tickets are available at the door!

SPECIAL PROGRAMME ON SEPTEMBER 10:

Workshops

12:00 – 13:45 Workshop:
Human Chain: Using Bodies to make a Circuit (in English) – Kaho Abe (USA)

14:00 – 15:45 Workshop:
What Does Sound Effect/Affect? (in English) – Pinar Temiz (NL)

Talks / Panels
16:00 – 16:30 Panel: Dutch Game Industry
16:30 – 17:00 Talks (3 x 10 min)
17:00 – 17:30 Panel: Game Artists
17:30 – 18:00 Talks (3 x 10 min)
18:30 – 19:00 Panel: Experimental Game Design – Perspectives from Abroad

SPECIAL PROGRAMME ON SEPTEMBER 11:

12:00 – 20:00 Virtual Reality Demonstration with multiple games like ‘Tilt Brush‘, a spatial 3D painting experience.

PANEL/ SPEAKER LINE-UP:

Kaho Abe (USA)
Phoenix Perry (USA / UK)
Celia Pearce (USA)
Liselore Goedhart (NL)
Aida de Ridder (NL)
Alessandra van Otterlo (NL)
Marieke Verbiesen (NL)
Eline Muijres (NL)
Johannes Folsgaard (DK)

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